So how do nuclear reactors work, and can the atom become "our friend" again? On December 2, ... Boiling Water Reactor diagram. US Department of energy. There are 10 countries that use the BWR design.

Nuclear fusion reactor breaks record after hitting 100 MILLION degrees for almost 50 seconds -... The massive doughnut-shaped device, which has been dubbed 'Korea's artificial sun' ran at 100 ...

Earth How UK's first nuclear reactor for 25 years will work. The first new British nuclear reactors for a quarter of a century will be safer and more efficient and reliable than ever before.

Argonne National Laboratory in Lemont, Illinois, is getting a new supercomputer, Aurora, which its scientists will use to study optimal nuclear reactor designs.As of now, the lab is using a system ...

Nuclear power is a low-carbon source of energy, because unlike coal, oil or gas power plants, nuclear power plants practically do not produce CO 2 during their operation. Nuclear reactors generate ...

Useful, cost-effective nuclear fusion remains a distant dream, despite a small step in the right direction from the government's NIF reactor. Skip to main content Open menu Close menu ...