NASA and the U.S. military plan to test a nuclear-powered rocket engine in space as early as 2027, potentially revolutionizing how people travel the cosmos in the coming decades.. The two agencies ...

While we have yet to complete a nuclear fusion reactor on Earth itself, the effects offered by this process could reach space much sooner. The new rocket engine is being developed by Pulsar Fusion ...

Restarting a closed nuclear plant is a complex regulatory process that involves numerous inspections, safety checks, part ...

Nuclear engines have been powering submarines and other military ships since at least the 1950s, as noted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The heat from the reactions creates steam ...

Nuclear thermal propulsion systems have about 10 times more power density than a traditional light water reactor. Nuclear propulsion could have a leg up on chemical propulsion for a few reasons.

Between 1955 and 1973, programs at NASA, General Electric and Argonne National Laboratories produced and ground-tested 20 nuclear thermal propulsion engines. But these pre-1973 designs relied on ...

By integrating the awesome power of nuclear fission into the internals of an axial flow turbojet engine, the DOD, AEC, and the Air Force envisioned fleets of heavy bombers that could fly for ...

The steam engine changed the world. ... Nuclear security summits convened by President Obama in 2010, 2012, 2014, and 2016 were attended by the United States, Russia, ...

Installation of the high and low pressure cylinders of the steam turbine for unit 3 of the Haiyang Nuclear Power Plant project in China's Shandong province has been completed. (Image: China Nuclear ...

Steam engines used coal to heat water to create steam to drive the engine. Nuclear fission splits atoms to make heat to boil water. Nuclear fusion will force heavy isotopes of hydrogen (deuterium and ...