However, the massive scale of building reactors means that projects get delayed, and cost overruns are common. These shortcomings are being addressed through innovations such as small modular reactors ...

Texas Tech, Abilene Christian University and Natura Resources are collaborating to develop advanced nuclear technology for ...

This uses a molten salt as coolant and fuel, whereas conventional fission technology uses a water coolant circulating through a highly pressurised system to cool solid fuel elements – the ...

Kairos Power’s design utilizes a fluoride high-temperature molten salt reactor, which is notable for its use of TRISO fuel particles. These particles are known for their high resilience and ...

Certain types of President’s Choice specialty salts are being recalled due to pieces of plastic. Loblaw Companies Limited recalled the brand’s Mediterranean Sea Salts and Himalayan Pink Rock ...

On Thursday a magistrate judge set Kindle's initial court appearance for Jan. 21 in Salt Lake City. If convicted he faces a maximum penalty of 25 years in prison. An attorney has not yet been ...

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After a half-century hiatus, thorium has returned to the front lines of nuclear power research as a source of fuel. In 2025, China plans to start building a demonstration thorium-based molten-salt ...

Department of Chemistry, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang 37673, Republic of Korea ...

Department of Polymer Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, P. R. China Center for Soft Matter and Interdisciplinary Sciences, Shanghai ...

Polymer electrolytes are important materials in the manufacture of all-solid-state batteries due to their ionic conductivity, achieved by doping the polymer with salt, and mechanical strength, ...