Founded by Bill Gates, TerraPower is one of the nuclear industry’s leading startups. But the fiery history of its cooling ...

One of the key areas in both the Generation IV International Forum (GIF) and the IAEA programmes on innovative nuclear systems is the harmonization of safety approach, safety requirements, safety ...

Core disruptive accidents (CDAs) in sodium-cooled fast reactors represent a severe class of events in which the integrity of the reactor core is rapidly compromised, leading to the dispersal of molten ...

The company says its application to build the Natrium reactor demonstration project is the first construction permit application for a commercial advanced reactor to be submitted to the US Nuclear ...

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has completed its draft safety evaluation (SE) a month ahead of schedule—albeit with open items—for TerraPower’s Kemmerer Power Station Unit 1, a ...

Imagine a future where energy is not only abundant but also clean, reliable, and adaptable to the ever-changing demands of modern life. It’s a vision that feels both urgent and out of reach as we ...

One of the key areas in both the Generation IV International Forum (GIF) and the IAEA programmes on innovative nuclear systems is the harmonization of safety approach, safety requirements and safety ...

Next-gen nuclear startup TerraPower received notice on Monday that the U.S. nuclear regulator completed a key safety evaluation. Bill Gates’s next-generation nuclear company is one step closer to ...

Matthew Weathered’s THETA experiment offers high fidelity data for nuclear reactor computer code development within one of METL’s 71-cm diameter test vessels at Argonne. All U.S. nuclear reactors, ...

Russia's nuclear regulator Rostechnadzor has given the go-ahead for the Beloyarsk nuclear power plant's planned fifth unit - a fast neutron BN-1200 reactor. Preparatory construction works are expected ...