The Trump administration is reportedly in talks with five companies to provide old plutonium to convert into fuel for future ...

Technology Capability Newcleo Ltd. (“newcleo” or the “Company”) is an established nuclear energy company developing advanced ...

This initiative follows reports last year that the administration of Donald Trump planned to make approximately 20 metric ...

For decades, the United States has struggled with what to do with surplus plutonium ...

Oklo is in advanced talks with the U.S. Energy Department to use Cold War-era plutonium as nuclear reactor fuel, partnering ...

Companies say it’s a better way to dispose of the Cold War-era material — and fix a shortage of nuclear fuel. But the plan ...

The Energy Department's Surplus Plutonium Utilization Program could turn roughly 20 metric tons of weapons-grade material ...

Developers of small modular reactors have a second and important line of business in reactor fuels.

The Trump administration has selected five companies to possibly take plutonium from Cold War stockpiles, DOE said.

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Testing has begun on VVER-type fuel elements with uranium-plutonium mixed-oxide fuel in the MIR research reactor. Based on the results of irradiation and tests, scientists "intend to substantiate the ...

The fuel was subjected to full reactor heat and hydrogen gas and kept there for 20 minutes – about what a nuclear engine would have to endure during a boost maneuver. Other tests looked at how the ...