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US approves 1,472°F nuclear fission chamber for next-gen reactors

Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) reports it has tested a high-temperature fission chamber prototype built by ...

TEPCO restarts reactor in Niigata Pref. after alarm problem causes halt

Tokyo Electric Power Company has reactivated a nuclear reactor in the central prefecture of Niigata after a problem with an ...
Washington Examiner

Computer problem prompts Pa. reactor shutdown

BERWICK, Pa. (AP) — One of two reactors at a northeastern Pennsylvania nuclear plant was shut down Friday morning after a problem with the computer system that controls its level of water, power ...
LancasterOnline

Generator problem shuts down Peach Bottom reactor

Neil Sheehan, spokesman for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, said all safety systems functioned properly during the shutdown and any radioactive steam that could have been released was contained and ...
RealClearScience

Small Nuclear Reactors Have a Big Problem

(via Sabine Hossenfelder) Small modular nuclear reactors are supposed to fix the problem of conventional nuclear reactors being too expensive and time-consuming to build. But we’ve been hearing about ...
The Scranton Times-Tribune

U.S. Bets on Small Nuclear Reactors to Help Fix a Huge Climate Problem

WAYNESBORO, Ga. – Towering over the Savannah River in Georgia, the first nuclear reactors built from scratch in the United States in more than 30 years illustrate the enormous promise of nuclear power ...
EurekAlert!

No power, no operator, no problem: Argonne test facility simulates nuclear reactors to explore next-generation nuclear safety systems

Matthew Jasica is a member of a small team conducting large-scale experimental testing of reactors and their components at the NSTF. To create safe and efficient nuclear reactors, designers and ...