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NASA's lunar nuclear reactor design has major flaw, claim China's scientists
Chinese engineers identify a design flaw in NASA's lunar nuclear reactor, suggesting improvements that could boost efficiency ...
Nuclear Power Boom Means Even Germany Is Drawing New Investment
Resurgent interest in atomic power means the world’s second-biggest provider of enriched uranium is expanding even in Germany ...
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It’s two billion years old — Natural nuclear reactor found in Africa
During uranium ore analysis in France, scientists observed a strange reduction in the nuclear reactor essential uranium-235. Scientists discovered this anomaly because it demonstrated that natural ...
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How Many Calories Are There In Uranium?
T here is a fairly popular idea circulating the Internet that a single gram of uranium contains about 20 billion calories, ...
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Should Israel nuke Iran’s nuclear program to ensure its long-term survival?
However, if Israeli intelligence services conclude that Iran is just weeks or even days away from obtaining its first nuclear ...
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What are Molten Salt Reactors?
Molten Salt Reactors (MSRs) are nuclear fission reactors in which either the fuel and/or the coolant is a molten salt. Molten salt is salt which liquifies at elevated temperatures and can store ...
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EU project to use low-enriched uranium fissile materials as nuclear fuels for reactors
The former, Germany’s FRM-II, relies on fuel enriched to over 95% uranium-235 to generate its dense neutron flux. Such fuel, however, is widely seen as a potential nuclear proliferation risk and ...