Facing massive energy demand from the AI boom, nations are re-embracing nuclear power, with next-generation technologies like ...
Giving a whole new meaning to underground power, startup Deep Fission Nuclear has secured US$30 million in funding to install a micro-reactor in a mile-deep borehole by July 4, 2026 as part of the US ...
The United States flew a reactor in space in the 1960s and has studied nuclear thermal propulsion for decades. Fuel is not the primary limitation either; the enriched uranium supply chain is ...
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Borehole nuclear: US firm’s mile-deep underground reactor gets funding boost
US-based Deep Fission, the startup reimagining nuclear power by moving it a mile underground, ...
California-based Deep Fission plans to install an underground reactor in Kansas. Parsons, Kansas, may be the site of a California startup’s first ever 1-mile-deep nuclear reactor — with support from ...
Outdone only by nuclear fusion, the process of nuclear fission releases enormous amounts of energy. The ‘spicy rocks’ that are at the core of both natural and artificial fission reactors are generally ...
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NASA wants a nuclear reactor on the moon, but what if it melts down?
Nuclear power is moving from science fiction concept to engineering requirement for a permanent human foothold on the Moon. NASA and the US Department of Energy are working on compact fission systems ...
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Pennsylvania House passes bill to attract next generation nuclear developments
HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) — The Pennsylvania House unanimously passed a bill Wednesday that clears the way for the development ...
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