setting off a nuclear chain reaction. This in turn releases a tremendous amount of energy. To convert this energy to ...

Among the alternatives to fossil fuels, nuclear energy is a widely adopted method of generating power that is often ...

Nuclear fission has powered our world and medical advancements for decades. What exactly happens when an atom's nucleus splits into two parts?

Yet despite improvements in the design of nuclear-fission reactors ... but requires a chain reaction for the reactor to remain self-sustaining. By comparison, a fusion reactor generates an ...

Nuclear fission reactors act as a key power source ... A next-generation EPR nuclear reactor in China has carried out its first chain reaction, French energy giant EDF announced Wednesday ...

Nuclear fission does not release the greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide. A controlled nuclear fission reaction releases one million times more energy per kg than a chemical reaction such as burning ...

The Hunters Point Naval Shipyard, a former base for atomic bomb testing, has lead to a cluster of health issues.

The former dean of MIT's plasma fusion dept—which is intimately tied to the privately funded Commonwealth Fusion Systems, ...

Traditional nuclear reactors use a moderator (typically water) to slow down neutrons to make chain reactions more manageable ... A byproduct of nuclear fission is heat. The Aurora is equipped ...

The No. 2 reactor at the Onagawa nuclear power plant resumed operations here on Oct. 29, the first reactor damaged in the ...

Unlike chemical propulsion systems, nuclear thermal propulsion systems rely on nuclear fission reactions to heat the propellant that is then expelled from the nozzle to create the driving force or ...

Fission involves splitting big heavy atoms ... which continue colliding with other atoms, setting off a nuclear chain reaction. This in turn releases a tremendous amount of energy.