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The World's ONLY Natural Nuclear Reactor

Would you believe that a natural nuclear reactor exists? Scientists thought it was impossible! But it's real. The Oklo ...
Dr. Ayodeji Alajo, an associate professor of nuclear engineering and radiation science at Missouri S&T, is leading the ...
The reactor would launch to the moon by 2030, according to a directive by acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy that was sent to NASA officials in July and obtained by NPR. It’s an ambitious target ...
NASA has set a 2030 deadline to build a 100-kilowatt nuclear reactor on the moon. It’s an ambitious but potentially achievable goal that could transform space exploration, experts tell WIRED.
Westinghouse Electric Company is working with a Finnish energy company, Fortum Corporation, to deploy an advanced AP1000 reactor. According to a Westinghouse press release, the two companies signed an ...
The U.S. Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program has awarded BWX Technologies, a Lynchburg-based manufacturer of nuclear components and fuel, contracts totaling approximately $2.6 billion for the manufacture ...
DENVER (KDVR) — The Denver International Airport is soliciting proposals for a feasibility study regarding the possibility of a small modular reactor, which is a type of nuclear reactor, on the campus ...