Aalo Atomics has unveiled its Critical Test Reactor at INL to validate the core physics and control systems of its Aalo-X ...

Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have definitively answered a long-standing question: the tiny, natural pores inside graphite blocks do not affect the material’s performance as a ...

CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Graphite is a key structural component in some of the world’s oldest nuclear reactors and many of the next-generation designs being built today. But it also condenses and swells in ...

Four British universities have been awarded funding to collaborate on research on securing a domestic supply of nuclear graphite and finding solutions to managing the country's stockpile of irradiated ...

Microreactor startup Radiant Industries and Amsted Graphite Materials have agreed to work together to reduce reliance on foreign sources of nuclear-grade graphite, with Radiant placing a "significant" ...

The Integral MSR is also based on the MSR Experiment but has been modified to have a more sealed, passive approach. The design team is based in Canada with international involvement and support. An 80 ...

With governments around the world recognizing the urgent need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, nuclear energy looks like being an increasingly major player in the energy mix of the coming decades.

The explosion at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant turned a routine safety test into a slow-motion war against an invisible enemy, fought while the ruined reactor kept burning. As the graphite core ...