The nuclear fuel cycle is the series of industrial processes that turns uranium into electricity. Claire Maden takes a look ...

Similar to most power reactors, the majority of research reactors operate with enriched uranium. Their fuel cycle involves the fabrication of fuel; its use in the reactor; the temporary storage, ...

It is a time of great opportunity for nuclear - but fuel cycle players must work together to seize the moment and make sure ...

As an improvisation, by using thorium irradiated along with HALEU in the PHWRs at scale, the spent fuel produced can then be recycled to set up additional power generation capacity ...

effectively closing the nuclear fuel cycle. From the beginning the Superphénix faced strong political resistance by anti-nuclear groups, with the closure of this prototype reactor in 1998 ...

Orano USA and Washington-based start-up Curio have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to collaborate on multiple fronts. The ...

The EBR-II operated from 1964 to 1994 and used a metallic alloy fuel containing highly enriched uranium (uranium enriched with more than 20 percent U-235). To recover this highly enriched uranium ...

Fission reactors can keep up with the world’s growing energy needs by producing large amounts of energy using relatively ...