Studies of workers exposed to uranium in the nuclear fuel cycle have also been carried out ... With time, chemical weathering will cause the metallic DU of penetrators in the ground to corrode and ...

Astronomers may have discovered how water originated in the universe, challenging existing theories on star formation.

In the decades since, the United States, United Kingdom, and Japan have all studied seawater as a potential source of uranium ...

In the decades since, the United States, United Kingdom, and Japan have all studied seawater as a potential source of uranium ... organic compounds to use for fuel. This process left behind ...

Some variations use sealed metallic tubes containing molten fuel salt ... MSRs can utilize multiple fuel sources, including uranium, plutonium, and thorium. The thorium fuel cycle, in particular, is ...

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

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

And if that wasn't enough to give a nuclear engineer a haunted look, there's the problem of fabricating the fuel for the reactor. You can't use metallic uranium like in conventional fuel rods.

While Oklo could potentially produce nuclear fuel for its Aurora reactor at the planned facility, Lightbridge is developing advanced metallic fuels for use in the existing fleet of light water ...

US-based nuclear start-ups Deep Fission and Deep Fission have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to collaborate on ...

The compact fast reactor uses a high-assay, low-enriched uranium (HALEU) metallic uranium-zirconium fuel enriched to about 19%. Courtesy: Oklo While the Aurora Fuel Fabrication project is still ...