India has achieved a landmark milestone in its nuclear energy programme, with the Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) at Kalpakkam attaining criticality — a stage where a self-sustaining nuclear ...

Unlike fossil fuels, nuclear fuel does not undergo combustion — a chemical reaction with oxygen that produces heat and emissions. Instead, it transforms at the atomic level, making it a powerful and ...

Antares Nuclear's advanced reactor, Mark-0, hit criticality this month at Idaho National Laboratory, meaning it reached a self-sustaining chain reaction. Another chain reaction within the national ...

The US has the most nuclear power plants in the world. However, despite this, it remains a divisive subject that people seem to either embrace or shun in equal measure. We won't go into this argument ...

After years of construction, testing and overcoming various technical hurdles, the first unit of the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant has received regulatory authorisation to begin the ...

Fusion is among the most environmentally friendly sources of energy. There are no CO 2 or other harmful atmospheric emissions from the fusion process, which means that fusion does not contribute to ...

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) supports countries in managing nuclear fuel safely, securely and exclusively ...