It is generally recognized that long term development of nuclear power as part of the world's future energy mix will require fast reactor technology with a closed fuel cycle. The fast neutron spectrum ...

Idaho and the U.S. Department of Energy have agreed to waive a 1995 nuclear agreement to allow research on spent nuclear fuel ...

Fast neutron reactors ... in the fuel to extract up to 70 times more energy, reducing the need for new uranium resources. Fast reactors also operate in what is known as a closed nuclear fuel cycle. A ...

Most new nuclear ... (U-235) fuel. This is where fast neutron reactors are highly attractive. Fast neutron reactors can also fission other fissile elements, covering the full spectrum of neutron ...

The International Atomic Energy Agency estimates that about 30 percent of this fuel has been reprocessed—elements in spent fuel can be recycled to create new fuel for nuclear plants—but the ...

As the world scrambles to decarbonize energy systems and reduce reliance ... electricity and 80 megawatts of heat using spent fuel from conventional nuclear power plants. Unlike large-scale ...