Unlike nuclear fission, which involves the splitting of atoms ... While tokamaks use a combination of electromagnets and current-induced plasma, stellarators operate only using magnets. This requires ...

Yet despite improvements in the design of nuclear-fission reactors, there remain public concerns about their safety and the waste that they produce. Many have suggested that harnessing nuclear ...

These views led ultimately to the present theory of nuclear fission and fusion. At this period Gamow also collaborated with F. Houtermans and R. Atkinson in attempts to apply his formula for ...

Today’s nuclear fission reactors create radioactive waste ... Tokamaks rely on external magnets and an induced plasma current but are known for instability. Stellarators, by contrast, use ...

While nuclear power plants have become ubiquitous, they all operate using nuclear fission — but one energy startup has plans to change this. Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS), a spinoff branch ...

Fundamental studies of neutron capture and neutron-induced fission and applications relevant to astrophysics, nuclear medicine, stockpile stewardship, nuclear forensics, homeland security and nuclear ...

Nuclear fusion is a technology with the ultimate goal of controlling naturally unstable plasma. It uses even fewer resources and less fuel than fission, which was already very concentrated ...

The University of Wyoming’s School of Energy Resources (SER) has selected projects for funding after considering faculty-led proposals on nuclear-related research aimed at advancing Wyoming’s full ...