There are some potentially valid criticism about the Nuclear Salt Water Rocket (NSWR). The criticisms highlight real physical ...
Chinese engineers identify a design flaw in NASA's lunar nuclear reactor, suggesting improvements that could boost efficiency ...
Nuclear fission reactors struggle with two key problems: poor fuel utilization and complicated radioactive waste handling. To ...
Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a method that can track chemical changes in molten salt in real ...
The isotope U-238 has a much lower probability of capturing low-energy neutrons, making it less suitable for initiating a chain reaction ... which combine two types of nuclear reactions: fission and ...
Left off publications due to Nazi prejudice, this Jewish woman lost her rightful place in the scientific pantheon as the ...
Physicists have measured a nuclear reaction that can occur in neutron star collisions, providing direct experimental data for a process that had previously only been theorised. The study provides new ...
Small modular reactors are compact nuclear reactors that can be combined to create large-scale power plants. Here, authors demonstrate the practical feasibility of a multi-modular design in the ...
How do we power missions in the outer reaches of our solar system and beyond? The solution, developed in the '60s, can last ...