DOE is offering funding to de-risk the deployment of Generation III+ light-water small modular reactors through two tiers.

Leading players have significant financial backing already lined up, often from technology companies and future customers.

Just 4 small modular reactor companies have received $3B in VC funding. But leading experts tell BI it's unclear if SMRs will ...

Water cooled reactors have played a significant role in the commercial nuclear industry since its beginnings and currently account for more than 95 per cent of all operating civilian power reactors in ...

Although to most the term ‘fission reactor’ brings to mind something close to the commonly operated light-water reactors (LWRs) which operate using plain water (H 2 O) as coolant and with ...

A team of researchers in the USA has come up with a revolutionary method capable of tracking chemical changes in molten salts – ionically bonded chemicals with high melting ranges – in real time. This ...

Most new nuclear fission reactors being built today are of the light water reactor (LWR) type, which use water for neutron moderation into thermal neutrons as well as neutron capture. While ...

Introduces the fundamental ageing issues and degradation mechanisms associated with this class of nuclear power reactors Considers materials ageing and degradation in specific light water reactor ...

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has re-issued a $900m solicitation to support the deployment of small modular reactors ...

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has approved construction of the first fourth-generation nuclear reactor in the ...