What isn't is that this enrichment can vary with different kinds of reactors, achieving different results. For example, nuclear submarines use Highly Enriched Uranium (HEU) fuel enriched to 20 to ...

The Royal Navy’s Vanguard-class nuclear submarines, Britain’s silent guardians at sea, recently tested the advanced Spearfish ...

A nuclear submarine reactor test site is to remain operational in the north of Scotland until at least 2027, Defence Minister Maria Eagle has said. The Vulcan Naval Reactor Test Establishment ...

PERTH, April 10 (Reuters) - (This April 10 story has been corrected to change the description of the U.S. defence strategist in paragraph 5) The sale of nuclear-powered submarines to Australia ...

They always quote instances of people near nuclear reactors suffering from radiation-related health hazards. The other side responds by downplaying the dangers, and in its casualness displays ...

Recent Google Maps images show what appears to be China’s nuclear submarine base near Qingdao, with at least six nuclear-powered subs docked, raising new concerns about Beijing’s growing ...

To reshape America’s nuclear deterrent and improve maritime capabilities, the US Navy’s first Columbia-class ballistic ...

Chinese scientists have achieved a milestone in clean energy technology by successfully adding fresh fuel to an operational thorium molten salt reactor, according to state media reports.

The Submarine Delivery Agency (SDA) is responsible for dismantling 27 nuclear submarines – 21 of which are already decommissioned. Seven are stored at Rosyth in Fife, with a further 14 at ...

Displacing 17,000 tons, the submarine is powered by a Rolls-Royce PWR3 nuclear reactor, a turbo-electric drive, and a pump jet. It will be capable of staying at sea for unlimited periods of time ...

Britain has laid the keel for the Royal Navy's largest-ever submarine. At BAE ... together and fitted out with the Rolls-Royce nuclear reactor, Trident missile compartments, and 20,000 cables ...