The United States has taken a step toward a 21st-century renaissance in civilian nuclear power as the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has given the go-ahead for TerraPower's Natrium Gen IV reactor ...

June 10, 2024 TerraPower, celebrated the start of construction on the Natrium reactor demonstration project. This marks the first advanced reactor project to move from design into construction in the ...

The $4 billion plant is due to be constructed by 2030 and may represent a new era for the US's nuclear industry.

US-based Aalo Atomics has officially tapped energy technology giant Baker Hughes to provide the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The global demand for sustainable energy solutions is growing at an unprecedented pace. Governments and private institutions ...

A French company is taking a key step in the development of its sodium-cooled, high-temperature small modular reactor (SMR). For this, Blue Capsule has started the construction of a new full-sized ...

The company says its application to build the Natrium reactor demonstration project is the first construction permit application for a commercial advanced reactor to be submitted to the US Nuclear ...

Core disruptive accidents (CDAs) in sodium-cooled fast reactors represent a severe class of events in which the integrity of the reactor core is rapidly compromised, leading to the dispersal of molten ...

Corrosion by liquid sodium appears to be complex and affects a variety of materials in different ways. I think I've found a good overview, but I've only skimmed it so far. See this collection of ...