Most nuclear energy is thermal. All that complex nuclear physics and chemistry serve merely to create steam that spins a turbine, the same as any combustion-based power plant does. But what if you ...
Imagine this: Little black pellets made of uranium dioxide are stacked on top of each other in a silver, cylindrical rod. A rogue neutron hits a U-235 nucleus inside a pellet, causing the nucleus to ...
Unit 2 reactor is seen at Luminant's Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant near Glen Rose, Texas, Wednesday, March 23, 2011. (Tom Fox/The Dallas Morning News) Tom Fox/Staff Photographer / THE DALLAS ...
To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. With demand for energy in the United States rapidly rising ...
Nuclear energy is often regarded as the cleanest power source on Earth. Unlike coal or gas, nuclear power plants don't release smoke and other contaminants into the air. They produce massive amounts ...
The U.K. once had more nuclear power stations than the U.S., USSR and France combined but hasn't completed a reactor since 1995. Nuclear energy accounted for 14% of the U.K.'s power supply in 2023 but ...
Ms. Tuhus-Dubrow is the author of “Atomic Dreams: The New Nuclear Evangelists and the Fight for the Future of Energy.” She wrote from Irvine, Calif. At the annual United Nations climate conference in ...
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