Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) reports it has tested a high-temperature fission chamber prototype built by ...

A testing campaign led by the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) ...

An international team of scientists has identified an unexpected region of heavy, neutron-deficient isotopes in the nuclear chart where nuclear fission is predominantly governed by an asymmetric mode.

ORNL's Brandon Wilson (center) stands with Curtiss-Wright engineers Chris Laidler (left) and Heather Shave (right) at The Ohio State University ...

PARSONS, Kan. (KOAM) — The community is pushing for greater transparency as an experimental underground nuclear reactor project advances through regulatory approval processes in Labette County. The ...

A five-dimensional model accurately predicts the asymmetric fission of mercury isotopes, advancing our understanding of nuclear fission beyond traditional heavy elements such as uranium and plutonium ...

Inside these walls, scientists have been trying for decades to create an unlimited source of energy, nuclear fusion. Welcome to JET, the world's biggest nuclear fusion experiment. Scientists argue ...

Last week, Deep Fission broke ground on a pilot program to bury small modular reactors underground in Parsons, Kansas. This project is the first of its kind in the United States, and comes as part of ...

Giving a whole new meaning to underground power, startup Deep Fission Nuclear has secured US$30 million in funding to install a micro-reactor in a mile-deep borehole by July 4, 2026 as part of the US ...