Carolyn Krause concludes her series on plutonium and Oak Ridge with this installment that focuses on Louis Slotin. She also mentions the recent history of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s latest ...

On February 18, 2a group of volunteers from the Great Smoky Mountains National Park visited Oak Ridge to experience the newest National Park unit, the Manhattan Project National Historical Park, or at ...

Frazer-Nash is to provide engineering services related to the fabrication of the graphite moderator for Terrestrial Energy's Integrated Molten Salt Reactor under a newly announced contract between the ...

Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have definitively answered a long-standing question: the tiny, natural pores inside graphite blocks do not affect the material’s performance as a ...

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Molten salt reactors – nuclear power reactors that use liquid salt as primary coolant or a molten salt mixture as fuel – have many favourable characteristics for nuclear safety and sustainability. The ...

With governments around the world recognizing the urgent need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, nuclear energy looks like being an increasingly major player in the energy mix of the coming decades.

The Integral MSR is also based on the MSR Experiment but has been modified to have a more sealed, passive approach. The design team is based in Canada with international involvement and support. An 80 ...