Russia’s state atomic energy corporation – Rosatom – has announced the beginning of pilot operations of its nuclear fuel fabrication/refabrication facility or ...

Russia's 150 MWt MBIR fast neutron research reactor at Dimitrovgrad has reached 80% construction, and is set for 2028 startup ...

A steel reactor base plate and the lower tier of the containment has been installed in what is being called a landmark moment for construction of the BREST-OD-300 generation IV fast neutron reactor in ...

Commercial nuclear reactors all work pretty much the same way. Atoms of a radioactive material split, emitting neutrons.

Outdone only by nuclear fusion, the process of nuclear fission releases enormous amounts of energy. The ‘spicy rocks’ that are at the core of both natural and artificial fission reactors are generally ...

Russia's Rosatom and China's Atomic Energy Authority have signed a Comprehensive Programme for Long-Term Cooperation in the field of fast-neutron reactors and closing the nuclear fuel cycle. The two ...

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) once again brings together the fast reactor and related fuel cycles communities by organizing the International Conference on Fast Reactors and Related ...