Clean and sustainable nuclear energy may sound like a washed up, post-war dream, but the modern reality of this power source is much more complicated. For one, nuclear energy in the coming decades ...

Matthew Hole receives funding from the Australian government through the Australian Research Council and the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), and the Simons Foundation.

They are extending concepts and experiments in pulse power studied at Sandia National Labs. The Sandia Z Machine used currents of about 26 million amps to reach peak X-ray emissions of 350 terawatts ...

Nuclear energy is regaining investor an.d media attention, as more than 20 countries have pledged to triple their nuclear capacity by 2050. Scientific breakeven - also known as "Q>1”—is the ratio of ...

Robert Adams updated the work on a phase 2 Pulsed Fission-Fusion (PuFF) Propulsion Concept. Robert works at the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center. This system should be able to achieve 15 kW/kg and 30 ...

Scientists, governments, and companies from around the world have been increasingly investing in a potential source of energy that could provide unlimited, clean power to everyone on Earth: nuclear ...

A nuclear fusion bill signed into law this month in California would advance efforts to develop a safer, less radioactive ...

The Microsoft founder is ramping up his investments in nuclear power. Halil Sagirkaya/Anadolu via Getty Images Lauded for its potential to provide mass amounts of affordable and clean energy, nuclear ...

There are three things worth knowing about this week’s startling announcement of a breakthrough in nuclear fusion technology. First, this could one day offer a huge new source of energy. Second, it ...

In December 2022 scientists at the U.S. National Ignition Facility (NIF) announced a breakthrough in the decades-long effort to create an energy source based on the same nuclear fusion reactions that ...