Commercial nuclear reactors all work pretty much the same way. Atoms of a radioactive material split, emitting neutrons.
Russia’s state atomic energy corporation – Rosatom – has announced the beginning of pilot operations of its nuclear fuel fabrication/refabrication facility or ...
Neutron beam research and reactor technology constitute a vibrant field at the forefront of materials analysis, non‐destructive imaging and advanced reactor design. The utilisation of neutrons for ...
Exotic hypothetical particles known as axions could be produced inside a nuclear reactor, something The Big Bang Theory’s ...
The figure illustrates the experimental setup used to measure neutron leakage spectra from natural lead (nat Pb) slab samples, employing both D-T and D-D neutron sources at the integral experiment ...
CIS states have approved a joint research programme using Russia’s MBIR fast neutron reactor, building an international hub ...
Fireplaces are cozy until it’s time to shovel out the ashes. Nuclear power has the same problem: abundant, reliable energy ...
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Fusion reactors could forge elusive dark matter axions

Could future fusion reactors also serve as laboratories in which to manufacture dark matter? That’s the provocative question ...
Fusion power has long been sold as the technology that could light our cities with the same process that powers the stars.
Two billion years before we made history and split the atom, the Earth had already accomplished it and was running its own ...
Fusion reactors may not only generate clean energy but also produce axions, particles linked to dark matter, according to a ...
America's national security relies in part on the U.S. Navy's nuclear-powered submarines, which can operate more than 800 ...