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Nuclear Engineer Reacts to China Syndrome Explanation on How Nuclear Reactors Work

I'm a Nuclear Engineer with 10+ years of experience in nuclear power — from engineering ⚙️, operations ⚡, maintenance 🔧, emergency response 🚨, to capital projects 💰. I don’t know everything, but I ...
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US breakthrough settles decades-old debate on graphite’s role in nuclear reactors

The ORNL study confirms that these imperfections do not disturb the atomic vibrations within the graphite, which are ...

Q&A: How new technology would fuel a different kind of nuclear power plant in Kansas

Increasing energy demands and the need to stabilize aging infrastructure are pushing countries around the world to consider ...
The Washington Post

These nuclear reactors fit on a flatbed truck. How safe are they?

The Golden Chest Mine in the far northern reaches of Idaho seems an unlikely staging ground for clean power innovation. It is a throwback to an earlier era, the last hard rock gold mine in Idaho, ...
The New York Times

NASA Is Getting Fired Up About a Nuclear Reactor on the Moon

Placing an atomic energy source on the lunar surface is “not science fiction,” experts say, but does pose technical challenges. By Kenneth Chang Nuclear reactors have been generating power on Earth ...