Planning rules will be ripped up to make it easier to build new nuclear reactors and create thousands of highly skilled jobs, the government has announced. The reforms are the latest in a series ...

BRUSSELS, Feb 4 (Reuters) - Belgium's new government is looking to double its nuclear power capacity from 4 gigawatts to 8 GW by building new reactors, Energy Minister Mathieu Bihet was quoted as ...

The level of energy unleashed by nuclear weapons is very difficult to simulate with computers and other conventional methods. This is where laser-ignition fusion facilities can help, Eveleth said.

The DEFCON 2 exercise term is “Fast Pace.” The most urgent alert, DEFCON 1, represents the highest level of readiness for nuclear war. DEFCON 1 would be reserved for when an attack is ...

Nuclear physics is the study of the protons and neutrons at the centre of an atom and the interactions that hold them together in a space just a few femtometres (10-15 metres) across. Example ...

The challenge of water level control in steam generators, particularly at low power levels, has always been a critical aspect of nuclear power plant operation. To address this issue, this paper ...

In this course, you learn about the statistical properties of atomic nuclei and models that describe these, and about different types of nuclear reactions that are used to study the atomic nucleus. In ...