The 1960s Tech Keeping NASA’s Voyager Probes Alive for Nearly 50 Years
Solar panels are next to useless in the outer solar system, so NASA’s Voyager probes rely on nuclear batteries—technology ...
Radioisotope generators—inside the 'nuclear batteries' that power faraway spacecraft
Powering spacecraft with solar energy may not seem like a challenge, given how intense the sun's light can feel on Earth.
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Russia tests next-gen nuclear fuel to boost 600 MWe reactor’s efficiency, cut waste
Nuclear fission reactors struggle with two key problems: poor fuel utilization and complicated radioactive waste handling. To ...
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Safety, security concerns over proliferation of nuclear plants in neighbouring states
Talks about African countries developing nuclear power plants have been on the upswing, with more States keying into them in ...
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Why Is Making Nuclear Weapons So Complicated? Unveiling the Secrets!
Since the first nuclear explosion in history during the Trinity test in 1945, nuclear weapons have significantly shaped the ...
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Nuclear Salt Water Rocket a Delicate Balance of Supercritical Nuclear Explosions
The term “detonation” might be a misnomer—Zubrin could be describing a rapid, sustained fission process that’s more energetic than a typical reactor but less violent than a bomb. Still, the neutron ...
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Nuclear fusion and fission articles from across Nature Portfolio
Plasma turbulence is the main driver to deteriorate the performance of fusion power plants. This work presents an unprecedented comparison of plasma turbulence between experiment and simulation ...