Project Pele: The Pentagon’s Ambitious Effort to Build a Portable Nuclear Reactor
This week, we look at Project Pele, the Pentagon's ambitious new effort to construct a portable nuclear power source.
Nuclear Power
Air Force Research Lab Takes Giant Leap Into the New Space Age With Plans for Nuclear-Powered Spacecraft Systems
In a bold move that echoes ambitions from the earliest days of space exploration, the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) is revisiting the concept of nuclear-powered spacecraft.
NASA Announces Artemis Concept Award Winners, as it Plans to Take Nuclear Power to the Moon
NASA has announced the winners of the Artemis Concept Awards, a project working to put nuclear power on the Moon.
Fusion Reactor Breakthrough Readies Stage for ITER
Researchers have produced the largest energy output from any fusion reactor to date using the exact type of fuel used by the sun.
NASA Wants Battelle to Put a Nuclear Reactor on the Moon
NASA wants Battelle to put a fission based nuclear reactor on the moon, and is asking anyone and...
Nuclear Fusion Researchers Record Highest Output Level Yet
Approximately 2/3 the Input Energy this Latest Result is a Massive Increase Over Previous Records
Approximately 2/3 the Input Energy this Latest Result is a Massive Increase Over Previous Records
Nuclear Fusion researchers at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory working in the National Ignition Facility have recorded the...