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The future of self-regulating microreactors may hinge less on artificial intelligence and more on the principles of physics. This represents a significant departure from the current trend in ...

The Army on Tuesday named nine U.S. installations that could receive nuclear microreactors in the coming years as the service looks to the technology for increased and more resilient power production ...

WASHINGTON — The Army will place commercial nuclear microreactors on some of its bases in the coming years under a private-public partnership it has dubbed the Janus Program, Army Secretary Dan ...

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In contrast to other technological advances, the objective for next-generation nuclear reactors seems to be to scale down, not up—an initiative backed by the Department of Energy (DOE). Earlier this ...

The explosion in new AI capabilities is driving a related competition for more electrical power, including nuclear power. But practical and regulatory obstacles have inhibited investors. Now, the ...

A new University of Michigan research study published this month by Rackham student Muhammad Rafiul Abdusammi determined that, under the right circumstances, the nuclear sector’s newest technology ...

You might imagine nuclear power plants as behemoth facilities spanning hundreds of acres. Nuclear microreactors, by contrast, could sit on land the size of a football field and power a whole town. I’m ...

The U.S. Department of Energy has moved Radiant Industries’ Kaleidos microreactor through a critical safety study phase, bringing a 1.2 MWe high-temperature gas reactor closer to physical testing at ...

Microreactors offer portable, autonomous nuclear power for towns, campuses, industry, and military bases, with lower upfront costs than traditional plants. Despite their promise, investors remain wary ...