Wave of the future: Unlike today’s reactors, a traveling-wave reactor requires very little enriched uranium, reducing the risk of weapons proliferation. (Click here for a larger diagram, also on page ...

Employees of the Idaho National Lab were on alert for a V.I.P. visit Oct. 23. It wasn't a government contractor that was coming through; it was someone a lot more important and with much deeper ...

Chu told reporters Saturday that he doesn’t want to pre-judge the panel’s work. But Chu noted that he – and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission – believes the current practice of dry cask storage of ...

Babcock & Wilcox (B&W) has signed an agreement to support the development of TerraPower's travelling wave reactor. Babcock & Wilcox (B&W) has signed an agreement to support the development of ...

This is good news! I’m hopping that TerraPower can get their Traveling Wave Reactor approved too. The first one was supposed to be built in 2020, but that was cancelled. If we can get smaller modular ...

Aunty Beeb shall speak peace unto nations: Mr Gates’ TerraPower and Toshiba are investigating technology for … a new generation of … mini-reactors, which are more cost-efficient than conventional ...

A Senate hearing focused on the challenges of building the nation’s next-generation nuclear fleet yesterday quickly pivoted to concerns about cost and competition from cheap natural gas, with senators ...

Idaho National Lab Bill Gates visited the INL Oct. 23 to talk up his "traveling wave reactor" project. Employees of the Idaho National Lab were on alert for a V.I.P. visit Oct. 23. It wasn't a ...