How can fission-powered propulsion help advance deep space exploration, specifically to the outer planets like Jupiter, ...

Siemens Energy will be the sole supplier of steam turbines, generators and other auxiliary systems ... of components for the “power island,” the non-nuclear part of nuclear power plants.

Tests that simulate the temperatures and pressures which the reactor systems will be subjected to during normal operation ...

Incorporating technical know-how gained on the airplane-engine project, this SNAP (for Systems for Nuclear Auxiliary Power) contains liquid lithium and gaseous potassium, tricky fluids that would ...

Image artist rendering of a space vehicle powered by nuclear electric propulsion. Credit: L3Harris Space nuclear power and propulsion technologies are poised for a breakthrough after decades of ...

Those power systems depended on plutonium-238, but Zeno is pioneering lightweight systems that use strontium-90 instead. Strontium-90 is produced as a byproduct in nuclear fission reactors and ...

Maritime classification society the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) has launched what it says is the industry's first comprehensive rules for floating nuclear power plants. (Image: ABS) ABS said the ...