Science Made Simple: What Is Nuclear Fission?
Nuclear fission, discovered in 1938, involves splitting an atom's nucleus, releasing energy. It's essential for electricity ...
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The One Technological Issue That Is Holding Nuclear Rockets Back
NASA plans to send crewed missions to Mars over the next decade – but the 140 million-mile (225 million-kilometer) journey to the red planet could take several months to years round trip.
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There’s a Big Problem With Using Nuclear Rockets to Get to Mars
Testy Subject Scientists have long proposed nuclear fission-fueled rockets to get to Mars fast — but one is warning that ...
How rockets could travel to Mars in half the time with nuclear thermal propulsion
NASA plans to send crewed missions to Mars over the next decade – but the 140 million-mile (225 million-kilometer) journey to ...
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Destroyer of worlds: How the race for the atomic bomb that became death, and a stark reminder to nations in the nuclear era
The 2024 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to a Japanese atomic bomb survivors’ movement, Nihon Hidankyo, fighting for a world ...
Using antimatter to detect nuclear radiation: Byproducts of fission reactors provide insight into nuclear reactor use
Nuclear fission reactors act as a key power source for many parts of the world and worldwide power capacity is expected to ...
Fast-Track to Mars: NASA’s Nuclear Rockets Cut Travel Time in Half
NASA and DARPA are developing nuclear thermal propulsion (NTP) technology to enable faster crewed missions to Mars, ...
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Nuclear rockets could travel to Mars in half the time, but designing the reactors that would power them isn't easy
Nuclear fission involves harvesting the incredible amount of energy released when an atom is split by a neutron. This reaction is known as a fission reaction. Fission technology is well ...
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Future fusion goals: US’ DREAM TEAM to 3D-print tungsten for nuclear reactors
Researchers from national labs in the US are working together to 3D print tungsten to be used inside nuclear reactors.
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Using antimatter to detect nuclear radiation
Discerning whether a nuclear reactor is being used to also create material for nuclear weapons is difficult, but capturing ...
Sam Altman-Backed Nuclear Startup Gets Greenlight for First Microreactor
Oklo, whose name comes from the region of Gabon, Africa where self-sustaining nuclear fission reactions took place naturally about 1.7 billion years ago, went public in May. Sam Altman, the CEO of ...
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How Big Tech embraced nuclear power
In that context, it’s easy to see why nuclear is appealing: Fission reactors can run uninterrupted for years, working at maximum capacity over 90% of the time. Maintenance outages tend to be ...