Navy Finally Seeking To Dispose Of USS Long Beach, The World’s First Nuclear-Powered Cruiser

Tearing apart a nuclear-powered warship is a whole lot more costly and time-consuming than a conventionally powered one.
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First nuclear atomic clock has been used to investigate the properties of dark matter

Back in 2024, a joint collaboration of researchers from TU Wien in Austria and the National Institute of Standards and ...
Science News

Clocks made from an atomic nucleus just ticked on for the first time

First dreamed up decades ago, the world's first nuclear clocks are set to improve quickly, becoming more precise and aiding ...
New Scientist

First working nuclear clock heralds a new era in timekeeping

A clock based on radioactive thorium atoms realises a long-held ambition, demonstrating a technology that could eventually ...
POWER Magazine

Antares Mark-0 Becomes First Advanced Nuclear Reactor to Achieve Criticality Under DOE Pilot Program

Antares Nuclear Inc.'s Mark-0—a sodium heat-pipe-cooled microreactor fueled by high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) ...
Power Engineering

Oklo breaks ground on its first nuclear ‘powerhouse’

Oklo breaks ground on its first Aurora powerhouse at Idaho National Laboratory under the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) newly established Reactor Pilot Program. The event included participation ...
MIT Technology Review

NASA is building the first nuclear reactor-powered interplanetary spacecraft. How will it work?

The agency wants to fly it to Mars by the end of 2028. Experts say that’s … ambitious. MIT Technology Review Explains: Let our writers untangle the complex, messy world of technology to help you ...
Forbes

NASA Sets 2028 Launch For First Nuclear Mission To Mars Days Before Return To The Moon

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This ...