Secure quantum communication in a nuclear reactor launched in the US — how it works

News Science and space 06-05-2025 at 10:37 comment
American researchers from the University of Purdue and Oak Ridge National Laboratory have demonstrated for the first time in the world the ability to secure quantum communication in an operating nuclear reactor. 

Uranium — everything? China is the first in the world to launch a thorium nuclear reactor with refueling without shutdown

News Technologies 04-22-2025 at 10:46 comment
China has successfully tested the world’s first industrial thorium nuclear reactor on molten salts.

Oracle to build SMR nuclear reactors for new data centers with a capacity of more than 1 GW

News Technologies 09-12-2024 at 10:15 comment
Oracle has received permits to build three small modular reactors (SMRs) to power artificial intelligence data centers. The company wants to power facilities with a capacity of more than 1 GW.

«Nobody will guess»: Finnish nuclear waste repository for 100,000 years of storage will have no external signs

News Technologies 06-28-2024 at 19:27 comment
The world’s first permanent repository for nuclear fuel waste will open later this year on Olkiluoto, a sparsely populated Finnish island with lush forests in the Baltic Sea three hours north of Helsinki. The «Onkalo» (Finnish for «cavity» or «cave») is one of the most modern facilities of its kind, designed to store nuclear waste 450…

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