Fukushima, Three Mile Island, and Chornobyl—these are the three lasting images that remain in the public eye when people think of commercial nuclear energy and the consequences that occur when things ...

Efforts to expand nuclear power have long been stymied by fears of a major nuclear meltdown. A new Chinese reactor design is the first full-scale demonstration that’s entirely meltdown-proof. Despite ...

Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...

The South African government remains committed to the use of nuclear energy and is planning to revive its Pebble Bed Modular Reactor programme and embark on new builds, the Deputy Director General of ...

The world is about to embrace a nuclear renaissance - and South Africa wants a slice of the pie. That is the underlying theme dominating the start of the first-ever pebble bed modular reactor (PBMR) ...

Durban faces a nuclear hazard should Eskom go ahead with plans to build a mini nuclear reactor north of Cape Town, say critics. The city's port and road network will be integral to transporting the ...

Specifically, the favored models are the thorium-fueled molten-salt reactor, where thorium is dissolved into the salt coolant; the lead-cooled fast reactor, which replaces water coolant with molten ...