So now we’ve talked about all kinds of byproducts, including man-made (Fordite), nature-made (fulgurites), and one that’s a ...

This simulated the conditions these rods would experience in a real-world nuclear power plant. Following the 120-day trial, the SiGA rods were examined for any signs of degradation. “SiGA ...

The tests involved exposing unfueled SiGA cladded rods to the intense radiation ... future generation of advanced nuclear power systems.” SiGA cladding is made from a silicon carbide (SiC ...

The tests involved exposing unfueled SiGA cladded rods to the intense radiation environment of a pressurized water ... "It could also do the same for the future generation of advanced nuclear power ...

By program's end, design proposals for everything from nuclear-powered rockets, submarines, missiles, hydrofoils, and even ...

Supplying fuel to remote military bases has always been an expensive headache. A new miniature reactor can produce hydrogen ...

On Nov. 16, U.S. and Chinese leaders met on the margins of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Lima, Peru, jointly affirming “the need to maintain human control over the decision to use ...

General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) announced today that unfueled nuclear fuel rods using the company's SiGA ® fuel cladding successfully survived a 120-day irradiation testing ...