A team of researchers from NASA and Los Alamos National Laboratory have demonstrated a new reactor concept that combines a Stirling engine with modern heat pipe cooling technology to provide a power source for future space missions.
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A team of researchers from NASA and Los Alamos National Laboratory have demonstrated a new reactor concept that combines a Stirling engine with modern heat pipe cooling technology to provide a power source for future space missions._36x48.jpg "mPower cutaway (BandW) 36x48")
The Babcock and Wilcox mPower small modular reactor (SMR) has been selected as the winner of a US government program intended to help accelerate the pace at which this new class of power plant is brought to market.
NuScale Power has enlisted engineering company Curtiss-Wright to design the control rod drive mechanisms for its proposed small modular reactor (SMR).
The US nuclear energy industry appears confident that President Barack Obama's second term in the White House will oversee a continued central role for the nuclear industry at the heart of the country's energy policies.
The installation of the new Titan supercomputer at the US Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) marks the start of a new era of scientific supercomputing, including in nuclear energy research.