Boing Boing plunged the depths of Etsy to find this 3D-printed replica of the Chernobyl power plant, complete with a ruined reactor that lights up and spews “smoke” when you use it as a diffuser or ...

Imagine printing a nuclear reactor core — or nuclear fuel pellets — in 3D. It may sound far-fetched that 3D printing could create materials robust enough to withstand the extreme environment of a ...

Energy startup Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) said Thursday it’s working with Google’s DeepMind division to fine tune — and even improve — the operation of its forthcoming Sparc reactor using AI.

The US may have as many as 10 large nuclear power plants under construction within five years, meeting a goal set by President Donald Trump, according to Bechtel Group Inc., one of the industry’s top ...

Stainless steel has long been a workhorse material for the nuclear industry. It fortifies walls and forms crucial components throughout nuclear reactors, where it withstands decades of extreme heat, ...

Steel is one of the most essential components for the nuclear energy industry, among others. In nuclear reactors, steel is used to fortify walls and for crucial components. The steel in nuclear ...

This component was 3D-printed, filled with a silicon-carbide pre-ceramic polymer and heat-treated to produce amorphous silicon carbide. Credit: Amy Smotherman Burgess/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy.

Scientists have integrated binder jet additive manufacturing with an advanced post-processing method to fabricate leak-tight ceramic components, overcoming a key challenge of ceramic additive ...

ORNL‑fabricated channel fastener brackets — the pioneering safety-related 3D‑printed parts now installed at TVA’s Browns Ferry nuclear plant, produced in collaboration with Framatome [Source: ORNL] ...

Why it matters: Two concurrent developments – faster, more agile nuclear construction enabled by 3D printing, and the race to deploy a functional nuclear reactor on the Moon – signal a profound ...