The satellite, launched in 1967, has been orbiting the Earth for decades with no one listening.| Popular Mechanics
As it turns out, it’s quite easy to do so.| Popular Mechanics
The small nuclear power plants will use molten salt in their fuel, making them safer and more versatile and portable than traditional nuclear power plants.| Popular Mechanics
It's fast, cheap, safe, and eats up waste. What's not to like?| Popular Mechanics
The unsung subatomic particle's time is now.| Popular Mechanics
What happens to all that highly enriched uranium in space?| Popular Mechanics
Scientists discovered the compound by accident. They're happy they did.| Popular Mechanics
Both atomic and thermonuclear bombs are capable of mass destruction, but there are some big differences.| Popular Mechanics
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Nuclear fuel pellets, with each pellet – not much larger than a sugar cube – contains as much energy as a tonne of coal (Image: Kazatomprom)| world-nuclear.org
Thorium is more abundant in nature than uranium. It is fertile rather than fissile, and can be used in conjunction with fissile material as nuclear fuel. The use of thorium as a new primary energy source has been a tantalizing prospect for many years.| world-nuclear.org