Nuclear reactors that use heavy water can employ a form of uranium commonly found in nature ... the Manhattan Project had made 20 tons of the precious liquid, more than enough to fill the first ...

After years of effort, the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) scientists have created fuel for the world’s first fast-spectrum molten salt reactor. The Molten Chloride Reactor Experiment (MCRE) will test ...

it is interesting to note that the main source of Earth's internal heat comes from the radioactive decay of uranium, thorium and potassium-40 that keeps the outer core liquid, induces mantle ...