On December 20, 1951, the Experimental Breeder Reactor-I (EBR-I) in Idaho became the first nuclear reactor in the world to generate usable electricity. As a matter of fact, it produced enough power to ...

Discover pyroprocessing: a high-temperature method transforming materials in cement, metallurgy, and nuclear industries.

Outdone only by nuclear fusion, the process of nuclear fission releases enormous amounts of energy. The ‘spicy rocks’ that are at the core of both natural and artificial fission reactors are generally ...