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Deep Fission Nuclear Completes $30M Financing in a Go-Public Transaction

Deep Fission, Inc. ("Deep Fission" or the "Company"), a pioneering advanced nuclear energy company placing small modular ...
Interesting Engineering on MSN1d

US nuclear firm gets funding to bury mini reactors a mile underground, saving 80%

Deep Fission’s technology centers on small cylindrical reactors that can be lowered into 30-inch diameter boreholes drilled a ...
Power Technology on MSN1d

Deep Fission goes public with $30m private placement offering

"Deep Fission goes public with $30m private placement offering" was originally created and published by Power Technology, a ...

Nuclear startup Deep Fission goes public in a curious SPAC

Deep Fission had been seeking to raise $15 million in a seed round as recently as April. The reverse merger will raise twice ...

NRC Completes Safety Evaluation and Approves Terrestrial Energy IMSR Principal Design Criteria Including its Mechanism for Inherent Reactor Power Control

Terrestrial Energy continues to lead molten salt reactor commercialization with first ruling by NRC on IMSR Plant’s inherent ...
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NASA Seeks Commercial Partners on Lunar Fission Reactor Plan

Although specifications are scant, they appear to encourage scalability, suggesting this is just the beginning for Moon-based ...
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Evanston Company Contracts With Army To Make Portable Nuclear Reactors

An Evanston-based nuclear manufacturer says it's working with the U.S. Army to produce shipping container-sized reactors.
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Burying nuclear reactors might make them cleaner and cheaper

This would, in one fell swoop, minimise the risk of radioactive leaks, dispose of the “hot” waste reactors generate and ...

US researchers make key breakthrough in pursuit of next-gen nuclear power: 'The momentum is incredible'

The uranium-based fuel, Tri-structural Isotropic particle fuel or TRISO, inside the pebbles is the "most robust nuclear fuel ...
Space on MSN10d

Where on the moon NASA places its nuclear reactor isn’t simple

In a bold, strategic move for the U.S., acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy announced plans on August 5 to build a nuclear fission reactor for deployment on the lunar surface in 2030. Doing so would ...

Challenges Faced by the U.S. Lunar Nuclear Reactor Program

NASA Acting Administrator Shawn Duffy recently announced plans to deploy a 100-kilowatt nuclear reactor on the lunar surface by 2030 to "ensure the U.S. maintains its leadership in crewed lunar ...