In the remote expanse of the Gobi desert stands the first thorium (Th) reactor ever built. Last year, researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences showed that this two-megawat ...

Its two sources of fuel, hydrogen and lithium, are widely available in many parts of the Earth. What’s the difference between nuclear fission and nuclear fusion? Both are nuclear processes, in that ...

a physics professor at UW, has conducted the first fully microscopic, quantum many-body simulation of a nucleus's neck rupture to produce the most accurate description yet of its fission dynamics.

The questions in this quiz are suitable for GCSE physics students studying nuclear fission, fission reactors and nuclear fusion. If you struggled with the quiz, don't panic - we've got you!

Each fission reaction releases a huge amount of ... with most of the attention focused on understanding the plasma physics required to confine and heat a plasma to thermonuclear temperatures ...