Explore: Reactor Technology

A nuclear reactor is a device used to sustain a controlled fission nuclear chain reaction. They are used for commercial electricity, marine propulsion

development, pressurized water reactors (PWRs) represent the most prevalent technology. However, SMR concepts encompass various reactor types including generation

Generation IV (Gen IV) reactors are nuclear reactor design technologies that are envisioned as successors of generation III reactors. The Generation IV International

1950s Aircraft Reactor Experiment (ARE) was primarily motivated by the technology's compact size, while the 1960s Molten-Salt Reactor Experiment (MSRE)

A breeder reactor is a nuclear reactor that generates more fissile material than it consumes. These reactors can be fueled with more-commonly available

liquid metal fast breeder reactor. By 1973, due to Shaw's influence, the US government had essentially settled on uranium technology and largely discontinued

Generation III reactors, or Gen III reactors, are a class of nuclear reactors designed to succeed Generation II reactors, incorporating evolutionary improvements

graduates of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), the company designs compact fast reactors with the aim of providing clean, safe, and affordable

Small modular reactors (SMR) are much smaller than the current nuclear reactors (300 MWe or less) and have compact and scalable designs which propose

gas-cooled reactor (HTGR) is a type of gas-cooled nuclear reactor which uses uranium fuel and graphite moderation to produce very high reactor core output