While expanding nuclear energy production would provide carbon-free power and can help countries around the world meet their climate goals, nuclear energy could also come with some inherent risk.

A recent experiment by Double M Innovations shows how a simple setup can turn ...

Space system developers can quickly develop prototypes and final designs for their power management system with a radiation-tolerant device based on a familiar plastic COTS device The ...

Unreasonably strict radiation exposure limits are holding back nuclear power development, according to a July report from Idaho National Laboratory (INL) researchers. The report challenges the current ...

As part of a continuing series, Talha Burki looks at the issues at the core of medicine in nuclear power plants.

Microchip Technology has announced the completion of its radiation-hardened power MOSFETs, achieving JANSF qualification for the JANSF2N8587U3 model, which can withstand up to 300 Krad (Si) Total ...

Power supply has been fully restored at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, with no radiation level exceedances detected on the site. This was announced by Ukraine’s Energy Minister Svitlana Hrynchuk, ...

In the semiconductor industry, the use of radiation-hardened power MOS devices to avoid latchup is less common than hardening logic and memories to avoid single-event upsets. Going the less-traveled ...

Terahertz (THz) technology has long promised transformative applications in fields ranging from ultrafast communications to medical diagnostics. A research team led by Runxian Xing et al. has achieved ...

Radiation spectrum management technology has traditionally been applied in a wide range of environmental settings. Still, recently, materials resistant to extreme circumstances have become more and ...

Rethinking nuclear radiation and its dangers is critical if the world is to turn away from hydrocarbon sources of energy. Many of us are seeing unwelcome spikes in our electric bills. This is due in ...