atomic reaction

A degrading seal on a device controlling the atomic reaction led Entergy to close the plant nearly two weeks earlier than planned in May 2022.

PEVEK, Russia — The water was hot, steamy and plentiful, and Pavel Rozhkov let it flow over his body, enjoying a shower that is not for the squeamish: On his bare skin, he was feeling the heat produced by an atomic reaction, pumped directly from a nuclear reactor into his home.

The resulting atomic reaction took only a fraction of a second, but its effects on one indigenous family would last decades.

The resulting atomic reaction took only a fraction of a second, but its effects on one Indigenous family would last decades.

An ambitious project taking shape in southern France will test a long-held dream: that nuclear fusion, the atomic reaction that takes place in the sun and in hydrogen bombs, can be controlled to generate power.