The algorithm is grounded in math and physics and allows a nuclear microreactor to automatically control its thermal power.

Scientists in the United States have come up with a physics-based algorithm that could one day make it possible for nuclear ...

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Roland Winston, SB’56, SM’57, PhD’63—a pioneer in solar energy, engineering, and physics—died Feb. 8 at his home in California. He was 88. Winston was a University of Chicago professor in the ...

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A new physics-based algorithm clears a path toward nuclear microreactors that can autonomously adjust power output based on ...