The reactor core is a long, narrow cylinder. Inside its vacuum chamber (below), an electric current strips hydrogen gas of its electrons, generating a high-energy plasma. It’s propelled downward ...

NANO Nuclear Energy Inc has assembled the first reactor core hardware of its ZEUS solid core battery reactor for initial non-nuclear testing. The fuel element being prepared for testing (Image: NANO ...

Getting to this chamber involves multiple levels of security ... and there’s no radiation dose above that reactor core while you’re standing there.” This is something I tested myself ...