A novel small modular reactor design will use its waste heat to desalinate water produced in Texan oil and gas wells.

Scientists have linked a lithium battery plant fire in California earlier this month to a surge in heavy metals found in nearby soil.

This converts the lithium at the interface into lithium fluoride (LiF). It is important to note that the lithium atoms of the cathode material remain as ions, that is, as positively charged particles.

The EPA began monitoring for hydrogen fluoride, a highly toxic gas produced by lithium-ion battery fires, and for particulate ...