Rising electricity demand has researchers exploring a wide range of methods to generate more power, including a type of ...

Those high capacity factors also undersell the fleet’s true reliability—a lot of the downtime is scheduled. Reactors need to ...

Next-gen nuclear startup TerraPower received notice on Monday that the U.S. nuclear regulator completed a key safety ...

Tech startup Atomic Canyon has harnessed the power of the Frontier supercomputer to train the first nuclear-specific ...

A California-based nuclear energy company with plans to place small modular reactors (SMRs) in mile-deep boreholes said it ...

Scientists just brought us one step closer to the dream of unlimited power. On November 17 at the Nevada National Security Site, a nuclear energy startup called Valar Atomics achieved zero-power ...

US scientists produce the first full-scale enriched fuel salt for a fast-spectrum molten salt reactor, marking a major nuclear milestone.

The Department of Energy is awarding Holtec up to $400 million to develop two small modular reactors at a nuclear power plant ...

Bechtel, Aecon, Sargent & Lundy, BWX Technologies and Samsung are among firms teamed to construct the first SMRs in Tennessee ...

The U.S.’s last big nuclear-power project came in more than $16 billion over budget and seven years behind schedule. Now, the U.S. government wants to give the AP1000 another shot. President Trump is ...

Three Mile Island is getting a jolt back to life, courtesy of a $1 billion Trump administration loan to restart its nuclear reactor. The Department of Energy announced Tuesday a cash infusion in the ...

A Trump administration pilot program aims for three nuclear startups to reach a key milestone by July 4, 2026. Valar Atomics says it’s the first to do so—but it had some help. It’s also, more ...