TerraPower officially received a construction permit Monday for its first-of-a-kind Natrium reactor in Kemmerer. “This demonstrates advanced ...

The Microsoft co-founder is betting next-generation nuclear reactors can power the AI boom while cutting carbon emissions.

The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has approved the construction permit for a new commercial nuclear reactor in western Wyoming. This is the first permit of its kind to be approved in eight ...

On Wednesday, the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission announced that it had issued its first construction approval in nearly a decade. The approval will allow work to begin on a site in Kemmerer, Wyoming ...

Global momentum continues to build behind nuclear power. There are more than 400 nuclear reactors in operation today in 31 countries, and the number of countries that are considering, planning or well ...

Four nuclear reactors in Fukushima, Japan, exploded 15 years ago on March 11, 2011, touching off a nuclear catastrophe Japan ...

Running a nuclear power plant isn’t an easy task, even with the level of automation available to a 1980s Soviet RBMK reactor.

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Researchers at the US Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory have unveiled a breakthrough ...

Madison’s nuclear reactor and fusion labs after announcing a state partnership to study Wisconsin’s nuclear energy ...

The rewrite was done to speed up the construction of a new generation of nuclear reactors. Critics warn it could compromise ...