Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) reports it has tested a high-temperature fission chamber prototype built by ...

Work is progressing fast just outside Kemmerer at TerraPower’s first-of-its-kind nuclear power project. Cowboy State Daily went on a tour to get an ...

Nations are racing to deploy advanced reactors for cleaner, more secure nuclear energy, which ...

X-energy, a Maryland-based nuclear technology firm, is betting that a reactor fueled by tiny, heat-resistant particles can eliminate the risk of a core meltdown entirely. That claim, if validated at ...

An innovative algorithm for detecting collisions of high-speed particles within nuclear fusion reactors has been developed, inspired by technologies used to determine whether bullets hit targets in ...

The Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and Kairos Power have launched ...

When the second reactor opened at Connecticut’s Millstone Nuclear Power Station on Sept. 26, 1975, nuclear power was at the height of a golden age in the United States. Millstone, situated on a ...

A small nuclear test reactor arrived in Utah aboard U.S. military aircraft. It won’t power homes, but state and federal leaders say it signals a new chapter for Utah’s energy future. Here’s what to ...

The Department of Defense is testing nuclear reactors—small enough to fit inside a C-17 Globemaster cargo plane—as a way to power its remote bases.

China breaks a historic barrier in nuclear fusion, bringing the dream of nearly infinite energy closer to reality.

Employees at the U.S. Department of Energy's Idaho National Laboratory recently reached an important milestone in developing the nation's next generation of nuclear reactors by the completion of the ...