Commercial nuclear reactors all work pretty much the same way. Atoms of a radioactive material split, emitting neutrons.

Fireplaces are cozy until it’s time to shovel out the ashes. Nuclear power has the same problem: abundant, reliable energy ...

Small modular reactor startups are betting that mass manufacturing will help them bring costs down. But are they ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Leonel Lagos, Florida International University (THE CONVERSATION) As U.S. electricity ...

Are microreactors the future of nuclear energy? Someday, nuclear reactors the size of shipping containers could power your hometown, but a huge number of regulatory hurdles will have to be cleared ...

You can feel the buzz: nuclear is back. Or so we’re told. From Brussels to Washington, a new wave of enthusiasm for so-called Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) is sweeping through policy circles, think ...

TerraPower, a Bill Gates-backed nuclear company, announced a deal with Meta to build up to eight small modular reactors in ...

The biggest nuclear power plant in the United States is not a single hulking reactor, but a sprawling complex whose scale is measured in gigawatts and square miles. Its turbines quietly push out ...

Standard Nuclear has received the HALEU needed to produce the first full TRISO fuel core for Radiant’s Kaleidos microreactor.

In December, the provincial government completed the first round of its online public information sessions regarding whether ...