TerraPower, a Bill Gates–backed nuclear power start-up, received the federal green light to start building a power plant in ...

Nuclear fission was once seen as the ultimate energy source, but concerns about safety waste and accidents slowed its expansion. New reactor designs advanced materials and smaller modular systems are ...

A materials expert told Friends of ORNL that advanced nuclear reactors need 21st-century materials to withstand extreme ...

A “nuclear engine” has many advantages, notably providing a vehicle with an almost unlimited supply of onboard power, with no need for regular refuelling. That’s particularly attractive for large ...

Dr. Gordon Edwards explains how history demonstrates that nuclear power is clearly the wrong choice to meet our energy needs.

Governments and private developers worldwide are accelerating nuclear fusion research amid technical breakthroughs that could bring commercial-scale, clean energy closer to reality.

Nuclear power plants have a bad rap due to the tragic Chernobyl incident and the Santa Susana Field Laboratory in California, but they're safer than ever.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mar. 9—AIKEN — South Carolina and the Aiken area are a welcoming environment for development of nuclear microreactors, Tom ...

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

Deep Fission, which aims to place small modular reactors in boreholes a mile underground, has signed an agreement to purchase ...

Deep Fission, Inc. ("Deep Fission" or the "Company"), a pioneering advanced nuclear energy company placing small modular pressurized water reactors in boreholes one mile underground, announced today ...

In Gov. Tony Evers’ State of the State address, he announced a nuclear study led by University of Wisconsin-Madison ...