The US Department of Energy (DOE) has officially greenlit a critical safety blueprint for ...

At Argonne National Laboratory, researchers are trading in old-school approximations for raw supercomputing power, ...

The Energy Department made the rules public a month after NPR reported about their existence. The rules slash requirements ...

Patent filings cover advanced coolant flow distribution and variable-speed pump systems for small modular reactors and ...

TerraPower’s project in Wyoming, which uses novel technology, is the first new commercial reactor to receive federal approval in nearly a decade.

The United States has taken a step toward a 21st-century renaissance in civilian nuclear power as the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has given the go-ahead for TerraPower's Natrium Gen IV reactor ...

French President Emmanuel Macron has said he intends to speed up the development of next-generation nuclear reactors in order ...

The federal regulatory agency tasked with keeping America’s nuclear power plants safe and running smoothly is set to make huge cuts to the amount of time its staffers spend on safety and emergency ...

In a world first, the US Department of Defense (aka the Department of War) airlifted a complete 5-MW nuclear reactor using a C-17 Globemaster III transport from March Air Reserve Base, California to ...

Finland's Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority has declared that the site of the country's first nuclear reactor is no ...

Developers behind Proto‑Town have filed early paperwork with state regulators that sketches out roughly 7,600 square feet of reactor space at a site on Mineral Springs Road, carrying an estimated ...

The Pentagon and the Energy Department have airlifted a small nuclear reactor from California to Utah, demonstrating what they say is potential for the U.S. to quickly deploy nuclear power for ...