Virginia-Based Jefferson Lab will find ways to transform nuclear waste into usable electricity while also drastically reducing its radioactive life.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Although nuclear fission, which powers nuclear reactors, can provide plenty of energy, it also produces potentially dangerous ...

A five-dimensional model accurately predicts the asymmetric fission of mercury isotopes, advancing our understanding of nuclear fission beyond traditional heavy elements such as uranium and plutonium ...

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

A testing campaign led by the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) ...

Is nuclear power the world's best hope for slowing climate change—or a high-stakes gamble that risks radioactive disaster? What if it's both? As the world seeks cleaner energy sources, nuclear energy ...

PARSONS, Kan. (KOAM) — The community is pushing for greater transparency as an experimental underground nuclear reactor project advances through regulatory approval processes in Labette County. The ...

Few manmade threats inspire as much fear as the potential of a nuclear meltdown. The fact that "Chernobyl," once an obscure Ukrainian town, is now globally recognized as a synonym for catastrophe ...

Although nuclear fission, which powers nuclear reactors, can provide plenty of energy, it also produces potentially dangerous radioactive waste as a by-product. Now, researchers say they may have ...