Advanced computing is being utilized to predict a key occurrence in nuclear fission reactions, which could help improve energy production in future plants, according to a new stud ...

A team of nuclear fusion researchers is trying to bring order to electron movement inside reactors. It's not an easy task, as ...

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 ...

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

TerraPower, a start-up founded by Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates, is set to build a new kind of nuclear power plant in Wyoming ...

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

Lockheed Martin is focusing on developing Fission Surface Power (FSP) as the essential solution ...

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 ...

With more than half of South Carolina’s energy being attributed to nuclear power, Santee Cooper hopes to expand its use with the repurposing of two unfinished nuclear units in Jenkinsville, South ...

Deep Fission, the California-based startup aiming to revolutionize nuclear energy by burying reactors a ...

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.