New designs mean new strategies for managing spent fuel. MIT Technology Review Explains: Let our writers untangle the complex, messy world of technology to help you understand what’s coming next. You ...

An engineer inspects a cryo pump on a large pulsed power machine that creates nuclear fusion in a research facility. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission will make its first significant revisions since ...

The head of the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog warned Wednesday that a projectile strike near Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant risked crossing the "reddest line" of nuclear safety, as fighting ...

Aalo Atomics has held a ceremony to unveil its completed Critical Test Reactor at the Idaho National Laboratory. The company said it expects the reactor to achieve criticality "well before" the 4 July ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - Residents in Parsons voiced concerns Thursday about an underground nuclear reactor already under construction just outside town. The company behind the project, Deep Fission, ...

Syracuse, N.Y. – The owner of Nine Mile Point Unit 1, the oldest operating nuclear power plant in the United States, applied Thursday to continue running for another 20 years. The Oswego County plant ...

Deep Fission has started drilling for its first-of-a-kind "gravity reactor" project in Kansas, which places a 15-megawatt reactor 6,000 feet underground to cut operational costs by up to 80%. The ...

The Army is considering Fort Hood as a potential site for a nuclear reactor in an effort to facilitate energy efficiency. According to a presentation given to the Harker Heights City Council by Keith ...

In February, the United States airlifted a nuclear microreactor for the first time. It was more than a technical achievement – it was a symbol of transformation, akin to the launch of the first ...

March 20 (Reuters) - X-Energy has filed for ⁠an ⁠initial public offering in ⁠the United States, it said on Friday, as the reactor developer aims to tap growing investor enthusiasm for nuclear power.

Giorgia Meloni has long pitched nuclear energy as a cure for Italy’s wilting economy. Now her government is plotting how to actually resurrect the banned technology. Almost 40 years after Italy ...

Dozens of people gathered at a meeting to hear from the company and share their opinions about the first of a new type of small nuclear reactor planned for the southeast Kansas community. The group ...