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 ...
GE Vernova Inc. and Hitachi Ltd. agreed to explore opportunities to deploy small modular nuclear reactors in Southeast Asia. The companies will study possibilities for their joint venture to introduce ...
The demand for reliable, 24/7 power for data centers is driving a historic level of interest in building new nuclear reactors. Current regulations and the high cost of qualifying new materials push ...
TerraPower CEO Chris Levesque displays a fuel assembly model for its planned small nuclear reactors in 2022. (Elaine Thompson/AP) Something shocking happened this week: Bureaucrats approved a project ...
Bill Gates’s nuclear energy startup TerraPower has just cleared a regulatory hurdle that the U.S. nuclear industry has been waiting years to see. On March 4, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission granted ...
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TerraPower’s project in Wyoming, which uses novel technology, is the first new commercial reactor to receive federal approval in nearly a decade. By Brad Plumer Reporting from Washington A novel type ...
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) on March 4 authorized staff to issue a construction permit for TerraPower’s Kemmerer Power Station Unit 1 in Kemmerer, Wyoming—the first commercial reactor the ...
Nuclear power is again central to America’s energy conversation. Small modular reactors (SMRs), advanced reactor designs, and the potential restart of shuttered utility‑scale plants dominate headlines ...
ONCE Capital increased its stake in NuScale Power during the fourth quarter as AI-driven data centers boost demand for reliable electricity. NuScale is developing small modular nuclear reactors ...
Deep Fission, which aims to place small modular reactors in boreholes a mile underground, has signed an agreement to purchase low-enriched uranium from Urenco USA to support demonstration and testing ...
The US Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Kairos Power have entered into a USD27 million strategic partnership to accelerate the technology needed to deploy a new generation of ...