The United States runs the largest nuclear power fleet on the planet, but even basic questions about how many plants are actually operating can produce different answers. Some counts focus on plant ...

It’s worth looking at high-assay low-enriched uranium, or HALEU, specifically. This fuel is enriched to higher concentrations ...

NuScale Power's goal is to be a manufacturer, but there's still a lot of work to be done.

Nuclear power sits at the center of today’s climate debate because it can generate large amounts of electricity without the smokestacks and tailpipes that drive global warming. Yet calling it 100% ...

Imagine this: Little black pellets made of uranium dioxide are stacked on top of each other in a silver, cylindrical rod. A rogue neutron hits a U-235 nucleus inside a pellet, causing the nucleus to ...

Nuclear power seems to be having a moment. As the Trump administration methodically throws up roadblocks to slow, if not stop, carbon-free renewable solar and wind power, carbon-free nuclear appears ...

Military microreactor projects at Fort Wainwright and Eielson Air Force Base signal that “new nuclear” is moving from theory ...

Nuclear energy is experiencing a resurgence, driven by the need to power data centers for AI and growing interest from major ...

BRIGHAM CITY, Utah — Plans have been announced to build a nuclear power "ecosystem" that would do everything from job training to ultimately a fully-functioning plant providing energy to the state.

Founded by Bill Gates, TerraPower is one of the nuclear industry’s leading startups. But the fiery history of its cooling ...

The reactor had been offline for over a decade, and the company wanted to fire it back up, but the reactor had different ...