Small nuclear reactors are pitched as cheaper, safer, faster and easier to finance than their conventional counterparts. Hype around them is building fast, but some experts warn it ignores fundamental ...

A Bill Gates-backed nuclear reactor dubbed “Cowboy Chernobyl” by critics is barreling toward approval in rural Wyoming, alarming residents and nuclear safety experts as regulators fast-track the ...

This is the first time in history a fuel like this has seen success. Scientists achieve historic breakthrough with salt ...

New reactors use novel materials and compact designs to make nuclear power safer and cheaper. Nuclear power has been a ...

Oklo and LANL have conducted first plutonium fast reactor tests at NCERC, validating surplus fuel for advanced reactors like Pluto and Aurora.

Steam generator components are main focus of work, but numerous inspections are still ongoing to turn on the 55-year-old ...

Oklo Inc. (OKLO) is working on a next-generation nuclear design called the Aurora powerhouse. At its core is a liquid-metal-cooled, metal-fueled fast reactor, a technology that has already been tested ...

Russia's 150 MWt MBIR fast neutron research reactor at Dimitrovgrad has reached 80% construction, and is set for 2028 startup ...

While the energy crisis has a well-known public policy dimension, it also threatens the capabilities of the US military if and when a crisis should break out in East Asia. Artificial intelligence has ...

Still, familiar as that scenario is, the amount of power that future AI is projected to need is simply staggering. The ...