The advanced design to be tested in Oak Ridge incorporates two Oak Ridge National Laboratory innovations: TRISO nuclear fuel and a fluoride salt coolant to carry away the fuel’s heat and potentially ...

Spread the loveIn 1939, groundbreaking research in nuclear physics unveiled the potential for transmuting elements via ...

Nearly a decade ago, radio chemists at the nuclear power startup TerraPower saw a promising opportunity in radioactive waste ...

History is, tragically, on their side. To be sure, nuclear power today is better understood than it was in 1979, when Three Mile Island’s Reactor Two experienced a partial core meltdown ...

Three Mile Island was the site in 1979 of a partial meltdown at the plant’s Unit 2 reactor. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission calls this event “the most serious accident in U.S. commercial ...

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton is refusing to release the costings of his nuclear energy policy, despite claiming a national fleet of reactors would slash power bills. But enough work has been ...

Sweden will begin construction on a new nuclear reactor before the country's next legislative election in 2026, Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said in an interview published on Friday. His right ...

The Tennessee Valley Authority is finalizing the design of its small modular nuclear reactors, which received $150 million in additional funding from the TVA Board of Directors in August as the ...

BANFF, Alta. - A public hearing slated for next week is the next milestone for what could be Canada’s first grid-scale small modular nuclear reactor (SMR). On Oct. 2, the Canadian Nuclear Safety ...

Great British Nuclear has announced that four firms have been selected for the last round of the UK’s mini-nuclear reactor competition. GE-Hitachi, Holtec, Rolls Royce and Westinghouse have all been ...

LONDON, Sept 27 (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin has drawn a "red line" for the United States and its allies by signaling that Moscow will consider responding with nuclear weapons if they ...