A hybrid of two popular nuclear fusion reactor designs could lead to more efficient power plants. Magnetic confinement fusion reactors use magnetic fields to squeeze a cloud of charged ions, called a ...

The U.S. Department of Energy wants to exempt advanced nuclear power facilities from one of the nation's key environmental laws. The post To build nuclear faster, energy dept. pitches bypassing ...

International regulators are increasingly cooperating to evaluate the safety of new small modular reactor ...

Imagine a future where energy is not only abundant but also clean, reliable, and adaptable to the ever-changing demands of modern life. It’s a vision that feels both urgent and out of reach as we ...

Nuclear power isn't just for naval ships anymore as demonstrated by the Nuclear Propulsion in merchant Shipping (NuProShip II ...

What if the next big thing in nuclear energy was a dusty old idea from the Cold War era? Once considered to power nuclear bombers, molten salt reactors (MSRs) are in the spotlight, promising safer, ...

The next-generation collaboration will leverage advanced laser enrichment technology to build a scalable U.S. nuclear fuel supply for advanced reactors With more than a dozen advanced reactor designs ...

Interest in nuclear power has been reignited by the power needs of AI data centers. Small Modular Reactors could be a faster and lower cost source of nuclear power. Oklo's advanced reactor design ...

The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission is moving to streamline oversight of reactors in ways that closely track President ...

In an advancing sustainable waste management and CO 2 sequestration, researchers have crafted reactors that mineralize carbon dioxide with fly ash particles. This avant-garde technique is set to offer ...

Reactor radiation-shielding optimization methods are proposed by combining many-objective evolutionary algorithms with particle-transport calculation software that can optimize the reactor ...