NASA is no longer talking about lunar bases in abstract terms. The agency has set a concrete goal to have a working nuclear ...

Those high capacity factors also undersell the fleet’s true reliability—a lot of the downtime is scheduled. Reactors need to ...

China’s Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics (SINAP) in November reported it had achieved thorium-to-uranium fuel conversion ...

A California-based nuclear energy company with plans to place small modular reactors (SMRs) in mile-deep boreholes said it ...

OAK RIDGE, Tenn. – A supplier of fuel for nuclear power plants announced a $60 million expansion in Tennessee on Wednesday, promising to resume and grow its manufacturing of high-tech centrifuges ...

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Deep Fission is betting that the safest place for a nuclear reactor is not behind thicker concrete walls but a mile beneath ...

A small modular reactor is constructed in China last year. These power plants are "small" only in output; their expense is huge. (Luo Yunfei / China News Service / Getty Images) It might seem like ...

Unit 1 of the Qinshan Phase III nuclear power plant near Shanghai in China's Zhejiang province was taken offline on 1 May after 738 days of continuous operation. It has set a new record for the ...

Asia has become the global fulcrum of nuclear energy growth, counting 145 operational reactors and 45 under construction in the region. The enviable growth of the continent and the subsequent capacity ...

Kansai Electric Power Company has received approval from Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority to operate unit 1 at its Takahama nuclear power plant - the country's oldest operating reactor - beyond 50 ...