From molten salt to TRISO fuel, here’s how technological advancements could upend an old power technology. Commercial nuclear reactors all work pretty much the same way. Atoms of a radioactive ...
The last time a nuclear reactor operated in space, Richard Nixon was president. That was the SNAP-10A, a small experimental ...
Next-generation reactor designs are reshaping perceptions around safety, cost, and scalability. Small modular reactors (SMRs) promise faster builds, lower costs, and greater siting flexibility. These ...
As part of a continuing series, Talha Burki looks at the issues at the core of medicine in nuclear power plants.
This April, in a speech given at the Shanghai branch of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the physicist Xu Hongjie announced a breakthrough. For over a decade, his team had been working on an ...
NEW YORK, Dec. 30, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Zero-carbon nuclear electricity plays a critical role in the global transition to clean energy by providing reliable, large-scale power with virtually no direct ...
The twin nuclear power station at Hinkley Point C in the UK has taken delivery of its second nuclear reactor. The first arrived in 2023 and is already installed and welded in place on Unit 1 of the ...