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 ...

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 ...

SaskPower and the Saskatchewan government are committed to researching ways to create a large nuclear reactor in the province. This is alongside the small modular project proposed for Estevan.

French startup Stellaria is asking regulators for permission to build an experimental fast-neutron molten salt reactor that ...

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 ...

Matthew Weathered’s THETA experiment offers high fidelity data for nuclear reactor computer code development within one of METL’s 71-cm diameter test vessels at Argonne. All U.S. nuclear reactors, ...

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

AI data centers require a stable, baseload energy supply. And that makes them a great fit for SMRs. Photo courtesy Stantec This blog post was authored by Jag Singh, Regional Sector Lead of Clean ...

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania (AP) — With the promise of newer, cheaper nuclear power on the horizon, U.S. states are vying to position themselves to build and supply the industry’s next generation as ...