Nuclear fission reactors struggle with two key problems: poor fuel utilization and complicated radioactive waste handling. To ...

Nuclear energy’s potential can be viewed as two stories: nuclear for ships and nuclear for future fuels. Both offer a wealth ...

Chinese engineers identify a design flaw in NASA's lunar nuclear reactor, suggesting improvements that could boost efficiency ...

Molten Salt Reactors (MSRs) are nuclear fission reactors in which either the fuel and/or the coolant is a molten salt. Molten salt is salt which liquifies at elevated temperatures and can store ...

Monticello Nuclear Plant shut down automatically due to a control valve issue; no impact on electric service expected.

A cutting-edge project to test “fusion blanket” technologies is taking shape, with the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) ...

Scientists use light-emitting crystals and solar panels to turn the latent energy in nuclear waste into microbatteries.

In “The Power of Nuclear,” Dutch journalist Marco Visscher takes aim at fears and misconceptions about atomic energy.

AI gives a thumbs up to Brett Bellmore innovative modifications to Robert Zubrin’s Nuclear Salt Water Rocket (NSWR).

For decades, the U.S. has led the race to clean, limitless nuclear fusion energy. Now China is catching up, spending twice as ...