Nuclear power plants have been around since the 1950s exploiting a fission reaction, whereby the atom is split in a reactor, releasing a massive amount of energy in the process. Fission has the ...

What the visiting journalists weren’t told—nor were many of the soldiers living at the station, which could house up to ...

A compact method of detecting neutrinos provides new tests of physics theories and could lead to new reactor-monitoring methods.

The lights are turning back on at Three Mile Island, the site of America's worst nuclear meltdown, after it has lain dormant for five years. WSJ goes inside to learn more about the delicate ...

NANO Nuclear Energy expands its microreactor portfolio with a strategic acquisition, bolstering its advanced nuclear ...

Not even a spoonful of the fuel has been removed yet. About 880 tons of melted nuclear fuel remain inside the three damaged reactors, and Japanese officials say removing it would take 30-40 years.

The Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) fusion energy reactor, dubbed 'artificial sun', conducted the ...

Since initiating the program’s design phase two years ago, the DARPA-NASA management team has encountered the challenges inherent in sending a nuclear reactor into space for the first time in ...