When most of us think of nuclear power, we often recall the negative aspects associated with this type of energy. However, ...

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

The first generation of nuclear power plants were built in the 1950s and ... the ability to use a variety of fuel types, including thorium; and the potential for passive safety features that ...

It’s a very small amount of spent nuclear fuel that is generated by the operation of these reactors. And it’s the only type ...

Nuclear laboratories in Canada have shown interest in exploring the commercialization of small reactor designs. A Request for ...

After years of attempts to open Colorado up to nuclear energy, a bill before the legislature this year is showing new promise ...

plentiful power in the 1950s courtesy of nuclear power plants. These would replace other types of thermal plants with one that would produce no exhaust gases, no fly ash and require only ...

A new type of nuclear thermal propulsion reactor fuel has been successfully tested at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, ...

Gamma radiation is one of the types of electromagnetic radiation produced during nuclear fission—the process that happens inside a nuclear reactor—and gamma rays carry information about the ...

The hunger for electricity in data centers knows no bounds. One of the US data center operators now wants to use mini-nuclear ...

While nuclear reactor projects have long been subject to ... have the legal authority to impose sweeping regulations on all types of facilities. The lawsuit comes as large tech companies such ...