The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued its first construction permit for a commercial nuclear reactor in eight ...
The Pentagon and the Energy Department have airlifted a small nuclear reactor from California to Utah, demonstrating what ...
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Disasters at Chernobyl, Three Mile Island and Fukushima Daiichi have made many people scared of nuclear power. The company says their reactor is different.
ORNL is committed to supporting U.S. energy needs by pursuing strategic research that advances a wide variety of affordable, abundant and competitive nuclear technologies, and strengthens national ...
India is exploring a major shift in how nuclear energy is produced and distributed. Instead of relying only on massive nuclear power plants located far from cities, the government is now considering ...
Engineers at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) have reached a critical milestone in the ...
Nuclear submarines can split atoms, generate electricity, manufacture breathable oxygen, and distill fresh water from the ocean, yet they cannot produce the one resource that ultimately forces them ...