Commercial nuclear reactors all work pretty much the same way. Atoms of a radioactive material split, emitting neutrons.

Fireplaces are cozy until it’s time to shovel out the ashes. Nuclear power has the same problem: abundant, reliable energy ...

Standard Nuclear, Inc has received its first shipment of high-assay low-enriched uranium feedstock at its facility in Oak ...

Reusing fuel could help alleviate a worsening supply-chain issue and a threat to new nuclear technology. Efforts to stand up nuclear fuel recycling projects accelerated this month with two major ...

Advanced nuclear technology firm Oklo has broken ground on its inaugural 75-MWe sodium-cooled fast reactor at an Idaho National Laboratory (INL) site. The project—one of three awarded to the company ...

Studies suggest that nearly half a million people died in the U.S. alone from complications related to pollution from coal-fired electrical plants in the 21 years from 1999 to 2020, yet nobody seems ...

BWX Technologies has received a $174 million contract from the U.S. Navy to manufacture nuclear reactor fuel in support of the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program. BWXT said Thursday the Navy contract ...

Global Nuclear Fuel, a GE Vernova-led alliance with Hitachi, said the first lead use assemblies of the new generation GNF4 boiling water reactor fuel have been contracted for deployment in 2026, with ...

At the intersection of mathematics and nature, scientists have found intriguing and often beautiful designs. Pinecone scales ...

California-based nuclear company Oklo has plans to build a commercial nuclear fuel recycling plant in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The company also hopes to add advanced nuclear reactors to the Oak Ridge ...