The federal government is looking to build up to 10 new nuclear reactors over the next 15 years, with at least one of them ...

The federal government wants to help utilities buy large components for up to 10 large nuclear reactors. It’s unclear which, ...

In China, large reactors are coming together at a stunning pace. The country has nearly doubled its nuclear fleet since 2016, reaching nearly 60 gigawatts of total power capacity. The new facilities ...

The U.S. Department of Energy has conditionally committed up to $17.5 billion in loan ...

The microreactor from Antares, a private nuclear technology company, had a successful nuclear fission reaction for the first time at Idaho National Lab. National officials dubbed it ‘historic.' ...

Nuclear energy in the West took another step forward as the first privately developed, non-light-water reactor to go critical in the United States in more than 40 years reached a major milestone when ...

China says it is testing a prototype nuclear power system designed to be mounted on a truck — a 10-megawatt unit that researchers describe as a mobile source of long-lasting electricity for places ...

Big Tech, governments and investors are backing nuclear again. The harder question is whether it can scale in time for the grid.

Antares Nuclear’s microreactor at Idaho National Laboratory reached criticality, marking the first time a private company has achieved a self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction under a Trump ...

Weapons-grade plutonium can fuel nuclear reactors known as mixed oxide reactors, but none of these exist in the U.S.