A: Building more affordable and efficient reactors can make nuclear energy a more feasible option for countries developing ...

There is a widespread misapprehension that controlling nuclear fusion is hard. In fact so long as you are not hoping to use the process to produce electricity, controlling fusion is easy. Indeed, it ...

The groundbreaking ceremony for the small modular pressurized water reactor in boreholes one mile underground will be held on ...

Next-gen nuclear startup TerraPower received notice on Monday that the U.S. nuclear regulator completed a key safety ...

Small modular reactors enable targeted, scalable nuclear power without the huge upfront costs and construction time of a full ...

Giving a whole new meaning to underground power, startup Deep Fission Nuclear has secured US$30 million in funding to install a micro-reactor in a mile-deep borehole by July 4, 2026 as part of the US ...

President Lee Jae Myung reaffirmed wanting to build nuclear-powered submarines at home, despite President Trump’s suggestion ...

NASA is no longer talking about lunar bases in abstract terms. The agency has set a concrete goal to have a working nuclear ...

What was once the site of uranium enrichment facilities used for the Manhattan Project is now set to become the site of the world’s first mass-produced nuclear reactor. The sites, K-27 and K-29, were ...

In the United States, about 20% of electricity is generated by nuclear reactors, and as of December 2024, there were over 315 ...

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. In a bold, strategic move for the U.S., acting NASA ...