WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has certified the design for what will be the United States' first small modular nuclear reactor. The rule that certifies the design was published ...

Burnable absorbers are key components in modern nuclear reactor design, serving to mitigate the excess reactivity inherent in fresh reactor cores while simultaneously enhancing operational safety and ...

Interest in nuclear power has been reignited by the power needs of AI data centers. Small Modular Reactors could be a faster and lower cost source of nuclear power. Oklo's advanced reactor design ...

Efforts to expand nuclear power have long been stymied by fears of a major nuclear meltdown. A new Chinese reactor design is the first full-scale demonstration that’s entirely meltdown-proof. Despite ...

Imagine a future where energy is not only abundant but also clean, reliable, and adaptable to the ever-changing demands of modern life. It’s a vision that feels both urgent and out of reach as we ...

NANO Nuclear Energy Inc has assembled the first reactor core hardware of its ZEUS solid core battery reactor for initial non-nuclear testing. The fuel element being prepared for testing (Image: NANO ...

In the proverbial shadow of the Naughton Power Plant, a station in Kemmerer, Wyoming, that will stop burning coal at the end of this year, TerraPower is constructing what it calls “the only advanced, ...