It was a major deal at the Pennsylvania Energy Summit in July when Westinghouse revealed plans to build 10 large nuclear reactors in the U.S. President Donald Trump — who in May signed four executive ...

The Savannah River Site has a total of 51 waste tanks. Eight of those tanks have been operationally closed. (From Savannah River Site fact sheet, May 2022, U.S. Department of Energy) Around the U.S., ...

The nuclear power industry is at the nexus of two major shifts in how humanity generates and consumes electricity. On the one hand, concern about the worst effects of climate change have spurred ...

For long-time followers of fusion energy, Tokamak Hall is the high-water mark after decades of ups and downs. From an observation deck on the side, the surgically-clean, hospital-white room feels both ...

The lights are turning back on at Three Mile Island, the site of America’s worst nuclear meltdown. In January, WSJ went inside to learn more about the delicate process of rebooting a nuclear power ...

Effective nuclear waste management is a critical global challenge, particularly for countries like the UK looking to expand their nuclear power sectors. The UK has a substantial amount of existing ...

Google-backed nuclear startup Kairos Power just inked a historic deal with a major U.S. utility to send power from its forthcoming advanced nuclear reactors to the grid in Tennessee and Alabama. The ...

WEC Energy Group and EnergySolutions are exploring building a new nuclear power plant at the site of the closed Kewaunee Power Station. The project is in its early planning stages, which could take up ...

Placing an atomic energy source on the lunar surface is “not science fiction,” experts say, but does pose technical challenges. By Kenneth Chang Nuclear reactors have been generating power on Earth ...

During the outcry against nuclear power in the 1970s, liberal Oregon lawmakers hatched a plan to slow an industry that was just getting started. They created a burdensome process that gave the public ...