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What Happened When a Teen Tried to Build a Nuclear Reactor in His Backyard

In the 1990s, a teenage Boy Scout embarked on a project unlike anything his neighbors could imagine. Using everyday household items and scavenged radioactive materials, he tried to build his own ...
Space.com

Could astronauts travel to Mars on nuclear-powered rockets? These scientists want to make it happen

Space missions in the future could travel to Mars, asteroids and the outer solar system by riding on nuclear-powered rockets, thanks to a new design that utilizes energy from the nuclear fission of ...
SlashGear

France Just Set A Nuclear Fusion Reactor World Record - And Here's How

In February, France's WEST nuclear fusion reactor made a big step toward getting clean, star-like energy for everyone. The machine held superheated plasma for 1,337 seconds, or just over 22 minutes.
New Atlas

Deep Fission raises $30 million to build mile-deep nuclear reactor

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 ...
Idaho Statesman

A nuclear renaissance in Idaho? Not without the people to do it | Opinion

Private sector demand, not subsidies, now drives nuclear project resurgence. Nuclear regulators face hiring freezes, vacant seats and rising reactor workloads. Workforce shortages in skilled trades ...
Asheville Citizen-Times

Got a minute? NHC tracking Tropical Storm Imelda. See what to expect in North Carolina

Tropical Storm Imelda is strengthening as it moves along the East Coast and is expected to become a hurricane. The storm is forecast to remain offshore and is not expected to make landfall in the ...
The Conversation

Nuclear in your backyard? Tiny reactors could one day power towns and campuses – but community input will be key

Aditi Verma receives research funding from the U.S. Department of Energy. She is a board member for the Good Energy Collective and serves on various expert working groups of the OECD Nuclear Energy ...
Fox Business

Groundbreaking for first commercial-scale advanced nuclear reactor in decades begins in Idaho

Nuclear technology company Oklo Inc. broke ground on its Idaho National Laboratory (INL) for its first Aurora powerhouse, ushering in a new era of nuclear energy in the U.S. Aurora powerhouse, the ...
Emporia Gazette

City Commission approves certain findings resolution towards annexation, expanding Emporia business

Emporia City Commissioners approved a request for Lyon County Commissioners to make certain findings on the annexation of ...
Wall Street Journal

Building Nuclear Power in the U.S. Is Tough. NASA Wants to Do It on the Moon.

Call it a nuclear moonshot: The U.S. aims to deliver a reactor to the lunar surface and beat a push by China and Russia to do the same. In August, NASA Acting Administrator Sean Duffy directed the ...
KETV Omaha

Fremont recognized as one of 16 Nebraska communities best suited for a nuclear reactor

SEPARATE SHOTS. YOU ARE INVITED TO AN EVENT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE FUTURE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY IN NEBRASKA. THE ENERGIZE AND ENGAGE EVENT IS HAPPENING MONDAY AT THE KEENE MEMORIAL LIBRARY IN FREMONT.