The Chernobyl disaster: What happened, and the long-term impacts The accident at a nuclear power plant in Ukraine shocked the world, permanently altered a region, and leaves many questions unanswered.

As more companies moved to Oak Ridge, 2024 brought with it a steady stream of nuclear news coming out of the Knoxville region. Here are 13 moments that made it a year to remember for the local ...

Trump’s executive orders also aim to speed up the review and regulatory processes for building and operating nuclear reactors, with the fourth executive order including a provision that requires ...

President Donald Trump signed four nuclear energy-related executive orders on Friday that will speed up reactor testing, allow the Departments of Energy and Defense to build nuclear reactors on ...

"Thank you Mr. President," said Jacob DeWitte, the CEO of Oklo, a startup seeking to build small nuclear reactors. "Changing the permitting dynamics is going to help things move faster.

May 23 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday ordered the nation's independent nuclear regulatory commission to cut down on regulations and fast-track new licenses for reactors and ...

The NRC has overseen commercial nuclear reactors for 50 years since its creation in 1975. Amid concerns over overregulation, the U.S. has only two operational commercial reactors whose ...

U.S. President Donald Trump will sign executive orders as soon as Friday that aim to jumpstart the nuclear energy industry by easing the regulatory process on approvals for new reactors and ...

A large number of startups have proposed designs that should be far less prone to failure. Many of these are SMRs, or small modular reactors, which promise economies of scale by building the ...

The Trump administration has tightened its control over the independent agency responsible for overseeing America's nuclear reactors, and it is considering an executive order that could further ...

President Donald Trump signed executive orders Friday intended to quadruple domestic production of nuclear power within the next 25 years, a goal experts say the United States is highly unlikely ...

It also calls for a programme "to develop methods and technologies to transport, domestically and overseas, used and unused advanced nuclear fuels and advanced nuclear reactors containing such fuels ...