China has approved plans to build 10 new nuclear reactors for 200 billion yuan ($27.7 billion), positioning it to surpass the U.S. as the world’s largest nuclear power producer by 2030 ...

Small nuclear reactors Last year, tech giants Amazon and Google said they are also pursuing nuclear technology to help power artificial intelligence, which requires a lot of energy. The small ...

Construction of modular nuclear reactors set to start at Darlington station with total cost of $21B It's part of a larger push from the Ontario government to rely more on nuclear generation to ...

The first of four small modular reactors being built at the Darlington nuclear generating station on Lake Ontario will begin supplying power by 2030.

The fleet of 26 Magnox reactors built in the 1960s finished operation by 2015 and are now being decommissioned. Over the past three years three other sites have also closed, with the remainder ...

China’s State Council approved 10 new reactors on Sunday in a vote of confidence for nuclear power to remain central to the nation’s clean energy transition.

Corporations don’t build these reactors with their own money for several reasons: They cost too much, take too long, do too little and are too risky. Legislators can’t get fooled again.

Less than 1% of this projected capacity would be from small reactors — while more than 95% will be from reactors over 1,100 megawatts. Now compare all that to the 350 gigawatts of solar and wind ...

Advanced nuclear reactors are typically considered non-light water reactors and small modular light water reactors, according to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Many companies currently ...

Still, the devices face an uncertain future. No modular reactors are operating in the U.S. and a project to build the first, this one in Idaho, was terminated in 2023, despite getting federal aid.

The reactors could be operational as early as 2030, giving states a short runway to roll out the red carpet, and they face lingering public skepticism about safety and growing competition from ...