Nuclear engineers told BI that Big Tech's investments could propel nuclear out of a slump. Others are skeptical about buzzy ...

Scientists have used collision detection--pioneered in video games--to achieve huge efficiency gains in nuclear fusion.

Drawing upon declassified US research ... That means it can't be used in a standard nuclear reactor like uranium-232. However, thorium could be used to make a new type of reactor called a molten ...

On Friday, the Trump administration issued a series of executive orders intended to revive the US nuclear industry. These ...

Drawing on satellite images and public ... a subsidiary of the China National Nuclear Corporation, which is tasked with reactor engineering research and testing. Documents indicating that China's ...

Drawing upon declassified US research ... Meanwhile, the SPARC nuclear fusion reactor, a US project involving MIT, is currently in development in Devens, Massachusetts and scheduled to start ...

As more people and businesses move to Arizona and place increasing demands on the electric grid, the state’s three major ...

which is how China eventually discovered it and used it as a backbone for their own reactor. And, as it turns out, molten salt is still an appealing option. Most nuclear reactors use water as a ...

Storing used nuclear fuel (and uranium tailings) is a waste because it can still generate energy and is thus more valuable ...

Westminster has relaxed planning laws for a new type of nuclear reactor. But challenges loom for the developers of these ...

The world’s largest and most powerful superconducting electromagnet is ready to become the pulsing “heart” inside of a massive tokamak nuclear fusion reactor. Developed over 40 years in ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Underground on Purdue University’s campus is the only nuclear reactor in Indiana. Although used just for research purposes — the total energy the reactor generates powers about ...