General Atomic's new nuclear fuel was subjected to the maximum heat of a reactor for 20 minutes in the latest tests.

Whereas some believe commercially-available nuclear fusion energy is still decades away, Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) ...

Small and advanced nuclear reactors are key to meeting future low-carbon dioxide energy demands, so much attention has been ...

A consortium of researchers from various universities in the UK led by the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) has mass-produced 5.5 tonnes of reduced-activation ferritic-martensitic (RAFM) ...

Deep Fission, a California nuclear startup, is working with a data center developer to build small nuclear reactors a mile underground. Under a deal announced Tuesday, Deep Fission is set to ...

Their agreement plans to bury small modular reactors (SMRs) a mile underground. “As part of the agreement, Endeavour and Deep Fission have committed to co-developing 2 gigawatts (GW) of nuclear ...

Back in the 1950s, the U.S. started detonating nuclear bombs underground to limit the fallout, both radioactive and sociopolitical, unleashed by aboveground testing. Hundreds of feet of rock ...

using depth as a substitute for the tons of concrete required to safeguard aboveground reactors. The company, Deep Fission, signed a deal on Tuesday with data center developer Endeavour to build 2 ...

After a half-century hiatus, thorium has returned to the front lines of nuclear power research as a source of fuel. In 2025, China plans to start building a demonstration thorium-based molten-salt ...

China’s rapidly expanding nuclear power industry passed a major milestone on New Year’s Day, as the first reactor at a sprawling new plant on the country’s southeastern coastline started ...