The assessments of small modular reactors are being carried out at an early, pre-licensing stage and are intended to promote shared understanding of safety principles.

UK's MuWave will develop the next generation of microwave sources, which are essential to achieve commercial fusion energy.

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The U.S. space agency and the Department of Energy will work together to build a fission reactor on the lunar surface in the ...

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OAK RIDGE, Tenn. — Once a home of the Manhattan Project, the fields surrounded by forested valleys and rolling hills in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, could soon yield another nuclear first. Concrete ...

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Microsoft and Constellation Energy have spent the last year trying to resurrect the Three Mile Island Nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania. The plant shut down in 2019 under economic pressure, after a ...

This was the year of the data center, with handfuls of these energy-hungry facilities popping up throughout Texas and nationwide, most with a mission of getting us all closer to a more AI-powered ...