Scientists at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory are using 3D printing to speed up the construction phase of their ...

“The Natrium project is the only advanced nuclear developer to begin construction on a commercial-scale project in the U.S.

The US DOE has selected microreactors from Westinghouse and Radiant as the first to be tested at the DOME facility at Idaho ...

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Nuclear microreactors developed separately by Westinghouse and Radiant are poised to become the first fueled designs tested ...

Decommissioned nuclear sites need to be treated with the same level of security rigour as operational ones. By James Neilson ...

The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission now expects to complete its review of TerraPower's construction licence application for ...

Radioisotope thermoelectric generators (RTG) and heater units (RHU) systems are being developed in Europe as part of a European Space Agency (ESA) funded program. Aimed at enabling or significantly ...

ITER has devised the technology that could unlock fusion energy, and they've done so with the aid of a 60-foot magnet. Here's ...

Iran’s only commercial nuclear power plant is in Bushehr on the Persian Gulf, some 465 miles south of Tehran. Iran is building two other reactors like it at the site.

The Arak heavy water reactor is 155 miles southwest of Tehran. Heavy water helps cool nuclear reactors, but it produces plutonium as a byproduct that can potentially be used in nuclear weapons.