The US Department of Energy (DOE) has officially greenlit a critical safety blueprint for ...

Scientists just brought us one step closer to the dream of unlimited power. On November 17 at the Nevada National Security Site, a nuclear energy startup called Valar Atomics achieved zero-power ...

Dallas boy achieves nuclear fusion at home using makeshift device, potentially breaking world record for youngest fusion ...

The experimental TMSR-LF1 thorium-powered molten salt reactor in Wuwei, Gansu Province, has achieved the first successful conversion of thorium-uranium nuclear fuel, the Shanghai Institute of Applied ...

X-energy has launched a critical 13-month test of its advanced TRISO-X nuclear fuel at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL). This is the first time the company’s “fuel pebbles” will undergo irradiation ...

We got neutrons, yeah!” The shout came after years of after-school effort inside a Dallas home, where a seventh grader had ...

New reactors use novel materials and compact designs to make nuclear power safer and cheaper. Nuclear power has been a critical part of the electricity grid for decades, but old reactor designs—which ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Peter Suciu covers trends in the world of aerospace and defense. The final deployment of the USS Nimitz (CVN-68) came to an end ...

“We got neutrons, yeah!” The shout came after years of after-school effort inside a Dallas home, where a seventh grader had been quietly assembling a machine most people only encounter in advanced ...