Commercial nuclear reactors all work pretty much the same way. Atoms of a radioactive material split, emitting neutrons.

Fireplaces are cozy until it’s time to shovel out the ashes. Nuclear power has the same problem: abundant, reliable energy ...

Advanced nuclear fuel is moving from whiteboard concepts to hot-cell reality in the United States, as national labs and private firms push new designs through punishing irradiation tests. The goal is ...

Theoretically, there's no better, more practical source of reliable, carbon-free energy than the current generation of nuclear reactors. In practice, the theory holds water, but there are still a few ...

A critical shortage of fuel for nuclear fusion reactors may have a rather counterintuitive solution. A physicist at the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) says that fusion reactor fuel could be ...

At the intersection of mathematics and nature, scientists have found intriguing and often beautiful designs. Pinecone scales ...

Reusing fuel could help alleviate a worsening supply-chain issue and a threat to new nuclear technology. Efforts to stand up nuclear fuel recycling projects accelerated this month with two major ...

Standard Nuclear has received the HALEU needed to produce the first full TRISO fuel core for Radiant’s Kaleidos microreactor.

Global Nuclear Fuel, a GE Vernova-led alliance with Hitachi, said the first lead use assemblies of the new generation GNF4 boiling water reactor fuel have been contracted for deployment in 2026, with ...

Theoretically, there's no better, more practical source of reliable, carbon-free energy than the current generation of nuclear reactors. In practice, the theory holds water, but there are still a few ...