Countries are racing to build new reactors. But we've barely figured out how to clean up the old ones — and the bill is ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul says a new nuclear power plant would help the state meet rising electricity demand. Residents are worried ...

Today marks 15 years since the nuclear disaster at Fukushima, Japan. Some parts of the surrounding area are still recovering.

A projectile hit the Bushehr nuclear power plant in Iran. Both Iran and Russia reported the incident. No nuclear material was released. This raises concerns for Iran's neighbors. The Bushehr plant has ...

The United States operates the most robust fleet of nuclear reactors in the world. With 94 reactors across 54 power plants, the U.S. generates roughly 97 gigawatts (GW) of nuclear power, significantly ...

A Nuclear Nightmare’ is a documentary delving deep into the March 2011 catastrophe that nearly wiped out Japan. The nation was struck by a 9.0-magnitude earthquake, which unleashed a tsunami that not ...

TerraPower, a Bill Gates–backed nuclear power start-up, received the federal green light to start building a power plant in Wyoming. The approval paves the way for the first new commercial nuclear ...

TerraPower's Natrium plant near Kemmerer is the first commercial reactor approved in nearly a decade in the U.S., and the first 'advanced' liquid sodium-cooled reactor in more than 40 years.