Testing materials at exceptionally high temperatures is a first and a crucial step toward helping NASA mature and qualify ...

Iran's president said nuclear achievements cannot not be compromised and the Islamic Republic does not seek weapons ...

Lithium-6 is a crucial material for nuclear fusion reactors, but isolating it is challenging – now researchers have found a ...

For the first time, nuclear fuel enriched above 5% will be irradiated in a commercial U.S. reactor, the Department of Energy ...

Fourteen years after the Fukushima disaster, nuclear power is being rebranded as a climate savior, and fission is in fashion.

A team from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, joined by university students, recently traveled to The ...

The nuclear fuel cycle is the series of industrial processes that turns uranium into electricity. Claire Maden takes a look ...

Yet one of its biggest challenges is radioactive waste. While spent nuclear fuel is typically stored in underground facilities, researchers at Ohio State University (OSU) believe there may be a ...

It's the latest move by the Trump administration that clashes with global aims to reduce coal power and cut harmful ...

Small modular reactor (SMR) developers in the U.S. have announced a string of deals and investments to secure steady supplies of HALEU nuclear fuel amid fears that the lack of a domestic nuclear ...