Recent breakthroughs in plasma density and duration at facilities in China, France, and South Korea have removed key technical barriers to fusion development. Major international projects like ITER, ...

Deep Fission, which aims to place small modular reactors in boreholes a mile underground, has signed an agreement to purchase low-enriched uranium from Urenco USA to support demonstration and testing ...

She laid much of the theoretical groundwork for the atomic bomb, although she did not participate directly in its production.

The U.S. military is advancing the deployment of small nuclear microreactors through the Janus Program, aiming to provide secure, on-demand power for military installations and critical infrastructure ...

While nuclear power has the potential to help cut humanity’s addiction to fossil fuels, scientists are still working on how to deal with its radioactive leftovers. The Thomas Jefferson National ...

Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) reports it has tested a high-temperature fission chamber prototype built by Curtiss-Wright Nuclear that operated steadily at 800 degrees Celsius (about 1,472 ...

A testing campaign led by the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) has successfully validated a prototype high-temperature fission chamber, which is a critical component for the ...

Matthew Bunn is a member of the Board of Directors of the Arms Control Association; is a member of the Committee on International Security and Arms Control of the National Academy of Sciences; has ...

As the demand for power surges, driven by the artificial intelligence data center buildout, Canaccord Genuity thinks an Italian nuclear company could be a winner. The firm initiated coverage on Terra ...

The benefits of an expedited nuclear reactor approval process are coming closer to fruition. Last spring, the Trump administration took action to cut red tape, to create a faster nuclear regulatory ...

The exercise was carried out by the 62nd Airlift Wing, the only US Air Force unit certified to routinely transport US nuclear weapons to ensure both safety and security. It demonstrated that a nuclear ...

In June, the Trump administration nevertheless launched airstrikes targeting Iran’s nuclear program. And today, it might strike Iran again over its nuclear ambitions — this time despite President ...