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

By exceeding a long-standing density barrier, China’s EAST fusion reactor proved that tokamaks can pack way more atoms into ...

New reactors use novel materials and compact designs to make nuclear power safer and cheaper.

TerraPower, a Bill Gates-backed nuclear company, announced a deal with Meta to build up to eight small modular reactors in ...

While the energy crisis has a well-known public policy dimension, it also threatens the capabilities of the US military.

United States Energy Secretary Chris Wright recently spoke to Bloomberg Tech about an ambitious project. The United States wants to have next-generation nuclear reactors before July 4th, 2026. It is ...

Idaho National Laboratory launches full-scale molten chloride fuel production for the MCRE, marking a historic milestone in advanced nuclear energy.

Small modular reactor startups are betting that mass manufacturing will help them bring costs down. But are they ...

Recently, another reactor in France reported a major tungsten breakthrough: its toroidal tokamak, clad in tungsten, ...

Commercial fusion power plants may be cheaper and easier to build thanks to a breakthrough by TAE Technologies that allows reactors to generate their own containment fields without the need for ...

Neutron beam research and reactor technology constitute a vibrant field at the forefront of materials analysis, non‐destructive imaging and advanced reactor design. The utilisation of neutrons for ...