Americans still favor renewable energy over fossil fuels, but that support is slipping, while nuclear power is gaining ...

Nuclear waste has long carried one stubborn, defining problem. It stays dangerous for an almost incomprehensible stretch of time. Unprocessed spent nuclear fuel takes roughly 100,000 years to cool to ...

In the late 1940s, the Rockefeller Foundation, burdened by its guilt for the role it played in the Manhattan Project, funded Hermann Muller’s advocacy for linear dose-response from fruit-fly mutation ...

What is the Comprehensive Framework? Over the past two years, there has been renewed interest in nuclear issues, which has led to a virtual explosion of commissions, task forces, and self-initiated ...

Forty years after one of the worst disasters in human history, the dark legacy of nuclear energy still looms large. However, ...

Supporters say modular nuclear reactors are essential to meeting energy and climate goals, but critics slam them as a "costly distraction" that "won't solve any of our energy problems." ...

Small Modular Reactors promise safer, factory-built nuclear power, but critics question their cost and timeline in the race ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — Residents across Kentucky are being asked to weigh in on one question: should nuclear power become part of its energy future? At a recent public meeting hosted by the Kentucky ...

The State Department’s allegation that China conducted a yield-producing nuclear test in 2020 is reigniting debate in Washington over whether the United States can continue its decades-long moratorium ...

European leaders, worried about threats from a nuclear-armed Russia and doubts about the future of US security commitments, are increasingly debating whether to bolster nuclear arsenals on the ...

AI data centers have become flashpoints in public debates over energy costs and grid capacity, leading some politicians to call for heavy restrictions on their operation. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I–Vt.) ...

The country is rapidly moving to restart reactors as artificial intelligence increases electricity demand and foreign wars ...