Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. India’s most advanced nuclear reactor has reached a self-sustaining stage that marks a major leap for the country’s atomic energy ...

Bringing a new type of nuclear reactor to Iowa could cost billions, according to a presentation during the Iowa Nuclear Energy Task Force meeting on Monday. Michelle Zietlow Miller, the former ...

The first Indian-built fast breeder nuclear reactor has achieved criticality, the stage at which the atomic reaction becomes self-sustaining, according to a statement from Prime Minister Narendra Modi ...

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) voted to approve the issuance of a new set of regulations for advanced reactor licensing—the long-awaited 10 CFR Part 53. The new rule crystalizes decades ...

March 20 (Reuters) - X-Energy has filed for an initial public offering in the United States, it said on Friday, as the reactor developer aims to tap growing ‌investor enthusiasm for nuclear power. The ...

New designs mean new strategies for managing spent fuel. MIT Technology Review Explains: Let our writers untangle the complex, messy world of technology to help you understand what’s coming next. You ...

The United States has taken a step toward a 21st-century renaissance in civilian nuclear power as the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has given the go-ahead for TerraPower's Natrium Gen IV reactor ...

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) gave TerraPower the go-ahead this week to build a new nuclear reactor in the shadow of an aging coal power plant in Wyoming. TerraPower’s permit is the first to ...

The demand for reliable, 24/7 power for data centers is driving a historic level of interest in building new nuclear reactors. Current regulations and the high cost of qualifying new materials push ...

Finland's Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority has declared that the site of the country's first nuclear reactor is no longer classified as a nuclear facility following the dismantling of the ...

TerraPower CEO Chris Levesque displays a fuel assembly model for its planned small nuclear reactors in 2022. (Elaine Thompson/AP) Something shocking happened this week: Bureaucrats approved a project ...