Advanced computing is being utilized to predict a key occurrence in nuclear fission reactions, which could help improve energy production in future plants, according to a new stud ...

Nuclear fission was once seen as the ultimate energy source, but concerns about safety waste and accidents slowed its expansion. New reactor designs advanced materials and smaller modular systems are ...

A team of nuclear fusion researchers is trying to bring order to electron movement inside reactors. It's not an easy task, as ...

"Reinforces [our] role in producing and delivering the next generation of scalable, reliable energy." Startup achieves ...

TerraPower, a start-up founded by Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates, is set to build a new kind of nuclear power plant in Wyoming ...

A materials expert told Friends of ORNL that advanced nuclear reactors need 21st-century materials to withstand extreme ...

Clean energy from nuclear fusion may soon be commercial. But leaders around the world have done little to prepare.

Lockheed Martin is focusing on developing Fission Surface Power (FSP) as the essential solution ...

A “nuclear engine” has many advantages, notably providing a vehicle with an almost unlimited supply of onboard power, with no need for regular refuelling. That’s particularly attractive for large ...

Madison’s nuclear reactor and fusion labs after announcing a state partnership to study Wisconsin’s nuclear energy ...

In Gov. Tony Evers’ State of the State address, he announced a nuclear study led by University of Wisconsin-Madison ...