China has just crossed a threshold that many nuclear engineers have talked about for decades but no country had previously achieved at scale: turning thorium into a practical, operating source of low ...

The effort, dubbed “Operation Windlord,” is a partnership between the Department of War (DOW), the Department of Energy (DOE) and Valar Atomics to fulfill executive orders setting aggressive goals for ...

Unit 2 reactor is seen at Luminant's Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant near Glen Rose, Texas, Wednesday, March 23, 2011. (Tom Fox/The Dallas Morning News) Tom Fox/Staff Photographer / THE DALLAS ...

Rapid growth in AI, data centers, EVs, crypto, and climate-driven electricity use is increasing the need for reliable, large-scale power, putting nuclear back in focus. Nuclear stands out for its low ...

“The biggest risk is not taking any risk,” as Mark Zuckerberg famously put it. Judging from Meta Platforms, Inc, parent company of Facebook, announcement that it’s investing in new nuclear energy -- ...

Companies like Kairos Power are building new types of reactors with the encouragement of the Trump administration, but their success is far from assured. By Ivan Penn Reporting from Oak Ridge, Tenn.; ...

AI is fueling a surge in energy demand, pushing tech giants to seek stable, low-carbon power sources. Nuclear energy offers reliability, cost efficiency, and sustainability, making it ideal for ...

Connecticut has some of the highest energy prices in the country, and experts and lawmakers are in a race to find a cheaper, environmentally friendly option. WSHU’s Ebong Udoma spoke with CT Mirror’s ...

Cameco is a top provider of uranium and nuclear infrastructure in North America. Centrus procures low-enriched uranium and has longer-term plans to produce high-assay, low-enriched uranium for ...

Nuclear energy startups Oklo and Nano Nuclear Energy are designing microreactors that could provide on-site power to AI data centers. Constellation is a blue chip utility with the largest nuclear ...