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

The Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant project in Somerset, England, has taken delivery of the reactor pressure vessel for ...

LYNCHBURG, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BWX Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: BWXT) announced today that work has commenced to fabricate the reactor core for the Pele microreactor at its BWXT Innovation Campus in ...

Inside a French fusion experiment, a metal more associated with lightbulb filaments than star power just did something ...

ARC Clean Technology has raised Series B funding to accelerate commercialisation of its 100 MWe sodium‑cooled fast reactor, ...

Sometimes an idea is so elegant that it really deserves to work. One such is a proposal put forward by the boss of Deep Fission, an aspiring nuclear-power firm in Berkeley, California. Elizabeth ...

Burnable absorbers are key components in modern nuclear reactor design, serving to mitigate the excess reactivity inherent in fresh reactor cores while simultaneously enhancing operational safety and ...

In 2023, Idaho National Laboratory (INL) and Idaho State University unveiled the industry’s first near real-time digital twin of a nuclear reactor. The virtual replica of the 5-Wth AGN-201 research ...

VERNON — The last remaining large structure at the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant site is about to come down. The reactor building, a distinctive green with a white top and five stories tall, has been ...

You may be seeing more out-of-state license plates than usual around the Tri-Cities for a couple of months. RV parks and short term rentals are booked up and restaurants may be busier than usual, well ...

Theoretically, there's no better, more practical source of reliable, carbon-free energy than the current generation of nuclear reactors. In practice, the theory holds water, but there are still a few ...

It’s been one of the mysteries of Japan’s ongoing nuclear disaster: How much of the damage did the March 11 earthquake inflict on Fukushima Daiichi’s reactors in the 40 minutes before the devastating ...