Engineers in the United Kingdom are racing to build metal shields that can survive conditions similar to the center of the ...

This sensor developed by University of Maine researchers can withstand both the in-core radiation levels and the extreme temperatures that exist within these advanced nuclear reactors. Nuclear power ...

(The Conversation) – The first space race was about flags and footprints. Now, decades later, landing on the Moon is old news. The new race is to build there, and doing so hinges on power. While it ...

With $800 million in federal aid, developers of light-water small modular reactors are racing to build supply chains, ...

In May, President Trump sat in the Oval Office flanked by executives from America's nuclear power industry. "It's a hot industry. It's a brilliant industry," the president said from behind the ...

The United States has confirmed plans to build its first nuclear power plant on the Moon by 2030. NASA and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) signed a Memorandum of Understanding on January 13 to ...

In May, President Trump sat in the Oval Office flanked by executives from America’s nuclear power industry. “It’s a hot industry. It’s a brilliant industry,” the president said from behind the ...

Valar and other companies plan to build smaller reactors than those currently used in the nuclear industry, and that makes a Chernobyl or Fukushima-type accident impossible, noted Nick Touran, an ...