Oak Ridge is becoming America's nuclear energy core, with TVA and Kairos Power building advanced reactors to provide power.

Even if Washington embraces small modular nuclear reactors to alleviate its carbon-free energy needs, it will take years to flip the switch, analysts say.

After Fukushima, Japan shut down its nuclear reactors. Now, the country is returning to nuclear energy, seen as a reliable ...

A Bloomberg analysis suggests the nuclear push comes too late to stop China’s nuclear capacity from overtaking the U.S. fleet at the start of the next decade.

The federal regulatory agency tasked with keeping America’s nuclear power plants safe and running smoothly is set to make huge cuts to the amount of time its staffers spend on safety and emergency ...

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 ...

Physicists have discovered a surprising new “Island of Inversion” in a place no one expected: among nuclei where the number ...

As a student in K-State's mechanical and nuclear engineering department, Aiden Butcher has the opportunity to interact with K-State's TRIGA Mark II nuclear reactor in Ward Hall, one of only 25 ...

Duke Energy is exploring building a new nuclear facility in Stokes County to meet North Carolina's growing power demands. The proposed plant would use small modular reactors (SMRs) instead of ...

Cooling towers for a nuclear reactor in Waynesboro, Georgia. (Mike Stewart/AP) As America’s energy demands grow exponentially, the country won’t be able to keep up without more nuclear power. For ...

PERRY TOWNSHIP, Ohio — Backed by a new long-term power agreement with Meta, the Perry Nuclear Power Plant is moving to extend its operating license into the 2060s while preparing to boost its ...