The utility that operates the Fukushima plant that melted down in 2011 restarted a reactor at the world’s largest nuclear power plant, which it also operates in north-central Japan ...

Nuclear astrophysics is dedicated to unravelling the complex nuclear processes that govern stellar evolution, explosive cosmic events and the synthesis of elements throughout the Universe. Central to ...

I was very disappointed to see the editorial supporting development of new or reenergized nuclear power plants (Nov. 18, 2024, page 2). Whatever happened to concerns about safely storing ...

El Segundo-based nuclear startup Valar Atomics announced Monday that it has achieved criticality, an essential step in nuclear reactor development. The milestone comes with support from one of the ...

Most of the energy from the sun and other stars comes from a chain of nuclear fusion reactions. The end of this chain is marked by the fusion of protons with beryllium-7 to form boron-8. This process ...