For years, the federal government has been working on turning old, unexploded warheads left over from the Cold War into a ...

The Trump administration is reportedly in talks with five companies to provide old plutonium to convert into fuel for future ...

Standard Nuclear, a reactor-agnostic producer of TRISO nuclear fuel, today announced that it has been selected by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for advanced negotiations under the Surplus ...

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The first dismantling of a commercial reactor in Japan has started, ushering in a new period of decommissioning but with the ...

Why small modular reactors matter Traditional nuclear plants are enormous, expensive, and slow to build. The Vogtle expansion ...

Outside of those in the Department of Nuclear Engineering & Engineering Physics within the College of Engineering, few know that the University of Wisconsin is home to a one-megawatt TRIGA research ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Chinese scientists have completed a major breakthrough in clean energy by reloading fresh fuel into a working thorium molten salt ...

A student’s small bedroom has become a hotspot for nuclear fusion experiments. With no fancy lab or deep-pocketed sponsors, the work is entirely driven by curiosity and grit. Hudhayfa Nazoordeen, a ...

Oak Ridge National Laboratory is building the technical case for 3D-printed parts inside U.S. nuclear reactors, combining faster inspection algorithms, in-reactor stress tests, and tighter processing ...

France-headquartered Newcleo has confirmed the successful installation of the main vessel for PRECURSOR, its ...