On Dec. 12, 1952, the world witnessed its first-ever nuclear reactor accident at Chalk River Laboratories right here in ...

Chinese engineers identify a design flaw in NASA's lunar nuclear reactor, suggesting improvements that could boost efficiency ...

The SMR-300 reactor is designed to provide up to 300 megawatts per module, enough to power about 300,000 homes.

Nuclear energy’s potential can be viewed as two stories: nuclear for ships and nuclear for future fuels. Both offer a wealth ...

The shuttered Palisades nuclear plant in Michigan aims to become the first reactor in U.S. history to restart operations ...

Nuclear power, with its high-volume ... is considered "walk-away safe," meaning it can move heat away from the reactor core using gravity-based internal systems, without the need for external ...

Proposal to close State College in 1953, Pa. nuclear plant problem in 1979, Exxon Valdez oil spill in 1989, "Titanic" wins 11 ...

Recent government announcements to amend nuclear energy and liability Acts aim to attract private capital amid huge financing ...

The majority of nuclear power plants around the world currently use pressurized water reactors (PWRs). In these, water is used as a coolant and is pumped under high pressure to the reactor core. There ...

A district court on Tuesday rejected a request by residents to halt operation of a nuclear reactor at the Ikata power plant ...

The researchers performed transient tests on a high-burnup metallic fuel that was archived from historic irradiation testing ...