A new nuclear reactor design skips fuel entirely—eliminating meltdown risk while testing a safer future for nuclear power.

Underground on Purdue University's campus is the only nuclear reactor of its kind in the U.S. Although used only for research ...

This year the American holiday also marked a big symbolic deadline for US nuclear power. Last year the Trump administration ...

Using lead as a coolant could save us from a nuclear catastrophe.

Gov. Greg Abbott speaks at the Texas Nuclear Summit in Austin on Oct. 17, 2025. Less than three years after Gov. Greg Abbott announced the creation of the Texas Advanced Nuclear Reactor Working Group, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Building a working nuclear fusion reactor has proven to be a daunting challenge even for multiple wealthy nations, as we've seen with the much-delayed ITER project. However, a private start-up called ...

Deep Fission plans to place nuclear reactors a mile underground. Can this deep-well design unlock a new era of clean power?

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Satellite images show China working on nuclear reactor for new warship China has built a land-based prototype nuclear reactor for ...

A US startup wants to bury a nuclear reactor one mile underground, using rock and water pressure instead of a containment ...