As of now, “nuclear energy” in practical contexts refers to fission, or splitting heavy particles to generate massive loads of energy. The goal is to eventually transition to fusion, which combines ...

The Army on Tuesday named nine U.S. installations that could receive nuclear microreactors in the coming years as the service looks to the technology for increased and more resilient power production ...

Nuclear startup Oklo Inc. is running plutonium experiments at a Nevada facility once reserved for weapons work, partnering ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mar. 9—AIKEN — South Carolina and the Aiken area are a welcoming environment for development of nuclear microreactors, Tom ...

A new University of Michigan research study published this month by Rackham student Muhammad Rafiul Abdusammi determined that, under the right circumstances, the nuclear sector’s newest technology ...

From Arctic research stations to isolated mine sites, the hardest places on the planet to power have long depended on diesel drums and fragile supply chains. A new generation of portable nuclear ...

The U.S. Army is advancing portable nuclear microreactors under the Janus Program. Microreactors are smaller and faster to deploy than traditional reactors or SMRs. The initiative aligns with a ...

The U.S. Army is moving closer to deploying a new class of nuclear technology that could reshape how the United States produces reliable, low-carbon power — nuclear microreactors small enough to fit ...