Washington spent much of the 1970s trying to become a center for nuclear power, with plans for five huge fission reactors at ...

The announcement arrived without technical diagrams or timelines laid out in detail. Instead, it came through a renewed ...

The U.S. space agency and the Department of Energy will work together to build a fission reactor on the lunar surface in the ...

NASA and the DOE partner to build a lunar nuclear reactor by 2030, providing the power needed for sustained space missions.

NASA and the Energy Department are developing a nuclear reactor to be used on the moon's surface, with the project set to ...

NASA and DOE aim to deploy nuclear reactors on the Moon and in orbit, and that also includes the development of a lunar ...

Construction on a revolutionary new kind of nuclear power plant is underway in Kansas. According to KCUR, an NPR affiliate, ...

Commercial nuclear reactors all work pretty much the same way. Atoms of a radioactive material split, emitting neutrons.

Different atoms and ions possess characteristic energy levels. Like a fingerprint, they are unique for each species. Among ...

Fireplaces are cozy until it’s time to shovel out the ashes. Nuclear power has the same problem: abundant, reliable energy ...

Standard Nuclear has received the HALEU needed to produce the first full TRISO fuel core for Radiant’s Kaleidos microreactor.

Deep Fission is seeking to power the AI revolution through nuclear energy. The company's CEO, Liz Muller, joins CNBC to discuss how their technology is reducing the cost of nuclear energy and scaling ...