That was the thought racing through physicist Francis Perrin’s mind in May 1972. He was examining a dark piece of uranium ore ...

In an unassuming industrial park 30 miles outside Boston, engineers are building a futuristic machine to replicate the energy that powers the stars. If all goes to plan, it could be the key to ...

Scientists have built the first-ever thorium reactor. Thorium is both more easily accessible and less dangerous than ...

China's State Council has approved the construction of 10 new nuclear generating units, according to a report from government ...