Power plant operators in Switzerland and France idled reactors so that discharged cooling water would not harm wildlife in ...

That similarity, like those submarine reactors in the '60s, '70s, and '80s, is one of the biggest things SMRs have going for them – SMRs are essentially identical; if a sailor could operate one, then ...

Holtec predicts cost savings from building its first small modular reactors at the existing Palisades nuclear power plant ...

Powered by a Westinghouse S5W nuclear reactor, Sturgeon achieved speeds of up to 26 knots (nearly 30 miles per hour) when submerged. All About the Sturgeon-Class Submarines.

The NRC has overseen commercial nuclear reactors for 50 years since its creation in 1975. Amid concerns over overregulation, the U.S. has only two operational commercial reactors whose ...

It orders the operation of a nuclear reactor at a domestic military base or installation by Sept. 30, 2028. “Advanced nuclear reactors include nuclear energy systems like Generation III+ ...

Some members of the nuclear industry applauded the reform. "The safety regulations that we put in place were largely reactionary to Three Mile Island," says Isaiah Taylor, CEO and Founder of Valar ...

Uranium (U) is the poster child for nuclear fission reactors—the most common type of nuclear reactor we have. Most fission reactors are fueled by the isotope uranium-235 (it even made its way ...

The world’s largest and most powerful superconducting electromagnet is ready to become the pulsing “heart” inside of a massive tokamak nuclear fusion reactor.Developed over 40 years in ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Underground on Purdue University’s campus is the only nuclear reactor in Indiana. Although used just for research purposes — the total energy the reactor generates powers about ...

The Tennessee Valley Authority submitted a construction permit application to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission for a small, modular nuclear reactor.

For the first time in the United States, a utility is asking federal regulators for a permit to build a small nuclear reactor. The nation’s largest public power company, the Tennessee Valley ...