At Purdue University, a nuclear reactor no bigger than a walk-in closet is doing what no other U.S. reactor has done: Becoming a test bed for the digital future of nuclear power. Buried ...

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

The Idaho National Laboratory (INL) has cleared a major hurdle in making a Generation IV nuclear reactor practical. Using a new process, a team has developed a new way of processing fuel ...

The reactor, called Lawson Machine 26 (LM26), is General Fusion’s latest iteration in a string of devices that have tested various parts of its unique approach.

About 100 cubic metres of "radioactive coolant" leaked from Finland's Olkiluoto 3 nuclear reactor, the largest in Europe, operator TVO said Monday, adding that the incident posed no safety risk.

The Tennessee Valley Authority is leading a team of nuclear companies and utilities applying for an $800 million federal grant to help finance small modular nuclear reactors at its Clinch River ...

The largest nuclear reactor in France is finally providing power to the country’s grid, more than a decade after it was expected to enter commercial operation. Flamanville 3, an EPR reactor ...

South Korea delivers four ITER vacuum vessel sectors to France, boosting plasma stability and radiation shielding for fusion energy research.

More than 300 participants from over 80 countries came to the IAEA’s headquarters in Vienna today to participate in the International Conference on Research Reactors, which runs from 11 to 15 November ...

Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory has constructed a fusion reactor from parts it 3D-printed and bought off the shelf. It fits on a kitchen table. It’s a simple-sounding machine—a glass tube ...

UNSC's refractory material of choice for nuclear reactor core components is silicon carbide - which is resistant to high temperatures and is radiation tolerant, but is extremely time-intensive and ...