Nuclear energy in the West took another step forward as the first privately developed, non-light-water reactor to go critical ...

A technological marvel called Small Modular Reactors, or SMRs, is emerging from the shadows. Imagine miniature nuclear power plants, capable of producing up to 300 MWE, whilst also being mass-produced ...

The executive order directed the Department of Energy to have three different reactor designs reach criticality in a bit over ...

This video explores Small Modular Reactors (SMRs), a low-carbon energy source that offers an alternative to large, costly ...

Military bases struggle to meet self-sufficiency power mandate amid growing interest in small nuclear reactors for backup ...

Antares Nuclear Inc.'s Mark-0—a sodium heat-pipe-cooled microreactor fueled by high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) ...

Why it matters: A privately built microreactor at Idaho National Laboratory has passed a key test, sustaining its own nuclear chain reaction and pushing a new generation of small reactors closer to ...

The Energy Department says a small nuclear reactor under development at a national lab has reached a crucial milestone that ...

In a world first, the US Department of Defense (aka the Department of War) airlifted a complete 5-MW nuclear reactor using a C-17 Globemaster III transport from March Air Reserve Base, California to ...

The Trump administration has rolled back support for many forms of clean energy. One exception is nuclear power. The president wants to quadruple U.S. nuclear capacity by 2050, and a new generation of ...

The Department of Energy has made public a set of new rules that slash environmental and security requirements for experimental nuclear reactors. Last month, NPR reported on the existence of the rules ...