The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has approved the construction permit for a new commercial nuclear reactor in western Wyoming. This is the first permit of its kind to be approved in eight ...

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Advanced computing is being utilized to predict a key occurrence in nuclear fission reactions, which could help improve energy production.

Governments and private developers worldwide are accelerating nuclear fusion research amid technical breakthroughs that could bring commercial-scale, clean energy closer to reality.

Deep Fission partners with Urenco USA to secure low-enriched uranium (LEU) for its innovative "Gravity" reactor.

A new training tool designed to help develop the region’s nuclear energy workforce is now complete in the Tri-Cities. The tool is an advanced nuclear energy simulator created through funding from a ...

Deep Fission, Inc. (“Deep Fission” or the “Company”), a pioneering advanced nuclear energy company placing small modular pressurized water reactors in boreholes one mile underground, announced today ...

With more than half of South Carolina’s energy being attributed to nuclear power, Santee Cooper hopes to expand its use with the repurposing of two unfinished nuclear units in Jenkinsville, South ...

The team tested a prototype fission chamber designed for high-temperature reactors.Brandon Wilson/ORNL A testing campaign led by the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) has ...

Nations are racing to deploy advanced reactors for cleaner, more secure nuclear energy, which ...

Lockheed Martin's concept for a fission surface power (FSP) system on the surface of the moon. Credit: Lockheed Martin No technology holds more transformative potential for America’s space aspirations ...