IAEA's Mikhail Chudakov talks to NEi about the changing role of nuclear power and what is needed to make progress around the world.

The United States has taken a step toward a 21st-century renaissance in civilian nuclear power as the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has given the go-ahead for TerraPower's Natrium Gen IV reactor ...

China’s Institute of Modern Physics, part of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, is building what it calls the world’s first ...

The Trump Administration has begun pushing for the expansion of U.S. nuclear power, driven in part by the ...

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Wednesday approved its first construction permit for a commercial nuclear reactor in eight years, one that will allow ...

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission approves a groundbreaking nuclear reactor project backed by Bill Gates in Wyoming.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Wednesday approved its first construction permit for a commercial nuclear reactor in eight years, one that will allow a Bill Gates-backed company to build ...

U.S. scientists are developing an innovation that could reduce nuclear waste storage time by 99.7%, transmuting long-lived radioactive materials into shorter-lived isotopes. The Jefferson Lab project, ...

One of the issues with nuclear power plants is that they produce long-lived radioactive waste. Storing spent nuclear fuel is a real problem. However, researchers at the Department of Energy’s Thomas ...

HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah — The Pentagon and the Energy Department for the first time airlifted a small nuclear reactor from California to Utah, demonstrating what they say is U.S. potential to ...

Nuclear waste repository siting presents an unprecedented intergenerational challenge: decisions made today will affect approximately 5,000 future generations over 100,000 years. Contemporary ...