Innovative startup Deep Fission is pioneering next-generation nuclear energy by deploying a "gravity reactor" in a mile-deep borehole, a design that promises to slash operational costs by up to 80% ...

VC investment in nuclear fission startups set records in 2025 as investors look to new energy sources to bolster the grid, according to PitchBook’s latest analyst note. As energy demand has ...

California-based startup Deep Fission, which aims to place small modular reactors in boreholes a mile underground, has begun ...

Deep Fission, Inc. ("Deep Fission" or the "Company"), an advanced nuclear energy company developing small modular pressurized water reactors installed one mile underground, today announced it has ...

California startup Deep Fission has begun drilling a test well for its underground small modular PWR as part of DOE’s Reactor Pilot Program.

Analytical chemist Friedrich Strassmann played a crucial role in discovering nuclear fission with Otto Hahn and Lise Meitner, but his principled opposition to Nazi ideology nearly destroyed his career ...

Oklo Inc. (NYSE: OKLO) (Oklo), an advanced nuclear technology company, today announced that it has signed a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) to su ...

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

Fifteen years on from its worst-ever nuclear accident, Japan is welcoming nuclear power back into its energy mix. Senior Fellows Daniel B. Poneman and Clara Gillispie discuss Fukushima’s legacy and ...

TerraPower has secured a construction permit for its Natrium nuclear plant in Wyoming – the first approved advanced reactor in the US in nearly a decade ...

The NSDA approval for Oklo's wholly owned subsidiary follows the announcement of the signing of the Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) for the facility in January and is a major milestone in DOE's RPP ...

The UK isn't just a country with nuclear power. It's a full-spectrum nuclear ecosystem — from uranium enrichment to ...