The US company Deep Fission wants to build nuclear power plants deep underground. An initial test drilling serves to verify ...

If Minnesota doesn’t lift its 32-year-old ban on new nuclear power reactors soon, it could blow through a self-imposed 2040 ...

A clear explanation of how nuclear fusion and fission work, and why fusion releases more energy by combining atoms instead of splitting them.

Wyoming state lawmakers introduced a measure to ban nuclear waste storage unless it was specifically approved by a vote of ...

The Uncertainty Engine is guiding research in fusion plasma physics. Could similar approaches benefit fission research as well?

Nuclear fusion is attracting a surge of funding from public and private investors dazzled by the prospect of generating clean energy on Earth from the same reaction that powers the Sun and stars. This ...

Nine countries now possess nuclear weapons and we have just seen the start of a new war in the Middle East over one more nation supposedly trying to acquire them. While we consider the dangers of such ...

The world is unpredictable, and even the safest nuclear power plant can’t guarantee that it will hold up against whatever tragedy is coming next. The morning light was peaking over the sandstone bluff ...

The European Union said Thursday it will invest €330 million (about $380 million) to accelerate fusion energy development and support nuclear technologies and skills. The European Commission said the ...