Traditional hydrogen bombs work through nuclear fusion, a process where atomic nuclei combine under intense pressure to ...

A collaboration of US-based researchers has turned to the PROSPECT-I detector at ORNL in search of the elusive sterile ...

Lawmakers introduced a package of bills to support nuclear fusion research, in hopes of creating a nuclear "Silicon Valley" ...

The U.S. Supreme Court is considering arguments about temporary storage sites for the country's 90,000 tons of nuclear waste.

Scientists have built the first-ever thorium reactor. Thorium is both more easily accessible and less dangerous than ...

After 8 months in the shop Monstermax 2 (my first truck) is 99% complete. Stand by for secondary engine testing. Looking for ...

If 100 megawatt hybrid plant is on schedule, it could put China decades ahead of comparable efforts in the rest of the world.

The small nuclear power plants will use molten salt in their fuel, making them safer and more versatile and portable than ...

The process is much different than fission, the nuclear reaction that powers current nuclear reactors and the atomic bomb. Fusion is a carbon-free process that relies on heated plasma, a gas made ...