Deep Fission, a California-based nuclear startup, has officially moved from concept to construction. The ...

Deep Fission, which aims to place small modular reactors in boreholes a mile underground, has signed an agreement to purchase low-enriched uranium from Urenco USA to support demonstration and testing ...

Recent breakthroughs in plasma density and duration at facilities in China, France, and South Korea have removed key technical barriers to fusion development. Major international projects like ITER, ...

Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) reports it has tested a high-temperature fission chamber prototype built by Curtiss-Wright Nuclear that operated steadily at 800 degrees Celsius (about 1,472 ...

The U.S. military is advancing the deployment of small nuclear microreactors through the Janus Program, aiming to provide secure, on-demand power for military installations and critical infrastructure ...

Japanese fusion energy startup Helical Fusion Co., Ltd. has begun Phase 1 of Helix ...

Energy is critical in every domain of human life, and in space exploration, it is even more essential for survival. The U.S. is working towards achieving energy dominance in space with the development ...

While nuclear power has the potential to help cut humanity’s addiction to fossil fuels, scientists are still working on how to deal with its radioactive leftovers. The Thomas Jefferson National ...

Matthew Bunn is a member of the Board of Directors of the Arms Control Association; is a member of the Committee on International Security and Arms Control of the National Academy of Sciences; has ...

As the demand for power surges, driven by the artificial intelligence data center buildout, Canaccord Genuity thinks an Italian nuclear company could be a winner. The firm initiated coverage on Terra ...

The benefits of an expedited nuclear reactor approval process are coming closer to fruition. Last spring, the Trump administration took action to cut red tape, to create a faster nuclear regulatory ...

The surge in demand for data centers and nuclear power to keep them running is stressing the global uranium supply, raising concerns about a potential shortage of fuel for reactors. World uranium ...