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

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% ...

These methods are how the nuclear industry safely manages the 10,000 metric tons of spent fuel waste that reactors produce as they churn out 10% of the world’s electricity every ...

A materials expert told Friends of ORNL that advanced nuclear reactors need 21st-century materials to withstand extreme ...

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

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

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

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 ...

"The longer that we wait for fusion to arrive, the more we need it." World's largest nuclear reactor aims to power Earth with virtually unlimited energy: 'The most complex machine ever designed' first ...

Portugal has been investing in renewable energy but nuclear has been largely neglected. View on euronews ...

South Carolina and the Aiken area are a welcoming environment for development of nuclear microreactors, Tom Mancinelli, head of federal strategy and policy for Antares, told members of ...