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

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% ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A company with a vision of installing “discreet, bespoke,” small, nuclear reactors 1 mile underground for data centers and other ...

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 ...

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

The U.S. is betting big on nuclear power — and it wants three new fission reactors up and running in less than a year. The Department of Energy recently launched its Nuclear Reactor Pilot Program, ...

"The longer that we wait for fusion to arrive, the more we need it." World's largest nuclear reactor aims to power Earth with ...

Dozens of people gathered at a meeting to hear from the company and share their opinions about the first of a new type of ...

What if the next nuclear plant didn’t rise above the horizon at all? A US start-up called Deep Fission is betting that the safest—and potentially cheapest—place for a reactor could be more than a mile ...

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 ...

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 ...