Explore the truth about nuclear fusion power, often touted as the ultimate clean energy source with virtually limitless ...

Nuclear power plays a critical role in the United States’ energy landscape. The country operates the largest fleet of nuclear reactors in the world, with 94 reactors across 54 sites.

Physicists have solved a long-standing puzzle about mercury’s nuclear fission by using a five-dimensional model that ...

In a study published in Physical Review Letters, scientists at GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung have discovered ...

This marks the discovery of a new "island of asymmetric fission" in the nuclear chart, characterized by a surprising dominance of light fission fragments of krypton (Z = 36).

The idea of leaving rapidly decaying nuclear waste is an important advantage. I’m not superstitious about fission power, but having waste products that last 100,000 years is a serious problem ...