A Knoxville nuclear company backed by Bill Gates has asked Tennessee for a license to help it build the world’s first fusion ...

Bill Gates-backed fusion startup Type One Energy has taken a concrete step toward commercial power generation, submitting the ...

Ultra-pure nuclear fuel is quietly becoming one of the most strategic technologies in the energy transition, with the United ...

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, ...

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A nuclear power plant in Georgia has begun splitting atoms in the second of its two new reactors, Georgia Power said Wednesday, a key step toward providing carbon-free electricity. The unit of Atlanta ...

Researchers at the new campus coming to the former Bull Run coal plant in Clinton will test how materials react under intense ...

Turning the dream of abundant, always-available power into reality demands breakthrough technology. Enter Stellaria's Stellarium reactor.

Scientists in China have now designed and tested a nuclear fission power plant that can keep itself cool even during a power outage—meaning it completely avoids the runaway heating and disaster known ...

Outdone only by nuclear fusion, the process of nuclear fission releases enormous amounts of energy. The ‘spicy rocks’ that are at the core of both natural and artificial fission reactors are generally ...