The power station, which is being built by the French energy company EDF, will sit right next to the Sizewell B nuclear plant that has been operating since 1995, and not far from the ...

The microreactors eVinci (Westinghouse) and Kaleidos (Radiant) each produce only 5 megawatts and 1.2 megawatts of power. The ...

American support for nuclear power, which plummeted following the 2011 Fukushima accident in Japan, has largely recovered.

A new bipartisan bill speeds up the timeline for building new nuclear reactors in Wisconsin, which state leaders say will be ...

Nuclear power offers a way out: plants like Three Mile Island can deliver hundreds of megawatts of power without producing greenhouse gas emissions. New nuclear plants could do still more ...

That heat is transferred to water coolant, which is then used in turbines powered by electromagnetic induction, which is how every power plant—whether coal or nuclear—works today.

Nuclear power accounts for almost 10% of electricity generation globally and the U.S., with its 94 reactors, is responsible for about 30% of it, making it the largest producer of nuclear-powered ...

The other nuclear plant under construction - Hinkley Point C in Somerset - is not due to switch on until the early 2030s. The existing nuclear power stations were responsible for just more than 14 ...