The government has announced the biggest nuclear programme in a generation, which includes £14.2bn to build the Sizewell C nuclear power station in Suffolk. It has also confirmed that Rolls Royce ...

Nuclear power has advantages and disadvantages, but what is a nuclear reaction, how does it produce electricity?

It is the opposite of nuclear fission, in which heavy atoms are split apart. Nuclear power stations currently use nuclear fission to generate electricity.

Nuclear power is in the headlines a lot right now. So we ask energy experts to break down exactly what it is.

Nuclear power FAQs: Is it safe? When will see stations running? As seven sites for proposed nuclear power plants are revealed, expert Adi Paterson answers questions on cost, efficiency, and why ...

An atmospheric scientist describes how researchers would track a toxic cloud in the case of an accident at the occupied Zaporizhzhia power station.

With the cost of renewables and batteries plummeting, some academics argue that the UK doesn't need to build new nuclear power stations to achieve its net zero goal ...

In this work of creative nonfiction, Jacobsen urges readers to fear a nuclear war, describing in graphic detail the consequences of nuclear detonations and all the national security systems employed.

How does nuclear power work? In non-military reactors, nuclear power is generated by bombarding uranium atoms with much smaller neutron particles.