China’s experimental thorium molten salt reactor has reportedly achieved sustained thorium-to-uranium fuel conversion, marking a major scientific first. The breakthrough could ease China’s dependence ...

Industry Insight from Reuters Events, a part of Thomson Reuters. Leading U.S. small modular reactor developers have unveiled plans to deploy reactors in the UK and mainland Europe but they will face ...

Small modular reactors (SMRs) promise to de-risk the cost overruns and delays through factory production methods. Google has partnered with Kairos Power, Amazon has invested in X-energy and Microsoft ...

Chinese scientists successfully converted thorium-232 into uranium-233 within an experimental thorium molten salt reactor, validating the technical feasibility of the thorium fuel cycle. This ...

AND LOWER ENROLLMENT. PITTSBURGH BASED WESTINGHOUSE ANNOUNCING EARLIER TODAY THEY’VE ENTERED INTO A STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WORTH MORE THAN $80 BILLION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION ...

NuScale Power Corporation specializes in small modular reactors, offering scalable, transportable nuclear solutions distinct from traditional plants. SMR recently secured an agreement with the ...

Giving a whole new meaning to underground power, startup Deep Fission Nuclear has secured US$30 million in funding to install a micro-reactor in a mile-deep borehole by July 4, 2026 as part of the US ...

The UK government has announced plans to build more than a dozen small nuclear reactors across the country, ushering in what it calls a new “golden age” for nuclear power. One of the ultimate goals is ...

It seems that the United States is keen to get in on the nuclear renaissance as the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) has signed an agreement with Houston-based ENTRA1 Energy to build enough modular ...

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. In a bold, strategic move for the U.S., acting NASA ...

Researchers at the University of British Columbia have shown that a small bench-top reactor can enhance nuclear fusion rates by electrochemically loading a metal with deuterium fuel. Unlike massive ...