Commercial nuclear reactors all work pretty much the same way. Atoms of a radioactive material split, emitting neutrons.

All the different types of small modular reactors generate heat the same way: by splitting heavy atoms and capturing the heat into a variety of materials — like water, liquid metal or molten salt — ...

Small modular reactors are supposed to become a new leg on the green energy stool. However, none have been deployed, and regulatory approval is still an open issue. That is about to change. Google is ...

The nuclear energy industry is seeing a resurgence in global interest as governments, utilities, and tech giants seek to meet soaring electricity demand with around-the-clock, carbon-free power.

China plans to launch commercial operations at the world’s first small modular reactor (SMR) to generate nuclear energy as early as in the first half of 2026, according to the president of the China ...

Amazon-backed nuclear energy startup X-energy says it has booked orders for 144 small modular reactors (SMRs) which will eventually deliver over 11 gigawatts of power, assuming that they actually get ...

The Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant project in Somerset, England, has taken delivery of the reactor pressure vessel for ...

You might imagine nuclear power plants as behemoth facilities spanning hundreds of acres. Nuclear microreactors, by contrast, could sit on land the size of a football field and power a whole town. I’m ...

Will Denver International Airport be the site of Colorado’s first nuclear power station in the 36 years since the shutdown of the Ft. Saint Vrain reactor in 1989? That’s what airport officials want to ...

As U.S. electricity demand rises and technology companies seek to build more and larger data centers to drive artificial intelligence systems, the main question arising is how to generate all that ...