Ministers have been urged to support the rollout of nuclear-powered ships that could halve the time it takes to move freight across the oceans or provide mobile sources of electricity.

An innovative algorithm for detecting collisions of high-speed particles within nuclear fusion reactors has been developed, inspired by technologies used to determine whether bullets hit targets in ...

Despite breaking ground under the Reactor Pilot Program, Oklo is unlikely to reach criticality by July 4th, 2026, since it still requires several DOE approvals before beginning construction. Oklo ...

“We do need to get our electricity house in order,” said Matthew Wald, former reporter for The New York Times, in a recent Zoom talk to Friends of Oak Ridge National Laboratory and others recently. He ...

It was in the 1960s that the United States tried something new. It was called Project Pluto and its goal was to develop a nuclear-powered missile. However, the project was left uncompleted due to ...

Nuclear power has a lot of potential, but many fear the dangers of nuclear meltdowns. Fortunately, some new reactors might make that possibility even slimmer.