Electricite de France SA is simplifying the design of its small modular nuclear reactors, targeted to replace coal-fired power plants.

Nuclear fission is the most reliable source of antineutrinos, but they are difficult to characterize. A recent study suggests ...

The automated facility has already made mockup nuclear fuel bundles for the BREST-OD-300 core design, as per Rosatom.

With 33 Hualong One reactors in operation or under construction, China is leading the world in third-generation nuclear ...

Scanning radioactive nuclear fuels and materials is the specialty of INL’s Irradiated Materials Characterization Lab, where Chuirazzi works. An array of shielding and other precautions is required to ...

The incident gave Canada the dubious distinction of hosting the world’s first nuclear reactor accident. The NRX had a capacity of 30 megawatts that day, which was powerful by the standards of ...

China’s rapidly expanding nuclear power industry passed a major milestone on New Year’s Day, as the first reactor at a sprawling new plant on the country’s southeastern coastline started ...

Google, Microsoft and Amazon are among the technology companies looking to nuclear power to produce energy with a smaller ...

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has been accused in a new lawsuit of hindering the nuclear energy industry, particularly smaller reactors, by imposing extensive time and cost licensing requirements.

After a long absence, Canada is back in the business of exporting nuclear reactors. In November, Montreal-based AtkinsRéalis Group Inc. (formerly SNC-Lavalin) announced it will participate in a ...

The taming of nuclear fission into a source of controlled power was a breakthrough met with great hope and deep distrust.

The Indian Point nuclear power plant ... On a site smaller than that of a shopping mall, the plant’s two reactors could produce over 2,000 megawatts of electricity, enough to supply more ...