Patent filings cover advanced coolant flow distribution and variable-speed pump systems for small modular reactors and ...

A materials expert told Friends of ORNL that advanced nuclear reactors need 21st-century materials to withstand extreme ...

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued its first construction permit for a commercial nuclear reactor in eight ...

The United States has taken a step toward a 21st-century renaissance in civilian nuclear power as the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has given the go-ahead for TerraPower's Natrium Gen IV reactor ...

TerraPower’s project in Wyoming, which uses novel technology, is the first new commercial reactor to receive federal approval in nearly a decade.

On Wednesday, the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission announced that it had issued its first construction approval in nearly a decade. The approval will allow work to begin on a site in Kemmerer, Wyoming ...

TerraPower CEO Chris Levesque displays a fuel assembly model for its planned small nuclear reactors in 2022. (Elaine Thompson/AP) Something shocking happened this week: Bureaucrats approved a project ...

The NRC on March 4 authorized a construction permit for TerraPower's Kemmerer Power Station Unit 1—the first commercial ...

An energy company is scouting out potential sites in Kansas to house a new nuclear reactor, and many county officials are ...

Researchers have found that untreated salts can create major challenges for molten salt reactors.

Resource-poor Japan was once one of the world’s biggest proponents of nuclear power. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more ...

Holtec’s attempt to restart the shuttered Palisades nuclear plant faces delays, safety questions and missing documentation.