Overall, the present design of ARC is expected to produce about 1.13 GW of fusion power, with 500 MW of that extracted as ...

Ampera formed an Australian subsidiary to source thorium for its TRISO fuel programme, aiming to build a vertically integrated nuclear fuel chain. No reactor is operational yet.

Nuclear energy in the West took another step forward as the first privately developed, non-light-water reactor to go critical ...

AMPERA today announced its factory-built, scalable, supercritical nuclear energy system will be fueled by thorium procured ...

Critics question the market viability of Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) due to high costs compared to renewable energy.

Why it matters: A privately built microreactor at Idaho National Laboratory has passed a key test, sustaining its own nuclear chain reaction and pushing a new generation of small reactors closer to ...

The Energy Department says a small nuclear reactor under development at a national lab has reached a crucial milestone that ...

The Department of Energy is in late talks about plans to provide weapons grade plutonium from dismantled Cold War-era nuclear warheads to possibly five nuclear energy startups, the department said in ...

For decades, the U.S. has had a plutonium problem. Around 100 tons of the stuff was made during the Cold War to go into powerful atomic bombs. But as nuclear stockpiles were dismantled, the government ...

In Pike Township on the northwest side, a cluster of office buildings and amenities form Intech Park, an unassuming but bustling neighborhood. And, there's more development in the area on the way, ...

After the most significant recalibration of Indian statecraft since Independence, India no longer asks for a seat at the table. It sets the agenda ...

Companies say it’s a better way to dispose of the Cold War-era material — and fix a shortage of nuclear fuel. But the plan has also faced criticism from nonproliferation experts. By Brad Plumer ...