New concepts for advanced reactors are thriving, and boosted by new government funding, but there are serious detriments to ...
Nuclear power has long looked like an obvious answer to rising energy demand — except for one problem: traditional plants are massive, expensive, and painfully slow to build. But this episode explores ...
China plans to put into operation seven new nuclear reactors this year, boosting its already substantial fleet of nuclear generators, which is already the largest in the world. Ground has been broken ...
Public comments on two new NRC rules are due soon — May 4 and May 18, 2026. This is a quick guide on what these rules do and how to submit comments that carry legal weight, even if you have never done ...
Big Tech firms are investing in small modular nuclear reactors for AI energy needs. Deals from Meta, Amazon and Google provide funding and revenue certainty. Rising data center demand is driving ...
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.— Launch nuclear reactors to orbit as soon as 2028 and to the Moon as soon as 2030—that’s the White House’s new order to the Pentagon and NASA. The six-page policy memo released ...
Receiving your first little boat and setting sail is fun, sure, but are you bobbing along the waves and wondering when you can graduate to a big ol’ pirate ship? Here’s how to get your first proper ...
The agency wants to fly it to Mars by the end of 2028. Experts say that’s … ambitious. MIT Technology Review Explains: Let our writers untangle the complex, messy world of technology to help you ...
The first Indian-built fast breeder nuclear reactor has achieved criticality, the stage at which the atomic reaction becomes self-sustaining, according to a statement from Prime Minister Narendra Modi ...
Have you ever imagined what you’d do if someone tried to blackmail you? For sitcom legend Dan Levy, that’s an anxious rumination he knows all too well. Speaking to Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show ...
The NASA planned 2028 nuclear powered ion drive spacecraft, SR-1 Freedom will have a 20 kilowatt nuclear reactor. SR-1 Freedom will use 20-plus kilowatt fission reactor fueled by High-Assay ...