New concepts for advanced reactors are thriving, and boosted by new government funding, but there are serious detriments to ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

BWX Technologies is a leading producer of naval nuclear power systems in the U.S. Its BANR is a promising SMR design. Most SMR companies are start-ups reliant on investor dollars, but BWX is not.

New designs mean new strategies for managing spent fuel. MIT Technology Review Explains: Let our writers untangle the complex, messy world of technology to help you understand what’s coming next. You ...

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) gave TerraPower the go-ahead this week to build a new nuclear reactor in the shadow of an aging coal power plant in Wyoming. TerraPower’s permit is the first to ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has granted approval to TerraPower to begin construction of a reactor in Wyoming. The project is the first ...

TerraPower’s project in Wyoming, which uses novel technology, is the first new commercial reactor to receive federal approval in nearly a decade. By Brad Plumer Reporting from Washington A novel type ...