Scientists have built the first-ever thorium reactor. Thorium is both more easily accessible and less dangerous than ...

A collaboration of US-based researchers has turned to the PROSPECT-I detector at ORNL in search of the elusive sterile ...

Unlike traditional nuclear bombs, it doesn’t rely on fission or fusion. Instead, it uses a chemical reaction with magnesium hydride to create a powerful explosion without nuclear materials.

Neutrinos, elusive fundamental particles, can act as a window into the center of a nuclear reactor, the interior of the Earth ...

Months after satellites picked up a massive nuclear fusion facility in China's Sichuan province, the country's nuclear ...

Chinese scientists have refuelled an experimental thorium-fueled molten salt reactor continuously without shutting it down.

A Tennessee Valley Authority-led coalition including BWRX-300 developer GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy has submitted an ...

If Hawaii did decide to go nuclear, it would take a two-thirds vote in each chamber of the legislature. The state ...

The U.S. Supreme Court is considering arguments about temporary storage sites for the country's 90,000 tons of nuclear waste.

It raises key questions around coolant level measurement technologies, such as noncontacting gravity sensors vs. traditional ...

Imagine streaming your favorite show or scrolling through your phone, all from the comfort of a home base on the moon. Within ...

What if the next big thing in nuclear energy was a dusty old idea from the Cold War era? Once considered to power nuclear ...