Scientists found Chernobyl fuel grains that still contain radioactive gases and operational secrets from the reactor after 30 years ...

That was the thought racing through physicist Francis Perrin’s mind in May 1972. He was examining a dark piece of uranium ore at a nuclear fuel processing plant in southern France. The uranium sample, ...

This video breaks down the Chernobyl disaster by focusing on the machine at its core: the RBMK reactor. We explain how nuclear reactors work in principle, then show what made the RBMK different - from ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...

What if the next big thing in nuclear energy was a dusty old idea from the Cold War era? Once considered to power nuclear bombers, molten salt reactors (MSRs) are in the spotlight, promising safer, ...

A decade ago, I co-authored a paper with a senior nuclear program manager at Sandia National Laboratories and then-president of the American Nuclear Society. The paper and subsequent briefing for the ...

Atomic energy is back, thanks to the ravenous demands of AI, favoritism from Trump, and the zeal of young entrepreneurs ...

Purdue assistant professor Stylianos Chatzidakis, center, and his students interact with equipment that feeds a digital twin of Purdue’s reactor. Source: Purdue University photo/John Underwood. At ...

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, conventionally powered Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning carries out a dual aircraft carrier formation exercise with the Shandong aircraft carrier, unseen ...

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, who is also the interim head of NASA, announced expedited plans this week to build a nuclear reactor on the moon as part of a new space race. Derrick Pitts, chief ...

Union members are saying a plan by Kairos Power to build an advanced nuclear reactor is running up against Oak Ridge’s ...