In December 2022, researchers at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's National Ignition Facility in California conducted a controlled nuclear fusion experiment that, for the first time, ...

A new type of nuclear power technology — small modular reactors that promise to produce carbon-neutral energy more safely and efficiently than traditional nuclear power plants — is becoming closer to ...

A secret, direct channel between the Kremlin and the White House helped to prevent nuclear war 60 years ago, as Moscow and Washington engaged in a nuclear standoff known in the United States as the ...

Tech firms and Silicon Valley billionaires have been pouring money into nuclear energy for years, pitching the sustainable power source as crucial to the green transition. Now they have another ...

The fragile global legal framework for nuclear weapons control faces further setbacks in 2026, eroding guardrails to avoid a nuclear crisis.

Turkey says Russia gave it $9 billion in new financing for Akkuyu nuclear plant Turkey's energy minister said Russia had provided new financing worth $9 billion for the Akkuyu nuclear power plant ...

In early December, U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright gave a speech at the Idaho National Laboratory, the Idaho Falls research and development facility that in the early 1950s generated the first ...

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In 1942, the Manhattan Project needed to create a chain reaction—a crucial step toward proving that it would be possible to make an atomic bomb. The scientists achieved this sustained nuclear reaction ...

GOOSE CREEK, S.C. — Nuclear operators are considered the Navy’s “best and brightest,” with only the top-scoring applicants gaining acceptance into the prestigious training program. But a dozen current ...

A new documentary has been released, shining a light behind the scenes of a Lancashire nuclear power station. Heysham 2 power station is the focal point of ‘Inside Nuclear’, a new documentary ...