Governments and private developers worldwide are accelerating nuclear fusion research amid technical breakthroughs that could bring commercial-scale, clean energy closer to reality.

Scientists have uncovered a surprising new way that giant embryonic cells divide—without relying on the classic “purse-string” ring long thought essential for splitting a cell in two. Studying ...

A team of researchers is trying to bring order to electron movement inside fusion reactors so it can develop a nearly ...

Is this the dawn of a new era of nuclear energy in America?

Oak Ridge is becoming a nuclear energy hub with Orano USA building a uranium enrichment plant and Oklo developing a nuclear fuel recycling facility, creating jobs and boosting US energy independence.

Nuclear submarines can split atoms, generate electricity, manufacture breathable oxygen, and distill fresh water from the ...

China breaks a historic barrier in nuclear fusion, bringing the dream of nearly infinite energy closer to reality.

BERKELEY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Deep Fission, Inc. (“Deep Fission” or the “Company”), a pioneering advanced nuclear energy company placing small modular pressurized water reactors (SMRs) in ...

Deep Fission, Inc. (“Deep Fission” or the “Company”), a pioneering advanced nuclear energy company placing small modular pressurized water reactors (SMRs) in boreholes one mile underground, announced ...

The core of the Stellaria design is a fission region containing a mixture of fertile and fissile chlorides — primarily UCl₃ and PuCl₃ — dissolved in a purified sodium-chloride-based carrier salt ...

What if the next nuclear plant didn’t rise above the horizon at all? A US start-up called Deep Fission is betting that the safest—and potentially cheapest—place for a reactor could be more than a mile ...

The Nuclear Sponge is a five-part explanatory project by USA TODAY that aims to inform readers about the strategic debate and costs of modernizing the land leg of America’s nuclear triad. The United ...