The Idaho National Laboratory (INL) has cleared a major hurdle in making a Generation IV nuclear reactor practical. Using a ...

Chinese engineers identify a design flaw in NASA's lunar nuclear reactor, suggesting improvements that could boost efficiency ...

The lab's Molten Chloride Reactor Experiment (MCRE) is testing a reactor design that replaces traditional fuel rods with a liquid mix of uranium and molten salt.

In 1958, another serious accident occurred at the NRU reactor, when several metallic uranium fuel rods overheated and ruptured. One of the rods caught fire and was torn in two as it was being ...

Constellation said in September it would invest $1.6 billion to overhaul the plant in a deal to supply energy for Microsoft ...

Faced with the need to cut carbon emissions, and an increasing energy demand to power AI, companies like Microsoft, Google and Amazon are investing in nuclear, from restarting Three Mile Island, to ...

The dual-sided annular fuel rod – which can easily be produced by major nuclear companies including US firm Westinghouse – encases uranium dioxide pellets in stainless steel cladding ...

Texas is taking a fight over the country's nuclear waste to the Supreme Court. The issue, a Not In My Backyard dilemma involving toxic radioactive nuclear waste, has been swirling for decades. The ...

Several justices seemed sympathetic to arguments from Texas and Fasken Land and Minerals that the laws prohibit private, off-site storage of the highly radioactive fuel rods used to power nuclear ...

Reports suggest the justices are favoring Texas, though a ruling in the state’s favor could counter its recent efforts at ...

LACEY -- Concrete and metal storage casks that hold decades worth of highly radioactive, used fuel rods from the former Oyster Creek nuclear plant can be taxed, New Jersey's Tax Court ruled this week.

David Pogue is a six-time Emmy winner for his stories on "CBS Sunday Morning," where he's been a correspondent since 2002. Pogue hosts the CBS News podcast "Unsung Science." He's also a New York ...