Nuclear power plants have been around since the 1950s exploiting a fission reaction, whereby the atom is split in a reactor, releasing a massive amount of energy in the process. Fission has the ...

But rather than a tasty beverage, the canisters contain spent fuel rods filled with used uranium cooling after years inside a nuclear reactor. The casks keep the radiation inside. Someday ...

The state is aggressively pushing to deploy the next generation of atomic energy that would power big industrial operations.

The U.S. currently has no permanent disposal facility for that radioactive waste, the NRC says. That means all waste from nuclear reactors — including SMRs and microreactors that could be built in ...

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The lights are turning back on at Three Mile Island, the site of America's worst nuclear meltdown, after it has lain dormant for five years. WSJ goes inside to learn more about the delicate ...

Canadian startup General Fusion has been working on its unique approach to producing clean energy through nuclear fusion for ...

In a power reactor, there is a high power density inside the nuclear reactor core. Using its uranium dioxide fuel, the reactor acts like a giant nuclear kettle that heats water to build up large ...