The microreactors eVinci (Westinghouse) and Kaleidos (Radiant) each produce only 5 megawatts and 1.2 megawatts of power. The ...

The Tennessee Valley Authority submitted a construction permit application to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission for a small, modular nuclear reactor.

China announces nuclear energy breakthrough with fourth-gen, gas-cooled reactor plant — here's how it could power over 15 million homes first appeared on The Cool Down.

Corporations don’t build these reactors with their own money for several reasons: They cost too much, take too long, do too little and are too risky.

Why does Utah want to go nuclear? What are small modular reactors and microreactors? Are SMRs and microreactors — and nuclear energy in general — safe? How soon could SMRs and microreactors be ...

This is the first reactor barred in Japan under stricter safety protocols adopted after the Fukushima disaster.

Small modular reactors are, unlike large reactor plants, designed to be small, simple, and mass-produced. These characteristics make these reactors less expensive, easier to operate safely, and less ...

KENNEWICK — The Tri-Cities area is no longer in the running to have the nation’s first commercial advanced nuclear power reactor.

One of the two new nuclear reactors at Plant Vogtle has been offline for a week after a valve problem that emerged in one of the unit’s cooling systems triggered a shutdown.

KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian operators of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station won't restart the plant until its occupying Russian forces leave the facility, the head of Ukraine's nuclear agency ...