Scientists have built the first-ever thorium reactor. Thorium is both more easily accessible and less dangerous than ...

Scientists in Gansu province in the country's west have achieved the milestone of reloading fuel to an operational nuclear fission reactor while it was running. The achievement shows fission ...

Critics of the NRC say its red tape and lengthy authorization timelines stifle innovation, but handing some of its ...

Traditional hydrogen bombs work through nuclear fusion, a process where atomic nuclei combine under intense pressure to ...

A pair of bills in the state Legislature would require the state to look for potential sites to put next-generation nuclear ...

The U.S. stands at a critical juncture. We’re experiencing electric load growth for the first time in decades, as fierce ...

A collaboration of US-based researchers has turned to the PROSPECT-I detector at ORNL in search of the elusive sterile ...

Unlike traditional nuclear bombs, it doesn’t rely on fission or fusion. Instead, it uses a chemical reaction with magnesium hydride to create a powerful explosion without nuclear materials.

Neutrinos, elusive fundamental particles, can act as a window into the center of a nuclear reactor, the interior of the Earth ...

The system also uses molten salt instead of water to cool the fission reactor, which is reportedly ... molten salt reactors that used thorium for nuclear power at the dawn of the Cold War era.

India has contributed a significant role in the world's biggest nuclear fusion project, with key contributions by way of ...