Commercial nuclear reactors all work pretty much the same way. Atoms of a radioactive material split, emitting neutrons.

Fireplaces are cozy until it’s time to shovel out the ashes. Nuclear power has the same problem: abundant, reliable energy ...

Unit 1 of the Tihange nuclear power plant has been taken offline for the final time after 50 years of operation and disconnected from the grid. Its closure is in line with Belgium's nuclear phase-out ...

New reactors use novel materials and compact designs to make nuclear power safer and cheaper.

As U.S. electricity demand rises and technology companies seek to build more and larger data centers to drive artificial intelligence systems, the main question arising is how to generate all that ...

Big Tech and nuclear boosters are pushing small modular reactors as a “climate solution.” But nuclear is a hazardous distraction from renewables like solar and wind. Big Tech and nuclear boosters are ...

Aditi Verma receives research funding from the U.S. Department of Energy. She is a board member for the Good Energy Collective and serves on various expert working groups of the OECD Nuclear Energy ...

Nuclear energy is making a determined return in Europe. Once politically toxic and phased out across the continent, it’s now being pulled back into the centre of national energy strategies. The shift ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Leonel Lagos, Florida International University (THE CONVERSATION) As U.S. electricity ...