A Trump administration pilot program aims for three nuclear startups to reach a key milestone by July 4, 2026. Valar Atomics says it’s the first to do so—but it had some help. It’s also, more ...

“In an open-pit uranium mine in the southeastern part of the Gabon Republic, near the Equator on the coast of West Africa, ...

Valar Atomics' Ward 250 advanced reactor has completed a zero-power fuelled criticality demonstration, becoming the second to ...

The startup’s achievement is impressive but underscores the quiet chaos of the nuclear industry following a series of sweeping executive orders in May. Reading time 3 minutes In May, a series of ...

A small US nuclear startup has quietly crossed a threshold that most young fission companies only talk about, achieving a self-sustaining chain reaction in a test system without ever boiling water or ...

A historic milestone was reached in Emery County Thursday afternoon, as Valar Atomics’ Ward 250 reactor completed a ...

Antares Nuclear’s microreactor became the first advanced design to complete a criticality test under the DOE RPP. Read more ...

Antares Nuclear's Mark-0 reactor has completed a zero-power fuelled criticality demonstration, becoming the first reactor to go critical by the 4 July deadline set by US President Donald Trump. (Image ...

The Nuclear Safety and Security Commission allowed criticality, a key step for restarting the reactor of Hanbit Nuclear Power Plant Unit 6. The Nuclear Safety and Security Commission said it allowed ...

Liz Muller convinced her dad Richard to forego retirement and become an entrepreneur. The result is a revolutionary approach to making atomic energy cheaper and safer. For more than a decade, ...

One news headline this week had a whiff of déjà vu about it. Nuclear startup Deep Fission announced that it was going public, hoping to garner investor support to build subterranean reactors to power ...

BERKELEY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Deep Fission, an advanced nuclear energy company redefining the industry by placing small modular pressurized water reactors in boreholes a mile underground, today ...