The words 'nuclear reactor' and 'nuclear power plant' are often used interchangeably, and though they are related, the ...

Interplanetary travel to Mars aboard nuclear-powered spaceships may sound like science fiction – yet NASA is planning to make ...

MIT researchers think they've worked out exactly how Russia's Burevestnik nuclear-powered missile flies. "It's almost certainly a terrible idea," one analyst said. "But it's not an impossible idea." ...

Nuclear energy in the West took another step forward as the first privately developed, non-light-water reactor to go critical in the United States in more than 40 years reached a major milestone when ...

A proposed merger between two utility giants could have big implications for the future of nuclear power in New England. NextEra Energy, the owner of New Hampshire’s Seabrook Nuclear Power Station, ...

You've read 5 stories this month. Support the CT Mirror reporting you rely on. A proposed merger between two utility giants could have big implications for the future of nuclear power in New England.

Just over a year ago, the Trump Administration issued an executive order meant to accelerate the development of nuclear power in the US. While an entire startup ecosystem has developed around the use ...

Courtesy of Portland General Electric This week marks both the 50th anniversary of Portland General Electric starting up the only nuclear plant ever built in Oregon, the Trojan Nuclear Plant, and the ...

Wind energy continues expanding across the world as governments and industries push toward cleaner electricity systems. At the same time, nuclear power remains one of the largest sources of steady low ...

The Cold War-era nuclear order—in which the United States and the Soviet Union held sway, establishing treaties that set the nuclear rules for the whole world—has clearly and irreversibly come to an ...

The hyperscalers have a math problem. US power generation from data centers is projected to climb from about 5% of the total to roughly 15% over a five-year span, a step change on a grid that has ...