The Nuclear Safety and Security Commission (NSSC) has approved the operation of the Saeul-3 nuclear reactor (formerly Shin Hanul Unit 5) in Ulju, Ulsan. This marks the first operational permit for a ...

The United States has taken a step toward a 21st-century renaissance in civilian nuclear power as the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has given the go-ahead for TerraPower's Natrium Gen IV reactor ...

U.S. federal support helped TerraPower and Kairos Power start building full-sized demonstration advanced reactors in April, ...

Experts at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory and other national laboratories are looking more closely at passive safety systems, which will be used prevalently in the ...

In China, large reactors are coming together at a stunning pace. The country has nearly doubled its nuclear fleet since 2016, ...

Small modular reactors (SMRs) represent a new generation of nuclear power, promising cheaper, safer, and more versatile clean energy. In this article, IDTechEx investigates why SMRs are gaining ...

U.S. national laboratories are pushing supercritical carbon dioxide power cycles to temperatures above 700 degrees Celsius, roughly 1,292 degrees Fahrenheit, in an effort to dramatically raise the ...

LEMONT, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Experts at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory and other national laboratories are looking more closely at passive safety systems, which ...