Construction on a revolutionary new kind of nuclear power plant is underway in Kansas. According to KCUR, an NPR affiliate, ...

The TRISO fuel has been described by the Department of Energy as "the most robust nuclear fuel on Earth." This is because it ...

Nuclear weapons haven’t been tested in the United States since 1992. Find out why, and what could happen if the hiatus ends.

Many advances in technology spring from the mind of a single genius, but others, like nuclear power, are the product of many minds over generations.

Again, Washington is trying to become a hub for nuclear power. But instead of monster-size reactors, the state is now home to ...

Instead of monster-size reactors, the state is now home to multiple ventures involving smaller reactors — all using ...

Constitutional issues are the basis for the conclusion of the Nuclear Energy Working Group's final report for the state ...

NASA plans to send crewed missions to Mars over the next decade – but the 140 million-mile (225 million-kilometer) journey to the red planet could take several months to years round trip. This ...

This relatively long transit time is a result of the use of traditional chemical rocket fuel. An alternative technology to the chemically propelled rockets the agency develops now is called nuclear ...

A pivotal scene in the explosive hit biopic and Best Picture winner, "Oppenheimer," involves America's top scientists discussing whether or not to develop an even more potent nuclear weapon — the ...

Congress MP Rahul Gandhi recently sparked a fresh political controversy by warning the BJP that he would “explode a hydrogen bomb, which is bigger than the atom bomb.” Addressing a gathering, he said: ...