The United States runs the largest nuclear power fleet on the planet, but even basic questions about how many plants are actually operating can produce different answers. Some counts focus on plant ...

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Ionizing radiation apparently didn’t prevent some types of bacteria from breeding in the water, but astonishingly, they are ...

Small nuclear reactors are pitched as cheaper, safer, faster and easier to finance than their conventional counterparts. Hype around them is building fast, but some experts warn it ignores fundamental ...

Engineers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory are testing how insider ...

Nuclear power isn't just for naval ships anymore as demonstrated by the Nuclear Propulsion in merchant Shipping (NuProShip II ...

INDIANAPOLIS — On Tuesday, Nov. 4, First American Nuclear (FANCO) announced they were moving to Indiana and planning to build their first energy park using their EAGL-1 small modular reactors (SMRs).

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An Amentum-led consortium has won a $207m contract to support planning and development of new nuclear reactors in the Netherlands.