President Donald Trump signed a pro-nuclear power executive order last May, which has significantly sped up progress at INL. ...

There’s been no word as of yet as to where Terrapower’s new natrium reactor project will land in Kansas, but the possibility ...

Gold and other heavy elements are born in some of the universe’s most violent events—but scientists still struggle to understand the nuclear steps that create them. Now, nuclear physicists have ...

Indian scientists and international experts are divided over a study questioning the viability of a nuclear reactor fuel called HALEU-thorium; while critics cite safety risks, proponents argue the ...

New analysis challenges primary energy accounting; it argues useful energy better reflects electrification efficiency and ...

The US Department of Energy has greenlit the safety basis for the MARVEL microreactor, clearing the path for its first experiments.

INL’s MARVEL microreactor project advances after DOE approves its safety blueprint, enabling dry criticality testing and ...

Researchers at Idaho National Laboratory have developed a compact reactivity control system for the MARVEL sodium-potassium-cooled microreactor.

TerraPower officially received a construction permit Monday for its first-of-a-kind Natrium reactor in Kemmerer. “This demonstrates advanced ...

The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has authorised the staff to issue TerraPower’s subsidiary, US SFR Owner (USO), 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 ...

After eight episodes of post-apocalypse insanity and plenty of irradiated creatures, Fallout wrapped up Season 2 with the season finale, “The Strip,” this week. Given that multiple characters are left ...