This is just the first step to test the removal robot, which will extract only a few grams of material to be sent for analysis.
Images of a cooling tower belching black are frightening, but Russia says it’s all under control now.
The material left behind by nuclear fission remains radioactive for millennia. Safely disposing of it requires stashing it for, essentially, eternity.
The $35 billion nuclear project is an investment in the future or a cautionary tale, depending whom you ask.
A specific isotope of cesium has been linked to nuclear weapons, and not Chernobyl—the previous suspected cause.
Pending safety approval from Japanese regulators, the controversial plan to send treated wastewater into the Pacific Ocean could be enacted next month.
As the country looks to decarbonize, nuclear’s popularity climbs to the highest level in a decade.
The weekend saw two big developments that could signal different directions for nuclear power.
The federal funding amounted to $3.5 million, with Rolls-Royce Holdings hoping to have the reactor ready for launch to the Moon by 2029.
The troubled Vogtle plant, which is billions of dollars over budget but will be a key source of carbon-free power, has reached a crucial milestone.
A coalition of cities voted to keep backing a project to build's the nation's first small modular reactor, despite rising costs.
Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant got a lifeline early Thursday.
In the face of rising energy prices, Germany, California, and Japan are reconsidering early nuclear plant retirement.
In the decade since a tsunami caused a nuclear disaster at Fukushima Daiichi power plant, solar panels have been built across the surrounding area.
The former nuclear power plant requires electricity to cool spent radioactive fuel rods.
The plant would be built near a retiring coal plant and would mark one of the first large-scale demonstrations of a sodium-cooled reactor.
The company has reaped a combination of overseas investment and UK government money to kickstart a division to make small modular reactors.
It's not the world-changing solution some technofuturists think it is—but there are some interesting possibilities.
In the hunt for cheap, carbon-free energy, some miners have sought out partnerships with aging nuclear power plants.
News leaked out of Australia that something big is supposed to be announced in the U.S. and UK.
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