A materials expert told Friends of ORNL that advanced nuclear reactors need 21st-century materials to withstand extreme conditions and ensure success.

In response to the climate crisis and their major role in greenhouse gas emissions the fossil fuel industry and governments that rely on oil and gas have dug in and ...

We got neutrons, yeah!” The shout came after years of after-school effort inside a Dallas home, where a seventh grader had ...

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has proposed the first dedicated federal licensing framework for commercial ...

The nation's top regulatory body for nuclear power plants and other nuclear materials, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, has officially voted to regulate nuclear fusion differently than fission. The ...

Helion Energy says it has reached plasma temperatures of 150 million degrees Celsius, a milestone that has reignited debate ...

Clean energy from nuclear fusion may soon be commercial. But leaders around the world have done little to prepare.

In an energy-hungry world, nuclear fission and fusion are often mentioned as alternatives to fossil fuels. But which one is better? In this episode, Scientific American's Michael Moyer melts down the ...

Ion beams can now qualify nuclear reactor materials up to 1,000 times faster than ...

“Nuclear fusion represents an entirely new technology capable of delivering baseload, carbon dioxide-free, clean electricity in virtually unlimited quantities,” Markus Söder, Minister-President of ...