Excavation work has begun on the foundation of the nuclear island unit 2 at China’s Bailong NPP in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region about 24 kilometres from the border with Vietnam. It is the ...

Unit 1 of the Tihange nuclear power plant has been taken offline for the final time after 50 years of operation and disconnected from the grid. Its closure is in line with Belgium's nuclear phase-out ...

The ORNL study confirms that these imperfections do not disturb the atomic vibrations within the graphite, which are essential for its interaction with neutrons. This resolution strengthens the ...

A remarkable study led by Oak Ridge National Laboratory answers a decades-old question in nuclear science: Do tiny pores in graphite affect nuclear reactor performance?

Uzbekistan and Russia signed an intergovernmental agreement on the NPP construction in 2018. The agreement covered the full cycle – from design and construction to operation and eventual ...

A stellarator is still a donut shape, but extended and twisted, with different pros and cons.

Thousands of workers will be needed to construct a new nuclear plant at the Kewaunee Power Station, as well as nuclear, electrical, civil, chemical and mechanical engineers to design and operate ...

Fermi America, which launched earlier this year and went public this week, wants to build a nuclear complex to power AI data centers.

President Trump’s push to quadruple US nuclear capacity faces global competition, regulatory hurdles, and fuel challenges—requiring international cooperation to compete with Russia and China.

The long-awaited development is a key step in cleaning up the nation’s most polluted nuclear waste site. Construction on the Hanford Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant began in 2002.

The head of the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog urged Ukraine and Russia on Friday to show the "political will" required to keep the area around the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant safe to allow ...

A decade after the Kewaunee Power Station closed, its owner wants to build a new nuclear plant on the site. Residents hope a new plant could bring economic growth, but some are concerned by the ...