Lightbridge Corporation has secured a notice of allowance from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for a patent application ...

Lightbridge Corporation, a US-based leader in advanced nuclear fuel technology, has announced that it ...

Tests carried out on high burnup fast reactor fuel as part of a collaboration between the USA and Japan are the first of their kind carried out in more than 20 years, and will provide crucial new data ...

Liquid-fueled molten-salt reactors, another new type, could increase waste volume too. In these designs, fuel and coolant are ...

NuScale’s reactor will seek to complement, not replace, a grid already dependent on renewables. During the day, it can ...

The first breeder reactor, i.e., one that produces more nuclear fuel material as a byproduct than is used to generate energy, went online almost 75 years ago. So, it's hardly some form of sci-fi ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The logo of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission is shown on the podium at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Staion in Carlsbad ...

Studies suggest that nearly half a million people died in the U.S. alone from complications related to pollution from coal-fired electrical plants in the 21 years from 1999 to 2020, yet nobody seems ...

Liz Muller convinced her dad Richard to forego retirement and become an entrepreneur. The result is a revolutionary approach ...

BWX Technologies has received a $174 million contract from the U.S. Navy to manufacture nuclear reactor fuel in support of the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program. BWXT said Thursday the Navy contract ...

Asia has become the global fulcrum of nuclear energy growth, counting 145 operational reactors and 45 under construction in the region. The enviable growth of the continent and the subsequent capacity ...

A video taken by tiny drones sent into one of three damaged reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant showed a gaping hole in the thick-walled steel container of the core, with lumps of ...