Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Factories could one day produce and ship small nuclear reactors across the country. U.S. Department of Energy Office of Nuclear ...

The ongoing quest for sustainable and low-carbon energy solutions has led to the emergence of a number of innovative technologies. The vision of reducing carbon footprints while maintaining ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Are microreactors the future of nuclear energy? Someday, nuclear reactors the size of shipping containers could power your ...

Engineer in a nuclear fusion reactor research factory. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission announced in June that it is moving forward to advance new uses of factory-built microreactors by ...

You might imagine nuclear power plants as behemoth facilities spanning hundreds of acres. Nuclear microreactors, by contrast, could sit on land the size of a football field and power a whole town. I’m ...

Here’s a swell idea. We’ll bury a bunch of nuclear bombs on the Alaska North Slope right near the Chukchi Sea, detonate them, and create an artificial harbor. Not ...

CMU researchers are directly advancing the next generation of energy innovation by helping to design resilient, transportable microreactors, building on the Pittsburgh region's century-long legacy as ...

CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Westinghouse Electric Company and CORE POWER today announced the formalization of a cooperative agreement for the design and development of a floating nuclear ...

The explosion in new AI capabilities is driving a related competition for more electrical power, including nuclear power. But practical and regulatory obstacles have inhibited investors. Now, the ...

You might imagine nuclear power plants as behemoth facilities spanning hundreds of acres. Nuclear microreactors, by contrast, could sit on land the size of a football field and power a whole town.

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Aditi Verma, University of Michigan (THE CONVERSATION) You might imagine nuclear power ...