Westinghouse produces first batch of LEU+ fuel pellets

The two main players of the Department of Energy’s Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program, X-energy and TerraPower, have both announced significant developments in their projects to deploy...

Researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have measured how diamond melts under extreme pressures, resolving a long-standing discrepancy between experiment and theory. In inertial...

Yesterday, Oak Ridge National Laboratory announced that the Department of Energy has committed funding to develop a fusion breeding blanket test facility at the lab in partnership with Kyoto...

On August 11, Elemental Nuclear announced that the Department of Energy, through Sandia National Laboratories, approved its entrance into a Strategic Partnership Project. The SPP will support...

Oklo’s Groves Isotope Test Reactor became the fifth Department of Energy–authorized reactor to achieve criticality under the agency’s authorization process, it was announced earlier...

Westinghouse's long-term vision for its AP1000 includes seeing up to 91 of its flagship reactors being deployed worldwide, in one of several items of interest announced in recent days by...

In January, the Department of Energy announced a new Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campus (NLIC) program, inviting states via a request for information to express their interest in hosting a...

Last week, Austin, Texas–based nuclear fuel start-up SuperCritical Materials announced that it has secured a license from the Department of Energy for a patented uranium and critical...