The federal regulatory agency tasked with keeping America’s nuclear power plants safe and running smoothly is set to make huge cuts to the amount of time its staffers spend on safety and emergency ...

Holtec’s attempt to restart the shuttered Palisades nuclear plant faces delays, safety questions and missing documentation.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Wednesday approved its first construction permit for a commercial nuclear reactor in eight years, one that will allow a Bill Gates-backed company to build a ...

Fifteen years after the Fukushima nuclear disaster, the catastrophe’s lasting scars continue to shape Japan’s debate over nuclear energy, as the government cautiously moves to restart reactors amid ...

The nuclear industry is in the mist of a renaissance. Old plants are being refurbished, and investors are showering startups with cash. In the last several weeks of 2025 alone, nuclear startups raised ...

In May, President Trump sat in the Oval Office flanked by executives from America’s nuclear power industry. “It’s a hot industry. It’s a brilliant industry,” the president said from behind the ...

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

Gov. JB Pritzker is all-in on new nuclear. Pritzker released Executive Order 2026-01 Executive Order To Accelerate New Safe Nuclear Power Generation In Illinois – the final missing element of a plan ...

TOKYO (AP) — The world’s largest nuclear power plant restarted Wednesday in north-central Japan for the first time since the 2011 Fukushima nuclear meltdown, as resource-poor Japan accelerates atomic ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Citing cultural problems as the reason for the 2011 Japan nuclear reactor disaster is risky because some of the key problems involving regulation and technical issues could ...

The international effort to build the world’s largest fusion reactor in southern France has entered a critical new phase, with project leaders adopting a revised 2024 baseline that acknowledges years ...

The plan is for South Africa to anchor the southern African power pool with nuclear baseload. The problem is that the chosen projects may not be able to sustain this grand ambition.