Two companies, TerraPower and Deep Fission, have proposed building advanced nuclear reactors in Kansas. TerraPower, co-founded by Bill Gates, is exploring a utility-scale plant with energy storage ...

Small modular reactors (SMRs) are experiencing a significant comeback, driven by their scalability, siting flexibility, and ability to provide carbon-free baseload power, crucial for rising AI energy ...

Industry Insight from Reuters Events, a part of Thomson Reuters. The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) has become a leading supporter of small modular reactors, helping developers de-risk projects and ...

A new race to the moon is underway; not merely to erect flags, but to prospect for and extract water and helium-3, establish nuclear power plants and capitalize on the economic and strategic ...

Alloys used in nuclear reactors are exposed to demanding conditions that typically deteriorate their structural integrity. In the current fission-based reactors, upcoming Generation-4 reactors, and ...

Westinghouse Electric, Cameco, and Brookfield Asset Management have entered into a "strategic partnership" with the U.S. government to deploy more than $80 billion for the construction of new nuclear ...

The Trump administration will take a stake in at least $80 billion of new nuclear reactors that it sees as key to continuing to develop AI technologies through a deal it inked with the parent ...

Imagine printing a nuclear reactor core — or nuclear fuel pellets — in 3D. It may sound far-fetched that 3D printing could create materials robust enough to withstand the extreme environment of a ...