OKLO's fast reactor design taps decades of proven tech, aiming for safer operation and the ability to recycle nuclear waste.

An Italian energy firm has joined hands with a France-based innovative reactor developer, Newcleo, to develop nuclear power plants. Newcleo and Nextchem are creating a joint venture, NextCleo, to ...

Oak Ridge, Tennessee, could be home to a molten salt reactor once again if Google-backed Kairos Power has its way.… The small modular reactor startup, along with the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), ...

The Nuclear Company is taking an old approach to building new nuclear reactors. Rather than gin up a new design or try to mass manufacture smaller reactors, it wants to develop a series of reactors ...

BUDAPEST, July 31 (Reuters) - Hungary has taken a key step towards importing small modular nuclear reactor technology by partnering with Poland's Synthos Green Energy, which holds the rights to GE ...

A thorium-fueled reactor is the latest idea being revived after getting shelved in the mid-20th century. China has once again beat everyone else to a clean energy milestone—its new nuclear reactor is ...

After years in the wilderness, it’s a good time to be a nuclear startup. “For the first half a decade that I was telling people I was doing nuclear, I had to convince them, ‘Hey, here’s why nuclear is ...

Section 1. Background. The United States faces a critical national security imperative to ensure a resilient, secure, and reliable energy supply for critical defense facilities designated under ...

EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the second of two stories on Kairos Power’s plans for building test reactors in Oak Ridge this decade and nuclear power plants next decade using two technologies based on Oak ...