The U.S. Department of Energy wants to exempt advanced nuclear power facilities from one of the nation's key environmental laws. The post To build nuclear faster, energy dept. pitches bypassing ...

Idaho National Laboratory unveiled its newest supercomputer, Teton, to quadruple its high-performance computing capacity.

The announcement comes just days after NPR revealed the administration had secretly rewritten safety and environmental ...

The rewrite was done to speed up the construction of a new generation of nuclear reactors. Critics warn it could compromise safety and public trust.

Small nuclear reactors are pitched as cheaper, safer, faster and easier to finance than their conventional counterparts. Hype around them is building fast, but some experts warn it ignores fundamental ...

Nuclear power isn't just for naval ships anymore as demonstrated by the Nuclear Propulsion in merchant Shipping (NuProShip II ...

As the world steamrolls toward more nuclear power, countries looking to cut costs must do a better job of planning — in part ...

Nuclear power plants can provide a continuous and reliable supply of energy because they operate at full capacity nearly uninterrupted. This contrasts with variable renewable energy sources, such as ...

The Government of Saskatchewan and utility SaskPower have announced plans to formally evaluate large nuclear reactor technologies for use in the Canadian province. Saskatchewan already has plans for ...

Slovakia and the United States have signed an intergovernmental agreement to expand cooperation on ...