Trump's rush to build nuclear reactors across the U.S. raises safety worries

A new program at the Department of Energy is pushing the development of nearly a dozen new reactor designs at breakneck speed ...
Morning Overview on MSNOpinion

NASA aims to deploy a nuclear reactor on the Moon by 2030

NASA is no longer talking about lunar power in abstract terms. The agency has set a concrete goal to deploy a working nuclear ...

What are small modular reactors, a new type of nuclear power plant sought to feed AI’s energy demand?

As U.S. electricity demand rises and technology companies seek to build more and larger data centers to drive artificial intelligence systems, the main question arising is how to generate all that ...
Purdue University

At Indiana’s only nuclear reactor, engineers conduct the first experiments of their kind in the U.S.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Underground on Purdue University’s campus is the only nuclear reactor in Indiana. Although used just for research purposes — the total energy the reactor generates powers about ...
Acsh.org

Will Small Modular Reactors Finally Get Nuclear Right?

Every time nuclear energy appears promising, a meltdown, political backlash, or cost overrun pushes it back into the shadows. However, with tech giants eyeing carbon-free power for their energy-hungry ...
MIT Technology Review

Can nuclear power really fuel the rise of AI?

Tech giants are looking for more energy, but building new reactors takes time. In the AI arms race, all the major players say they want to go nuclear. Over the past year, the likes of Meta, Amazon, ...
The White House

REINVIGORATING THE NUCLEAR INDUSTRIAL BASE

Section 1. Purpose. The United States originally pioneered nuclear energy technology during a time of great peril. We now face a new set of challenges, including a global race to dominate in ...
Forbes

How AI Is Ushering In A New Nuclear Age

Atomic energy is back, thanks to the ravenous demands of AI, favoritism from Trump, and the zeal of young entrepreneurs raising billions to build mini-reactors. The upside is unlimited. At Aalo ...
The Hill

Iran’s Arak heavy water reactor, hit by an Israeli airstrike, was part of Tehran’s nuclear deal

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Much of the focus on Iran’s nuclear program has been on Tehran’s enrichment of uranium, but experts also keep a close watch on the Islamic Republic’s Arak heavy ...
Texarkana Gazette

Smaller nuclear reactors spark renewed interest in a once-shunned energy source

ABILENE, Texas -- Bolstered by $3.2 million from a former Midland oilman, this West Texas city of 130,000 people is helping the Lone Star State lead a national nuclear energy resurgence. Doug ...
Wired

States and Startups Are Suing the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission

American nuclear is in 25-year-old Isaiah Taylor’s blood: his great-grandfather worked on the Manhattan Project. In 2023, Taylor, who dropped out of high school to work in tech, started his own ...