#nuclear energy

As nuclear power gains political and commercial momentum, the unresolved question of permanent waste storage is becoming harder to defer.

As interest in nuclear power surges in the United States, pressure is growing to confront the longstanding lack of a permanent strategy for high-level radioactive waste.

A failed safety test at Chernobyl on April 26, 1986 triggered one of history’s worst nuclear disasters and exposed how secrecy, design flaws, and operator error can turn a local accident into a continental crisis.

X-energy raised $1 billion in an IPO priced above expectations, highlighting how demand from data centers and industrial customers is reshaping investor appetite for advanced nuclear developers.

Startup Blue Energy has raised $380 million in equity and debt to pursue a 1.5-gigawatt Texas project built around a shipyard-based manufacturing model for conventional light-water reactors.

Political support for atomic power has strengthened, but recent reactor starts remain overwhelmingly concentrated in China and Russia, underscoring a widening gap between Western rhetoric and actual buildout.

A new White House roadmap calls for NASA, the Department of Defense, and the Department of Energy to develop nuclear reactors for orbit and the lunar surface, with key milestones set for 2028 and 2030.

A new report says many nuclear startups are declining to join the industry’s main safety organization, raising questions about oversight as advanced reactor firms race to commercialize.

Candidate metadata indicates the US is using AI to improve the speed and accuracy of nuclear technology licensing applications, pointing to a notable shift in how advanced energy projects may be reviewed.

Oklo's subsidiary Atomic Alchemy has received DOE approval for a Nuclear Safety Design Agreement for its Groves Isotopes Test Reactor, advancing plans for domestic radioisotope production.

Argonne National Laboratory researchers have submitted a draft Code Case to ASME that would allow laser powder bed fusion 3D printing for high-temperature nuclear reactor components, potentially cutting years off the approval timeline for next-generation reactors.