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To build nuclear faster, energy dept. pitches bypassing environmental laws
03 Feb 2026 00:42 GMT
… reauthorization and decommissioning of advanced nuclear reactors.” The filing opens up … of research and improved safety features in advanced reactors justify … pressures.
Advanced nuclear reactor designs, including small modular reactors can be manufactured …
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Purdue graduates help lead nuclear energy’s resurgence
02 Feb 2026 23:55 GMT
… only all-digital, university-owned nuclear reactor in the nation, with turning … the same through research and teaching.
Pike discovered nuclear engineering through the … learning can improve nuclear safety and operations.
Her research focuses on using …
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Chicago runs on nuclear and most residents don’t even know it
02 Feb 2026 20:13 GMT
… the lab’s early research into boiling water reactors helped propel the … 1987 Illinois nuclear construction moratorium, which prohibited new reactor approvals until … and moral responsibility of preserving nuclear capacity.
Medsker began building relationships …
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US supercomputer to boost nuclear reactor research at 20.8 quadrillion ops per second
02 Feb 2026 19:26 GMT
… aid the country’s nuclear energy-related research projects.
TOP500, the organization … infrastructure needed to accelerate advanced reactor deployment,” said NSUF Director Brenden … most demanding challenges in advanced reactor design and operation.
Teton’s …
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UK lunar reactor dream on hold as Rolls-Royce struggles to find launch support: Report
02 Feb 2026 19:25 GMT
… that mandates deploying a nuclear reactor on the Moon by … always-on energy source. Reactors can withstand plummeting temperatures … homes or a bustling research station through the long, … competitors for domestic Small Modular Reactor (SMR) contracts, which …
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Nuclear Power Set to Transform Commercial Shipping
02 Feb 2026 16:09 GMT
… project, which aims to integrate nuclear reactors into heavy-duty commercial vessels … fitting Generation IV small modular nuclear reactors onto commercial vessels. The project … cell technology development
Henrik Burvang, Research & Innovation Manager at …
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Evaluating Nuclear Data of the ⁵He System in Fusion Reactions: New Insights
02 Feb 2026 15:53 GMT
In a groundbreaking advancement for nuclear fusion research, scientists from the Institute … advance provides fusion researchers and reactor designers with data that are … boundaries of both computational nuclear physics and fusion reactor design. The improved …
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Something Strange Is Living—and Thriving—Below Fukushima’s Dead Reactors
02 Feb 2026 14:46 GMT
… about how to safely decommission nuclear reactors.
Following the 2011 tsunami that … extra protection from radiation. The research team also analyzed the microbial … the bowels of a dead nuclear reactor. Life, uh, finds a way …
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There is no nuclear genie going back in the bottle with North Korea
02 Feb 2026 14:09 GMT
… Korea wanted to receive modern nuclear reactor technology. The United States was … reprocessing projects—its small operating “research” reactor, a 50-megawatt plant under … first of the reactors was to receive its major nuclear components. Construction …
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Smartkem Signs Letter of Intent with Carbonium Core, Inc. to Expand Advanced Materials Portfolio into Nuclear-Grade Graphite
02 Feb 2026 13:00 GMT
… material required for next-generation nuclear reactor technologies.
Alignment with Long-Term … develops its materials at its research and development facility in … collaboration partner, The Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), where it provides …