NASA’s plans to build a nuclear reactor on the Moon has raised questions about the US space strategy and renewed curiosity ...

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Once again, nuclear power seemed hopeless, at least in the U.S. Yet over the same period, China built 13 similar reactors, ...

The age of nuclear energy seemed to have come and gone, but the U.S. Department of Energy is determined to update and expand ...

In 2005 the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission renewed the CT nuclear reactors’ licenses, allowing them to continue ...

Much of the world had been turning away from traditional nuclear power in recent decades. Aging plants, high construction costs, security risks and radioactive-waste challenges caused policymakers and ...

The U.S. Department of Energy expects to begin announcing by December 31 which companies will take about 19.7 metric tons of ...