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 ...

Small modular reactor startups are betting that mass manufacturing will help them bring costs down. But are they underestimating the challenge?

California-based Deep Fission has signed a letter of intent with an undisclosed partner to put a nuclear reactor 1 mile underground in Kansas. A company with a vision of installing “discreet, bespoke, ...

A California-based nuclear startup has reached a hallowed milestone that could accelerate the development of more sustainable energy sources. Per Interesting Engineering, Valar Atomics announced it ...

The world’s largest nuclear power plant restarted Wednesday in north-central Japan for the first time since the 2011 ...

Commercial nuclear reactors all work pretty much the same way. Atoms of a radioactive material split, emitting neutrons.

Over 50 small reactors generating up to 500 megawatts of electricity have been built over the past half-century. Their median build time has been eight years. By contrast, large reactors have been ...