How to ethically design a nuclear power plant The small, modular reactor industry could bring safer, low-carbon electricity production closer to populated areas.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has certified the design for what will be the United States' first small modular nuclear reactor.

The Power Reactor Information System (PRIS) is a comprehensive data source on nuclear power plants (NPPs) in the world. It includes specification and performance history data of operating reactors as ...

It will be useful for organizations involved in design, manufacture, construction, modification, maintenance, operation and decommissioning of nuclear power plants, as well as for regulatory bodies. A ...

The Federal Regulatory Commission certified an advanced small modular nuclear reactor design for the first time, marking a milestone for next-generation nuclear power plants.

The standard plant design - or SPD - provides customers with a generic design for the VOYGR small modular reactor nuclear power plant that will serve as a starting point for deploying site-specific ...

A new paper details two tests of a nuclear plant that can’t melt down. The durability is due to natural qualities, like insulated fuel and the density of heated gas.

Polish power company Polskie Elektrownie Jądrowe has signed an engineering services contract with US firms Westinghouse Electric Company and Bechtel for the country's first nuclear power plant, to be ...

Argonne National Lab has an AI-based tool that can help design and operate nuclear reactors—at a time when AI itself is feeding a power frenzy.

Westinghouse Electric Company and CORE POWER announced a new cooperative agreement for the design and development of a floating nuclear power plant (FNPP) using Westinghouse’s eVinci ...

Company unveils revolutionary reactor design for nuclear fusion power plant: 'Cylinders firing all day long to produce steady energy output' first appeared on The Cool Down.

Rising demand for electricity, largely to power the artificial intelligence boom, has stirred a resurgence in nuclear energy. Older plants like Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania are being brought ...