The company says its pebble-shaped fuel, which contains TRISO particles, cannot melt in an advanced reactor. Two TRISO-X plants in Oak Ridge could one day employ around 1,000 people to support new ...

A view inside the nuclear reactor vessel of Plant Vogtle Unit 2. Courtesy of Southern Nuclear. In a first for the U.S. nuclear power industry, Southern Nuclear has begun irradiation testing of ...

April 10 (UPI) --For the first time, nuclear fuel enriched above 5% will be irradiated in a commercial U.S. reactor, the Department of Energy announced Thursday. "The higher enrichment levels ...

Idaho made a deal with the Trump administration to bring in new shipments of spent nuclear fuel for research purposes.

The question of whether to allow Iran to retain the ability to produce nuclear fuel — with the risk that it could use it to create a bomb — has sharply divided Mr. Trump’s advisers.

An agreement that limits the shipment of spent nuclear fuel to Idaho is being waived for research purposes at Idaho National ...

Said Mark Herbert, founder and CEO of Warp Films: "Threads was, and remains, an unflinchingly honest drama that imagines the devastating effects of nuclear conflict on ordinary people. This story ...

The U.S. Department of Energy will ship specialized uranium to a nuclear fuel plant under construction in Oak Ridge, bridging a gap in the domestic uranium supply chain for a company with plans to ...