Kairos Power broke ground on its second advanced nuclear reactor, Hermes 2, in Oak Ridge, set to power Google's data centers.

Advanced nuclear reactor company X-energy began trading Friday as the AI boom and electrification broadly spark a flurry of interest in the nuclear industry. The stock opened at $30.11, after upsizing ...

Bechtel, an EPC firm serving as TerraPower’s EPC partner, has begun mobilizing teams and transitioning into field execution, with construction underway at the Natrium Kemmerer Unit 1 (KU1) site in ...

In the small southwestern Wyoming town of Kemmerer, population roughly 2,600, construction crews are preparing to build ...

TerraPower has announced the official start of construction on its first Natrium plant, Kemmerer unit 1 in Wyoming. The Bill Gates-chaired company says the unit will be the first utility-scale ...

In the small ranching and coal town of Kemmerer, Wyoming, construction crews are reshaping the landscape next to a retiring ...

In February 2025, a cheap Russian drone tore through Chornobyl’s confinement shelter. Workers warn the site of the world’s worst nuclear accident is not safe yet The dosimeter clipped to your chest ...

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The first fusion reactions in a laboratory were achieved in 1934 — a major breakthrough at the time. Today, however, achieving a fusion reaction is not particularly difficult: in 2018, a ...

Scaling up nuclear power to the level needed to achieve net zero is a significant and multifaceted undertaking, and while many reactor types may play a role, large reactors are set to lead the way.