Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Workers examine an experimental small modular reactor at a research institute in China. Liu Kun/Xinhua via Getty Images) As U.S.

The report noted that the US currently operates about 98 gigawatts (GW) of nuclear generating capacity, but very little new capacity has been added in recent decades due to high capital costs and long ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Small, possibly portable, nuclear reactors that can’t melt down are moving toward reality in the United States, with what may be ...

India's Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor at Kalpakkam has attained criticality, moving closer to full power generation and advancing the second stage of the country's long-term nuclear energy strategy ...

Nuclea Energy is seeking $50 million in an IPO, developing micro nuclear reactors with no revenue or operational track record ...

As U.S. electricity demand rises and technology companies seek to build more and larger data centers to drive artificial intelligence systems, the main question arising is how to generate all that ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Leonel Lagos, Florida International University (THE CONVERSATION) As U.S. electricity ...