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Days after announcing the start of accelerated irradiation testing and qualification of its patented ANEEL thorium and high-assay low-enriched uranium fuel at Idaho National Laboratory, Clean Core Thorium Energy announced it has completed the first phase of the Canadian nuclear regulator's pre-licensing review process.

Oklo Signs $25M Deal for Data Center Power

Westinghouse Electric Company has shipped 25 irradiated experimental nuclear fuel rods, including accident-tolerant fuel, to Idaho National Laboratory for testing and examination. The tests are part of the process to qualify the fuel for use in commercial reactors.

Research reactors are contributing to the development of innovative nuclear energy solutions, such as research into nuclear fission and fusion material. Two recent IAEA missions highlighted the role and potential of research reactors, which provide a source of neutrons for a variety of scientific purposes including neutron imaging and irradiation.

The nuclear industry’s big bet on going small.

As the U.S. seeks a green energy future, what happens to coal fired power plants, how will we get our electricity and what will take coal’s place?

Expectations are high for new nuclear reactors, but critics question whether nuclear power, historically slow and expensive to build, will be left behind by the rapid deployment of cheaper renewables.

It’s not uncommon for nuclear power plants to be sited relatively close to large metropolitan areas (within 50 miles, for example), after all, that is

The troublesome and so far unsolved problem of nuclear waste storage may derail promising "new" nuclear technologies.

ATOMIC CITY – The COVID-19 pandemic didn’t stop a group of Scouts in Richmond, Kentucky, from getting their nuclear science merit badges. Ted Simmons, nuclear science merit badge counselor, grew up in Idaho Falls, home of the Idaho National Laboratory and Experimental Breeder Reactor-I, the nation’s first electricity-generating nuclear reactor. “I had been to EBR-I […]