The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued its first construction permit for a commercial nuclear reactor in eight ...

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has approved construction of TerraPower’s Natrium reactor in Wyoming, clearing the way ...

TerraPower, a start-up founded by Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates, is set to build a new kind of nuclear power plant in Wyoming ...

TerraPower’s project in Wyoming, which uses novel technology, is the first new commercial reactor to receive federal approval ...

A new Energy Learning Center simulator at Washington State University Tri-Cities in Richland will allow students to learn and practice operating an advanced small modular nuclear reactor.

The new proposed power plant in Ohio could produce similar emissions to the James H. Miller Jr. coal-fired plant in Alabama ...

The government has completed a streamlined licensing and permitting flowchart for nuclear power plant projects in the country, the Department of Energy (DOE) said Tuesday. In a news release, the DOE ...

The Pentagon and the Energy Department have airlifted a small nuclear reactor from California to Utah, demonstrating what ...

The Northwest’s only commercial nuclear power plant, the Columbia Generating Station, was manually shut down early Thursday morning due to a mechanical problem. Energy Northwest workers shut the plant ...

In January 2025, WSJ went inside Three Mile Island to learn more about the delicate process of rebooting a nuclear power plant. Photo Illustration: Alexandra Larkin A nuclear-power startup said it has ...

Japan's Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) has restarted Unit 6 of the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant, following a 14-year shutdown following the 2011 Fukushima disaster. The 1,360 MW ...