On top of this, the site needed to be filled with groundwater to sustain the reaction, just as water is used in modern nuclear ... world's first (that we know of) nuclear reactor slowly ground ...

The newest and most powerful nuclear reactor in Europe that was delivered more than a decade late and nearly four times over budget is also proving to be a headache for grid operators now that it ...

CAMPBELL COUNTY, Va. (WDBJ) - Appalachian Power says it plans to build a small modular nuclear reactor that will help the utility deliver safe, reliable and clean energy. The announcement this ...

For now, nuclear energy makes up nearly 20 percent of the US’s electricity mix. That’s roughly the same amount of electricity the US gets from renewables like wind and solar. The rest — 60 ...

Japan's nuclear regulator has disqualified the country's Tsuruga No. 2 reactor from restarting for the first time under post-Fukushima safety standards. The Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA ...

OpenStar Technologies, a New Zealand-based fusion research company, has achieved a key milestone by obtaining its first plasma. Although nuclear fusion research is relatively new, OpenStar has ...

A nuclear reactor in northeastern Japan, hit by the devastating 2011 earthquake and tsunami, was restarted Wednesday after a temporary suspension due to an instrument problem, the plant operator said.

The number is variable depending on the design involved, but a typical nuclear reactor produces around 1 gigawatt of electricity. Reaching 200 would mean a whole lot of new nuclear reactors.

Tohoku Electric Power on Wednesday restarted the No. 2 reactor at its Onagawa nuclear power plant in Miyagi Prefecture. The 825,000-kilowatt reactor had been taken offline soon after resuming ...

Impact Link Researchers say they found evidence that China has built a prototype nuclear reactor to power a large ... It is larger and features a modern flattop design that includes an advanced ...

Conventionally powered Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning carries out a dual aircraft carrier formation exercise with the Shandong aircraft carrier, unseen, for the first time in the South China ...

China is constructing a prototype nuclear reactor, potentially for its first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, according to a new report. Satellite imagery analysis suggests this development aims ...