In perhaps a matter of weeks, Bill Gates-backed TerraPower expects to receive federal permits to build the nuclear components ...

Small nuclear reactors are pitched as cheaper, safer, faster and easier to finance than their conventional counterparts. Hype around them is building fast, but some experts warn it ignores fundamental ...

California-based Deep Fission has signed a letter of intent with an undisclosed partner to put a nuclear reactor 1 mile underground in Kansas. A company with a vision of installing “discreet, bespoke, ...

Small modular reactor startups are betting that mass manufacturing will help them bring costs down. But are they underestimating the challenge?

A California-based nuclear startup has reached a hallowed milestone that could accelerate the development of more sustainable energy sources. Per Interesting Engineering, Valar Atomics announced it ...

Still, familiar as that scenario is, the amount of power that future AI is projected to need is simply staggering. The ...

Another day, another nine-figure round for a nuclear startup. Radiant Nuclear said today that it has raised more than $300 million, just one day after Last Energy said it had raised $100 million.

Over 50 small reactors generating up to 500 megawatts of electricity have been built over the past half-century. Their median build time has been eight years. By contrast, large reactors have been ...