The U.S. Department of Energy has made a surprising announcement: It's bringing nuclear energy into the modern era. Interesting Engineering reported that the DOE will conditionally provide high-assay ...

In 2025, IAEA website audiences were drawn in large numbers to our visual science explainers and features on the safe and secure uses of nuclear energy, nuclear science and technology. 1.

China’s experimental thorium molten salt reactor has reportedly achieved sustained thorium-to-uranium fuel conversion, marking a major scientific first. The breakthrough could ease China’s dependence ...

Giving a whole new meaning to underground power, startup Deep Fission Nuclear has secured US$30 million in funding to install a micro-reactor in a mile-deep borehole by July 4, 2026 as part of the US ...

LOS ALAMOS — A sphere of plutonium the size of a grapefruit contains enough energy to erase an entire city from existence. That single fact explains why nuclear weapons remain humanity’s most feared ...

Nuclear energy is often regarded as the cleanest power source on Earth. Unlike coal or gas, nuclear power plants don't release smoke and other contaminants into the air. They produce massive amounts ...