Scientists have built the first-ever thorium reactor. Thorium is both more easily accessible and less dangerous than uranium—the most common fission fuel. The system also uses molten salt ...

The world’s largest and most powerful superconducting electromagnet is ready to become the pulsing “heart” inside of a massive tokamak nuclear fusion reactor. Developed over 40 years in ...

Neutrinos, elusive fundamental particles, can act as a window into the center of a nuclear reactor, the interior of the Earth, or some of the most dynamic objects in the universe. Their tendency ...

North Dakota Gov. Kelly Armstrong signed legislation April 30 approving the license plates, which will feature a solid black background with white letters and numbers. The bill was passed by state ...

The International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) is decades in the making, and is humanity’s leading effort to harness the energy that powers the Sun. ITER announced this week that ...

El Paso FBI agents arrested Kevin Dale Franklin Jr. as part of a national operation targeting child sexual predators and distributors of child pornography. Operation Restore Justice rescued 115 ...

The NRC is expecting a construction permit application from the Tennessee Valley Authority to build a BWRX-300 small modular reactor at the Clinch River Nuclear Site in Oak Ridge. "The meetings aim to ...

Ontario has begun building the first of four new, small nuclear reactors, as Canada seeks to lead the Group of Seven industrialized nations in developing next-generation nuclear technology.

HOUSTON — A major player in the chemical game is looking to build nuclear reactors along the Texas coast. A subsidiary of Dow Chemical filed an application to build four mini-nuclear reactors at ...

Small modular reactors could help meet surging U.S. electricity demand, but regulatory and financial barriers still stand in the way of deployment. An increasingly automated and electrified ...

The DVLA have issued a number plate warning to all drivers. Motorists who have a personalised reg are being advised to check their documents to prevent their plates being revoked. Drivers whose ...

Cars will not be required to display motor tax discs in future under new legislation approved by the Government. The paper disc has been a feature of Irish motoring almost as long as motor tax ...