The Department of War’s new Janus Project is bringing renewed energy to the nuclear arena, and that’s a good thing. For too long, the nuclear industry has been stagnant and overly cautious. Janus ...

Section 1. Purpose. The United States led the development of civilian nuclear power through the Atomic Energy Commission, the National Reactor Testing Station (now known as Idaho National Laboratory), ...

The U.S. Department of Energy said on Tuesday it has made an initial selection of 11 projects for a pilot program seeking to develop high-tech test nuclear reactors and get at least three of them to ...

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has launched a novel pilot program that will allow private developers to build and operate full-scale advanced nuclear test reactors outside of the national ...

When President Donald Trump convened nuclear industry executives at the White House in May, it marked the public rollout of a major shift in US nuclear ...

Kairos Power has installed the reactor vessel for its third Engineering Test Unit, which is under construction in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The non-nuclear prototype will be used to pilot new ...

In a new pilot program, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) issued an ambitious challenge: bring at least three advanced nuclear test reactors to criticality by July 4, 2026. Announced in June, the ...

With concrete already being poured, this startup’s molten salt–cooled reactors could be the first to deliver cheaper, safer nuclear power. Like many new nuclear startups, Kairos promises a path to ...