Russia's Rosatom is testing VVER nuclear fuel containing the neutron absorber erbium and uranium enriched to about 5%. It says such fuel could significantly increase the economic efficiency of nuclear ...

Google LLC has signed an agreement to purchase nuclear power from the small modular reactor startup Kairos Power LLC. The deal should provide about 500 megawatts of carbon-free electricity to power ...

Workers at the Flamanville EPR have begun the process required for achieving the first nuclear reaction in the reactor following approval from the French nuclear regulator. The reactor is expected to ...

J Clay Sell, chief executive officer of X-Energy, speaks during the CERAWeek energy conference in Houston on March 9, 2023. For a startup trying to commercialize new nuclear technology, getting Amazon ...