First, the operating lives of today's nuclear power plants must be maximized. Second, advanced nuclear power plants must be constructed that go beyond electricity generation and meet other energy ...

The Abundant Resource Solar energy is the most plentiful energy resource available on our planet. Every hour, enough sunlight hits the Earth to power the entire world for a year. Imagine a source so ...

Nuclear energy has been on shaky ground across the United States for the last decade, but recent federal and state policies have come to its rescue. Nuclear power plants have been reliable ...

However, the key challenge lies in effectively harnessing the fast-moving neutrons produced by the reaction to convert their energy into usable heat. Do Nuclear Power Plants Pollute? Nuclear power ...

As the path to a clean energy future becomes more uncertain, governments are warming to nuclear power again. Investors who oppose the industry can exclude companies involved in it from their ...

It calls for maximizing the use of nuclear energy, reversing a phaseout policy adopted after the meltdown crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant in 2011 that led to extensive displacement of ...

The draft considers nuclear power plants and renewable energy to be “decarbonized power sources,” and it says both should be “utilized to the fullest extent possible.” However, since all ...

While nuclear power plants have become ubiquitous, they all operate using nuclear fission — but one energy startup has plans to change this. Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS), a spinoff branch ...