Companies like Kairos Power are building new types of reactors with the encouragement of the Trump administration, but their ...

All the different types of small modular reactors generate heat the same way: by splitting heavy atoms and capturing the heat into a variety of materials — like water, liquid metal or molten salt — ...

The nuclear energy industry is seeing a resurgence in global interest as governments, utilities, and tech giants seek to meet soaring electricity demand with around-the-clock, carbon-free power.

Small modular reactors are supposed to become a new leg on the green energy stool. However, none have been deployed, and regulatory approval is still an open issue. That is about to change. Google is ...

Small modular reactors could complement offshore wind and proposed large-scale nuclear power units in the Netherlands, a ...

As U.S. electricity demand rises and technology companies seek to build more and larger data centers to drive artificial intelligence systems, the main question arising is how to generate all that ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Leonel Lagos, Florida International University (THE CONVERSATION) As U.S. electricity ...