The Energy Department made the rules public a month after NPR reported about their existence. The rules slash requirements for security and environmental protections.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Factories could one day produce and ship small nuclear reactors across the country. U.S. Department of Energy Office of Nuclear ...

A next-generation nuclear micro-reactor has completed its journey from Southern California to northern Utah, marking the ...

Sometimes an idea is so elegant that it really deserves to work. One such is a proposal put forward by the boss of Deep Fission, an aspiring nuclear-power firm in Berkeley, California. Elizabeth ...

A thorium-fueled reactor is the latest idea being revived after getting shelved in the mid-20th century. China has once again beat everyone else to a clean energy milestone—its new nuclear reactor is ...

There are no nuclear power plants producing energy in Indiana, and only one manufacturer within the state currently makes components for small modular nuclear reactors, also known as SMRs. But that ...

Radiant Industries Inc., a pioneering startup developing portable, mass-produced nuclear microreactors, said Wednesday it has raised more than $300 million in a late-stage funding round. Draper ...