New-wave reactors are the face of an American nuclear renaissance. Some experts are sounding alarms

Small nuclear reactors are pitched as cheaper, safer, faster and easier to finance than their conventional counterparts. Hype around them is building fast, but some experts warn it ignores fundamental ...
Interesting Engineering on MSN

‘World’s simplest’, small nuclear reactors that can power a city being evaluated for safety

International regulators are increasingly cooperating to evaluate the safety of new small modular reactor ...
MIT Technology Review

How next-generation nuclear reactors break out of the 20th-century blueprint

Commercial nuclear reactors all work pretty much the same way. Atoms of a radioactive material split, emitting neutrons.
Asian Power on MSN

Global nuclear reactor numbers decline as Taiwan ends phaseout

Only 11 countries are currently building reactors. The number of operating nuclear reactors worldwide fell slightly in 2025, ...
Adirondack Daily Enterprise

Hochul plans for New York to build ‘nuclear backbone’

ALBANY — New York is on track for a power surge, and it’s likely to be atomic. Gov. Kathleen C. Hochul is putting serious ...
IFLScience

Oklo Ore: The 2-Billion-Year-Old Nuclear Reactor That Shouldn't Exist

The ore was recovered in the early 1970s and completely stumped scientists, until they realized it was evidence of something ...
Worcester Business Journal

Ameresco to explore putting nuclear micro reactors at commercial properties

Framingham-based energy infrastructure firm Ameresco has signed a memorandum of understanding with a nuclear energy company ...
Space.com on MSN

The US really wants a nuclear reactor on the moon by 2030. 'Achieving this future requires harnessing nuclear power,' NASA chief says

NASA and the U.S. Department of Energy have firmed up their commitment to develop a nuclear reactor for use on the surface of ...