When was the first nuclear reactor created? You probably think it was Enrico Fermi’s CP-1 pile built under the bleachers at the University of Chicago in 1942. However, you’d be off by — oh ...

Scientists discovered a natural nuclear reactor inside an African territory two billion years ago. This natural occurrence, which scientists call the Oklo reactor, made geological and atomic aspects ...

Today, the Oklo natural nuclear reactor continues to fascinate scientists ... A tangible piece of this ancient phenomenon is displayed at Vienna’s Natural History Museum, where a rock sample ...

When it comes to safety, there are probably few systems more critical than nuclear power plants ... 500 computer from the early 1970s until the reactor was shut down in 2018.

Scientists in China are building an "artificial sun" which can generate electricity. It is called Experimental Advanced ...

The state is aggressively pushing to deploy the next generation of atomic energy that would power big industrial operations.

The partnership places a leading advanced nuclear company in the heart of the nation's oldest nuclear engineering department.

Operators trained in the lab will have to pass a rigorous test from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission before being licensed to operated the Hermes reactor in Oak Ridge. Kairos is an ancient ...