Two companies, TerraPower and Deep Fission, have proposed building advanced nuclear reactors in Kansas. TerraPower, co-founded by Bill Gates, is exploring a utility-scale plant with energy storage ...

A new race to the moon is underway; not merely to erect flags, but to prospect for and extract water and helium-3, establish nuclear power plants and capitalize on the economic and strategic ...

Industry Insight from Reuters Events, a part of Thomson Reuters. The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) has become a leading supporter of small modular reactors, helping developers de-risk projects and ...

Alloys used in nuclear reactors are exposed to demanding conditions that typically deteriorate their structural integrity. In the current fission-based reactors, upcoming Generation-4 reactors, and ...

Westinghouse Electric, Cameco, and Brookfield Asset Management have entered into a "strategic partnership" with the U.S. government to deploy more than $80 billion for the construction of new nuclear ...

Two companies have recently revealed plans to potentially install nuclear reactors in Kansas. One plan comes from a company that proposes putting small reactors 1 mile underground to directly power ...