A historic milestone was reached in Emery County Thursday afternoon, as Valar Atomics’ Ward 250 reactor completed a zero-power fueled criticality demonstration. The experiment marks the second ...

Just over a year ago, the Trump Administration issued an executive order meant to accelerate the development of nuclear power in the US. While an entire startup ecosystem has developed around the use ...

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Existing generative AI models are built on batch processing: You give the system instructions; it runs computations; then spits back the results. Now comes a Silicon Valley startup that says it can ...

Advanced nuclear reactor company X-energy began trading Friday as the AI boom and electrification broadly spark a flurry of interest in the nuclear industry. The stock opened at $30.11, after upsizing ...

The agency wants to fly it to Mars by the end of 2028. Experts say that’s … ambitious. MIT Technology Review Explains: Let our writers untangle the complex, messy world of technology to help you ...

Aalo Atomics has held a ceremony to unveil its completed Critical Test Reactor at the Idaho National Laboratory. The company said it expects the reactor to achieve criticality "well before" the 4 July ...

New designs mean new strategies for managing spent fuel. MIT Technology Review Explains: Let our writers untangle the complex, messy world of technology to help you understand what’s coming next. You ...

TerraPower’s project in Wyoming, which uses novel technology, is the first new commercial reactor to receive federal approval in nearly a decade. By Brad Plumer Reporting from Washington A novel type ...

In a world first, the US Department of Defense (aka the Department of War) airlifted a complete 5-MW nuclear reactor using a C-17 Globemaster III transport from March Air Reserve Base, California to ...