The nuclear energy industry is seeing a resurgence in global interest as governments, utilities, and tech giants seek to meet soaring electricity demand with around-the-clock, carbon-free power.

As U.S. electricity demand rises and technology companies seek to build more and larger data centers to drive artificial intelligence systems, the main question arising is how to generate all that ...

In this aerial view, the shuttered Three Mile Island nuclear power plant stands in the middle of the Susquehanna River on Oct. 10, 2024, near Middletown, Pennsylvania. The plant’s owner, Constellation ...

Small modular reactors (SMRs) are experiencing a significant comeback, driven by their scalability, siting flexibility, and ability to provide carbon-free baseload power, crucial for rising AI energy ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) -Google, with Kairos Power, has selected Tennessee as the site of an advanced nuclear power plant that is expected to supply electricity to the Big Tech company's data centers in ...

OAK RIDGE, Tenn. (WVLT) - Governor Bill Lee announced on Tuesday the first small modular reactor in the United States is set to be developed in East Tennessee. Lee said the Tennessee Valley Authority ...

Storm clouds began to form in America’s Atoms for Peace construction program during the late 1950s. Clear-headed analysts identified many pitfalls in constructing commercial atomic power reactors that ...

China plans to launch commercial operations at the world’s first small modular reactor (SMR) to generate nuclear energy as early as in the first half of 2026, according to the president of the China ...

All the different types of small modular reactors generate heat the same way: by splitting heavy atoms and capturing the heat ...

As U.S. electricity demand rises and technology companies seek to build more and larger data centers to drive artificial intelligence systems, the main question arising is how to generate all that ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Leonel Lagos, Florida International University (THE CONVERSATION) As U.S. electricity ...