Nuclear Fission
Reactor design advances, safety milestones, fuel technology, and construction progress in nuclear fission power.
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The Microreactor Chosen to Replace a Diesel Lifeline in New Brunswick
Two First Nations just became majority owners of a nuclear plant that arrives by barge. Here’s what that could mean for Canada’s diesel-powered communities.
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Bangladesh Just Cleared the Hardest Step Before Its First Reactor Goes Critical
What does it take to go from zero nuclear plants to a working reactor in under a decade? Bangladesh is about to find out.
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Google’s $4.3 Billion Bet That Old Reactors Beat New Ones
What does $4,800 per kilowatt buy that $15,900 doesn’t? A faster, cheaper way to keep the lights on as AI data centers strain the grid.
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The Last Energy PWR-5 Clears Its Final Safety Review
Could the fastest path to new nuclear power run through a factory floor instead of a construction site? A Texas pilot reactor just moved a step closer to finding out.
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1,600 Acres, Five Reactors, and a First for the Texas Grid
Five possible reactors, one Texas port, and a grid filing that has never happened before anywhere in America, with a data center waiting on the other end.
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Two 95-Ton Steel Giants Just Moved a Waste-Eating Reactor Closer to Reality
What if nuclear waste could become fuel again instead of a 10,000-year storage problem? Russia just installed another piece of that puzzle.
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The Upgrade That Could Keep Calvert Cliffs Running Into the 2050s
A nuclear plant built in the 1970s just found 190 megawatts it didn’t know it had, and Amazon is footing most of the bill.
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The Paperwork That Could Add 680 Megawatts Without a New Power Line
Two new reactors, zero new power lines, and a safety design that needs nobody at the controls during an emergency. Here’s what Holtec’s latest filing actually unlocks for Michigan’s grid.
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This VVER-1200 Reactor Took 5 Years to Build. Ours Took 14.
A reactor in eastern China just went from groundbreaking to criticality in about five years, a fraction of what America’s last nuclear build took. Here’s why that pace could matter for your bill.
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The Permit That Took 14 Months, Not a Decade, to Build a Reactor
Fourteen months. That’s how long it took federal regulators to clear America’s first new reactor design in nearly a decade, and it won’t be the last one to move that fast.