A team working at CERN has reported three discoveries that provide fresh insight into the nuclear reactions behind the creation of heavy elements during violent cosmic events. The research, published ...

In the next few decades, many physicists are hopeful that nuclear fusion could become a realistic source of practically limitless energy. But before this can happen, it will be critical to ensure that ...

South Africa’s longstanding ambitions to expand its nuclear power capacity gained some ground this July, after the nation’s nuclear regulator announced it would convene a public hearing relating to a ...

Newswise — In partnership with A.J. Tuck Company, scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have developed a new manufacturing approach that could ...

EDF, as the future operator of the potential first Nuward plant in France, has submitted the safety options file for the small modular reactor to the country's nuclear safety regulator, the Autorité ...

Nuclear energy isn't as clean as we like to believe. The associated power plants produce small amounts of nuclear waste that require proper disposal. The main enemy here is time. All radioactive ...