Press Releases

Modular steel-concrete composite could significantly reduce the cost of building nuclear reactor containment structures.

Higher enrichment levels allow the fuel to last longer and operate at increased power levels.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today made conditional commitments to provide high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) to five U.S. nuclear developers to meet their near-term fuel needs.

ORNL pioneers a high-temperature furnace that can mimic the extreme heat and radiation conditions of space.

Idaho National Laboratory creates new molten salt test loop that more closely mimics a molten salt reactor.

$900 million solicitation to support the deployment of small modular reactors will help grow the supply of affordable and abundant energy for Americans.

Researchers at Idaho National Laboratory successfully demonstrated an efficient way to produce fuel for the world’s first fast-spectrum, salt-fueled reactor test.

U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Chris Wright today announced the release of the second loan disbursement to Holtec for the Palisades Nuclear Plant.

Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) successfully demonstrated a new method to track chemical changes in molten salt in real time.

Idaho National Laboratory (INL) conducted the world's first safety test on a high burnup fast reactor fuel in more than 20 years at its Transient Reactor Test (TREAT) facility.