NE Blog Archive

5 nuclear storylines to keep an eye on in 2019.

Relive the best nuclear Facebook posts of 2018.

NASA's New Horizons spacecraft is expected to reach Ultima Thule by New Year's Day.

The SATS facility at Oak Ridge National Laboratory helps researchers understand why nuclear fuels fail under severe conditions.

U.S. Department of Energy R&D is helping to advance a small modular reactor design that could impact America's energy future.

Westinghouse is working with Idaho National Laboratory to develop new uranium silicide fuel pellets.

One opportunity is to utilize nuclear’s thermal heat and electricity to produce hydrogen.

U.S. Department of Energy report suggests a strong return on investment for small modular reactors using same incentives applied to renewables.

Idaho National Laboratory's Daniel Wachs explains why transient testing is crucial for nuclear fuel development in the United States.

Microreactors are not defined by their fuel form or coolant. Instead, they have three main features...

Nuclear is used in a variety of applications ranging from cancer treatments to fighting crimes. Explore 5 ways nuclear powers our lives.

Law eliminates some of the financial and technological barriers standing in the way of nuclear innovation.

Most people immediately think of solar panels or wind turbines as clean energy, but how many of you thought of nuclear energy?

The United States is gearing up for its first transient fuel test in more than two decades at Idaho National Laboratory.

The FitzPatrick nuclear station in Scriba, Oswego County, generates more than 800 megawatts of electricity for the region.

Southern Company and TerraPower are developing a molten chloride fast reactor that uses liquid salts as both a coolant and fuel.

The shutdown of a reactor in Halden, Norway has put nuclear fuels and materials testing in the United States and Europe in a scramble.

This pebble bed, high temperature gas-cooled reactor can't melt down, according to X-energy.

Accident tolerant fuels have the potential to improve performance and survive accident conditions a lot longer than today's nuclear fuel.

These 5 features of small modular reactors bring resilience to the electric grid.

Idaho National Laboratory is studying a nickel-based alloy for possible use in molten salt reactors.

Len and Mark Peters are the only father and son to be DOE national lab directors.

Framatome’s accident tolerant fuel was recently installed for testing at the Advanced Test Reactor at Idaho National Laboratory.

The IVEM-Tandem facility at Argonne National Laboratory lets researchers look at material changes caused by ion irradiation as it happens.

Advanced reactors, additive manufacturing and advanced fuels are expected to transform the U.S. nuclear industry. Here's how.