DARPA wants to bypass the thermal middleman in nuclear power systems(ans.org)

171 points by bilsbie 2 years ago | 112 comments

A robot will soon try to remove melted nuclear fuel from Fukushima reactor(apnews.com)

111 points by geox 2 years ago | 90 comments

NRC issues first U.S. construction permit for a BWRX-300 small modular reactor(gevernova.com)

110 points by papa-whisky 26 days ago | 75 comments

GE Vernova press release announcing the NRC's first U.S. construction permit for a BWRX-300 small modular reactor at TVA's Clinch River site.

Nuclear power saved Armenia(thebulletin.org)

123 points by pseudolus 2 years ago | 50 comments

U.S. reenters the nuclear fuel game(spectrum.ieee.org)

338 points by beefman 2 years ago | 369 comments

IEEE Spectrum news article on Centrus Energy delivering the first U.S.-produced batch of HALEU uranium fuel needed for advanced nuclear reactors.

China reaches energy milestone by "breeding" uranium from thorium(scmp.com)

310 points by surprisetalk 11 months ago | 259 comments