If we figure out how to harness this effectively and efficiently, this is it. This is the end. This is the solution,” an expert tells us.

The heat-generating chain reaction inside a nuclear power station takes place under highly controlled conditions within the reactor core. Uranium-235 atoms can spontaneously break-apart (fission) ...

The U.S. Department of Energy has been funding development of small modular reactors. On October 16, the DOE announced $900 million in funding for deployment of small modular reactors. And both ...

These work in the same way as conventional nuclear ... The overall cost of nuclear power is comparable with other forms of energy, but nuclear plants are extremely expensive to build.

Scientists have made a "breakthrough" in their quest to harness nuclear fusion. The US Department of Energy officially announced the milestone in fusion energy research on Tuesday. For the first ...

In 2019, over 26 000 terawatt-hours of electricity were produced worldwide. This electricity is being produced by a range of energy sources, mostly fossil fuels but also nuclear power and renewables ...

A lot of energy is needed to overcome this resistance ... breakthrough moment - they point out that much more work is needed before nuclear fusion could be used to power homes or businesses.

Nuclear energy has long been touted as an alternative ... it can either be reprocessed or put into permanent storage. A nuclear reactor works in the same way that a concentrated solar plant ...

Vast amounts of money and brainpower in the effort to achieve sustained, controlled, nuclear fusion. Many designs have been ...

There is a running joke in the energy sector that the holy grail of successful nuclear fusion is just 30 ... and The Money or Your Life: Reuniting Work and Joy, an inspirational book that helped ...