Small Modular Reactors promise safer, factory-built nuclear power, but critics question their cost and timeline in the race ...

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The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission accepted TerraPower’s construction permit application for a commercial non-light-water reactor in Kemmerer, Wyoming, the first such filing in more than 40 years.

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania lawmakers are taking a closer look at small modular reactor technology, a next-generation form of nuclear power that experts say could help meet the commonwealth’s ...

Gyeongju and Gijang County are competing to host South Korea’s first small modular reactor (SMR), a 0.7-GW pilot project planned for 2035. The winner stands to gain significant economic benefits, ...

Czech power company ČEZ has signed a deal with U.K. company Rolls-Royce SMR to prepare for building the first small modular nuclear reactor in the Czech Republic.

TVA and Holtec were each selected to receive $400 million in federal cost-shared funding for initial projects in Tennessee and Michigan. The Energy Department selected the Tennessee Valley Authority ...

In January, Ontario Energy Minister Stephen Lecce told a room full of business and energy officials that communities across the province have been “petitioning us for a small modular reactor.” The ...

The UK government has awarded Rolls-Royce a major contract to begin designing a new generation of small nuclear reactors in a ...

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A new Energy Learning Center simulator at Washington State University Tri-Cities in Richland will allow students to learn and practice operating an advanced small modular nuclear reactor. Annette Cary ...

As U.S. electricity demand rises and technology companies seek to build more and larger data centers to drive artificial intelligence systems, the main question arising is how to generate all that ...