Chu told reporters Saturday that he doesn’t want to pre-judge the panel’s work. But Chu noted that he – and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission – believes the current practice of dry cask storage of ...

This is good news! I’m hopping that TerraPower can get their Traveling Wave Reactor approved too. The first one was supposed to be built in 2020, but that was cancelled. If we can get smaller modular ...

Employees of the Idaho National Lab were on alert for a V.I.P. visit Oct. 23. It wasn't a government contractor that was coming through; it was someone a lot more important and with much deeper ...

Aunty Beeb shall speak peace unto nations: Mr Gates’ TerraPower and Toshiba are investigating technology for … a new generation of … mini-reactors, which are more cost-efficient than conventional ...

A Senate hearing focused on the challenges of building the nation’s next-generation nuclear fleet yesterday quickly pivoted to concerns about cost and competition from cheap natural gas, with senators ...

Who knew the United States and China had a shared goal of advancing a bold new creation in nuclear power technology? Owning up to their rankings as the world’s leading technology innovators, the two ...

Idaho National Lab Bill Gates visited the INL Oct. 23 to talk up his "traveling wave reactor" project. Employees of the Idaho National Lab were on alert for a V.I.P. visit Oct. 23. It wasn't a ...