A coalition of scientists and historians are floating a long-shot plan to retrieve orbiting relics—raising questions about ...

How do you control a nuclear space propulsion system? Very carefully. To help with this, the Oak Ridge National Laboratory ...

Oak Ridge National Laboratory develops a test bed to simulate space nuclear reactors for future Mars missions.

Spacecraft have used a plutonium isotope to stay afloat for decades, but another isotope could last even longer.

NASA researchers are testing to use nuclear battery to increase the life of future spacecraft to four centuries Space is ...

Nuclear energy is a leading option to power space exploration, but its success depends on reactors that can operate ...

Science is a story of coming up with theories then doing our best to disprove them. That is especially true for theories on a ...

Feds, the state, cities, counties, companies are looking at next-gen nuclear power. But no small modular reactors have been ...

The Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is developing a simulated nuclear reactor test bed to advance the control systems of nuclear rocket engines.

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is testing a new type of nuclear battery, powered by the radioactive isotope Americium-241, which can provide power to space probes for up to ...

Seattle-based natural resources firm Interlune will build a Texas facility to develop and test imitation moon dirt near ...

NANO Nuclear Energy is an early-stage microreactor developer with ambitious plans but is years behind peers like Oklo and NuScale. Read more on NNE stock here.