Nuclear weapons haven’t been tested in the United States since 1992. Find out why, and what could happen if the hiatus ends.

The Fermi Nuclear Generating Station, located on Lake Erie in Monroe County, Michigan. Image by Flickr. Michigan is among the handful of U.S. states looking toward nuclear power to achieve clean ...

Constellation's Byron Nuclear Generating Station (Source: Constellation). Constellation and several partners will receive $2.5 million in U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) funding to study direct air ...

People watch a TV showing a file image of a North Korea missile launch in the fall of 2019. (Associated Press) As escalating tensions among the United States, Russia and China revive old fears of ...

Professor Keir Lieber received a grant of $500,000 from the Carnegie Corporation to participate in a research study on nuclear deterrence. School of Foreign Service professor Keir Lieber received a ...

MANILA ELECTRIC CO. (Meralco) plans to begin a study with the United States Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) on the ...

ST. PAUL — A new law signed by Gov. Tim Walz last week sets a goal for Minnesota to shift all of its electricity to carbon-free sources by the year 2040. While the new legislation favors renewable ...

Instead of monster-size reactors, the state is now home to multiple ventures involving smaller reactors — all using ...

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A study commissioned by the American Bureau of Shipping has explored the potential of advanced nuclear reactor technology for commercial marine propulsion, whilst a study led by UK-based innovative ...

Germany idiotically shut down its last three nuclear power plants last month. Until 2011, the country obtained one-quarter of its electricity from 17 nuclear power plants. As a December 2022 study in ...