Late last week, Israel targeted three of Iran’s key nuclear facilities – Natanz, Isfahan and Fordow, killing several Iranian nuclear scientists. The facilities are heavily fortified and largely ...

Two billion years before we made history and split the atom, the Earth had already accomplished it and was running its own ...

Commercial nuclear reactors all work pretty much the same way. Atoms of a radioactive material split, emitting neutrons.

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

New reactors use novel materials and compact designs to make nuclear power safer and cheaper. Nuclear power has been a ...

Small Modular Reactors are pivoting the nuclear industry from custom-built energy cathedrals to factory-built energy ...

Space agencies are moving closer to a new era of rocket propulsion that could fundamentally change deep-space travel. Nuclear ...

Since the U.S. military developed the first nuclear marine propulsion system in the 1940s, atomic power has played a critical role in extending the range and sea time of vessels. Starting with 1954's ...