Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy

The United States is speeding up efforts to license and build a new generation of nuclear reactors to supply carbon-free electricity

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has certified the design for what will be the United States' first small modular nuclear reactor. The rule that certifies the design was published Thursday in the Federal Register.

NuScale power module becomes the first SMR design certified by the NRC.

Most states agree that nuclear power, in one fashion or another, will help replace fossil fuels

If the US is serious about climate change, the NRC must go.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has certified the design for what will be the United States' first small modular nuclear reactor

Investment from the government and private sector are changing the trajectory of the aging U.S. nuclear fleet and spurring development of new nuclear technology.

Following approval by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), NuScale plans to build an SMR plant at the Idaho National Laboratory. The company says its six-reactor, 462 megawatt...

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission announced the first-ever certification Friday of a small modular reactor design, a big step in the process of developing a new generation of new and more flexible nuclear reactors.

TRISO fuel produced at BWX Technologies Inc's Lynchburg facility in Virginia will power the Project Pele microreactor - the first microreactor to be built and operated in the USA.

The trade association for U.S. nuclear plant operators says it hopes to nearly double their output over the next three decades. Those plans hang on the functionality of a new

The Senate called for provisions for combating cooperation between China and Iran.

The Biden administration is launching a $6 billion effort to rescue nuclear power plants at risk of closing, citing the need to continue nuclear energy as a

Russia controls around 44 percent of the world's uranium enrichment capacity—meaning America should shore up its own nuclear fuel supply.

The first shipment of research reactor fuel elements under a nine-year contract between the US Department of Energy and TRIGA International has arrived at Pennsylvania State University. Meanwhile, the original developer of the TRIGA research reactor has been awarded a design development services contract in support of a conceptual research reactor design for a new facility at Sandia National Laboratory.

Can you believe we're fighting this shit all over again?

Last Energy has $25 billion in power deals and plans to bring its tiny nuclear reactors to customers across Europe.

Small modular reactors might be the nuclear industry's best hope for a renaissance.

The USA's first-of-its-kind 1 MW demonstration scale, nuclear-powered clean hydrogen production facility has begun operating at Constellation's Nine Mile Point nuclear power plant in Oswego, New York. The company said the new facility will help demonstrate the potential for hydrogen to power a clean economy.

The Biden administration is launching a $6 billion effort to save nuclear power plants at risk of closure, aiming to continue nuclear as a source of clean energy to combat climate change. The first round of grants will prioritize reactors that have announced plans to close.