Office of Nuclear Energy

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.

Small modular reactors could be quicker and cheaper to build. Now, they've reached a major milestone.

For the first time, nuclear fuel enriched above 5% will be irradiated in a commercial U.S. reactor, the Department of Energy announced Thursday.

Oklo Inc. and the Southern Ohio Diversification Initiative (SODI) have signed an agreement to deploy two commercial Oklo power plants in Southern Ohio

For a 60-minute period in January 2023, a power plant like no other existed in the U.S. Mountain West.

Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation has declared open the Pilot Fuel Manufacturing facility, which will produce the first fuel for testing and qualification for use in the company's advanced Micro Modular Reactor. The plant will be the USA's first producer of private-sector TRISO and USNC's patented Fully Ceramic-Microencapsulated - or FCM - fuel.

A new armored caboose is part of the Navy and the Department of Energy's plan to make moving nuclear cargoes by rail safer from attacks and accidents.