Small Modular Reactor

A manufacturing plant in Texas plans to power its production with an advanced nuclear reactor instead of natural gas, advancing the Trump administration's push to unleash commercial nuclear power in the U.S.

Italy's cabinet opened the door Friday to a return to nuclear power, aiming to overturn nearly 40 years of opposition -- though experts say any revival is at...

Big tech energy needs, including for artificial intelligence, has elected officials giving nuclear power a serious reexamination

Something is stirring beneath the surface of a revived Enron, and it's pushing a parody product of a stylish at-home nuclear reactor.

Sweden is now building a test nuclear reactor with partners like Uniper SE, towards building advanced SMRs.

Google, Microsoft and Amazon are among the technology companies looking to nuclear power to produce energy with a smaller carbon footprint. Environmental organizations remain skeptical.

GE Vernova plans to roll out small modular reactors aimed at slashing exorbitant costs associated with building traditional nuclear plants.

Meta had to pull the plug on a nuclear-powered data center project after a rare bee species was discovered on the land where it was going to be built...

Amazon, Microsoft, and Google have announced partnerships with energy companies to set up small nuclear reactors

Oklo and other nuclear power stocks are surging as tech giants go all in on nuclear energy

Large tech firms are turning to alternative power sources like nuclear as a way to fulfill growing energy demands from data centers.

Good morning, Bay Area. Going nuclear at midweek, Amazon announced it has signed an agreement with Dominion Energy, Virginia's utility company, to explore the development of a small modular nuclear reactor near Dominion's existing nuclear power station. Amazon is the latest large tech company to buy into nuclear power to fuel demand from data centers, as Google and Microsoft have already announced similar plans.…

Microsoft has signed a deal to bring Three Mile Island back online to power its AI ambitions. The deal will see a nuclear plant powering Microsoft's data centers.

Small modular reactors could help expand nuclear power in the U.S., but commercializing them has proven challenging.

The Palisades Power Plant in Covert, Michigan, could become the first nuclear reactor to restart operations in U.S. history.

NuScale is the second major U.S. reactor company to cut jobs in recent months.

A first-of-its-kind small nuclear power plant project just got the axe.

Illinois lawmakers are sending Gov. J.B. Pritzker a revised proposal to lift the state's decades-old moratorium on the construction of new nuclear power plants.

Long-time Slashdot reader AmiMoJo writes: [O]n Wednesday, the company and utility planning to build the first small, modular nuclear plant in the U.S. announced it was cancelling the project. The U.S. has approved a single design for a small, modular nuclear reactor developed by the company NuScale ...