Vogtle 3, one of two 1,117-MW Westinghouse AP1000 nuclear reactors Southern Nuclear Operating Co. is building in Georgia, has reached initial criticality. The event marks a pivotal milestone for the ...
A host of startups are racing to achieve commercial fusion power. Zap Energy just drew a line in the sand after announcing its latest device recorded the highest-ever plasma pressures for its ...
Utah wasn’t the only state vying to be the site of a small nuclear test reactor that Valar Atomics plans to build, according to the startup’s founder, 25-year-old Isaiah Taylor. “To be honest, it was ...
Building a working nuclear fusion reactor has proven to be a daunting challenge even for multiple wealthy nations, as we've seen with the much-delayed ITER project. However, a private start-up called ...
J Clay Sell, chief executive officer of X-Energy, speaks during the CERAWeek energy conference in Houston on March 9, 2023. For a startup trying to commercialize new nuclear technology, getting Amazon ...