Nuclear energy

Here’s what’s next after the U.S. National Ignition Facility’s breakthrough on nuclear fusion last year

Fusion researchers at the U.S. National Ignition Facility created a reaction that made more energy than they put in

Ukraine’s former environment minister explains the Russian invasion’s dangerous impact on water and nuclear safety

The milestone showed both how far renewable energy has come and the lengths the country must go to reach President Joe Biden’s climate goals

Gina McCarthy and other administration officials showcased fusion energy in a bid to accelerate vast amounts of carbon-free power

Vehicles can kick up radioactive dust, and fighting risks igniting a wildfire in the exclusion zone

In a world first, the National Ignition Facility has generated a “burning plasma,” a fusion reaction on the cusp of being self-sustaining

The incentives cover established sectors, such as wind and solar, as well as emerging technology, such as green hydrogen

I have been wanting to highlight this review of strategies to make nuclear energy cheap and efficient from the Breakthrough Institute for a while.

The $6.5-billion in loan guarantees from the U.S. Department of Energy comes amid fading hopes for an industry renaissance

The body of men and women who built the atomic bomb was vast, diverse, talented and multitudinous. Every conceivable kind of professional – from theoretical physics to plumber – worked on the Manhattan Project for three years over an enterprise that spread across the country and equalled the US automobile industry in its marshaling of [...]

A new experiment releases more energy than is pumped into fuel—a major milestone—but a long journey still remains for sustainable energy from fusion