Deep Fission is betting that the safest place for a nuclear reactor is not behind thicker concrete walls but a mile beneath our feet. The California startup wants to sink compact power plants into ...

Construction on a revolutionary new kind of nuclear power plant is underway in Kansas. According to KCUR, an NPR affiliate, ...

A five-dimensional model accurately predicts the asymmetric fission of mercury isotopes, advancing our understanding of nuclear fission beyond traditional heavy elements such as uranium and plutonium ...

Space agencies are moving closer to a new era of rocket propulsion that could fundamentally change deep-space travel. Nuclear ...