Science can’t be rushed, but fusion’s true believers think capturing the sun in a bottle could light humanity’s future.

Many scientists say “subcritical” experiments and computer simulations make nuclear weapons testing unnecessary.

Robert Zubrin’s Nuclear Salt Water Rocket (NSWR ... convecting the exponentially growing fission chain reaction with it. As the solution continues to pour into the plenum from the borated storage ...

July 16, 1945, marked a turning point in history with the first nuclear test, named Trinity, in the New Mexico desert in the ...

A multibillion-dollar project is set to be constructed in China, the country's latest move in a push for nuclear energy.

Small modular reactor (SMR) developers in the U.S. have announced a string of deals and investments to secure steady supplies ...

China plans to start construction of the world’s first fusion-fission power plant, with the aim of generating 100 megawatts ...

Small modular reactors are compact nuclear reactors that can be combined to create large-scale power plants. Here, authors demonstrate the practical feasibility of a multi-modular design in the ...

British startup Pulsar Fusion has unveiled Sunbird, a space rocket concept designed to meet spacecraft in orbit, attach to them, and carry them to their destination at breakneck speed using nuclear ...

U.S.-German startup Focused Energy, which aims to build power plants fueled by fusion, said on Monday it has signed an ...