Nuclear Energy

Kazakhstan has signed a landmark contract to design, supply, and construct its first nuclear power plant, moving the long-planned project into a concrete implementation phase as the country works to strengthen energy security and prepare for growing electricity demand. The...

NuScale Power Corporation is taking a meaningful step toward modernizing nuclear engineering and project execution by deploying nuclear-specific artificial intelligence tools across its engineering and knowledge-management functions. The initiative brings together NuScale Power's advanced small modular reactor expertise, Nuclearn's AtomAssist...

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has officially launched a landmark global initiative aimed at advancing the use of nuclear energy in civilian shipping and floating nuclear power plants. Named ATLAS — Atomic Technologies Licensed for Applications at Sea...

The emergence of High-Assay Low-Enriched Uranium, commonly referred to as HALEU fuel, represents a pivotal development in the effort to commercialize advanced nuclear technologies. For decades, the commercial nuclear industry has relied on uranium enriched to between three and...

The momentum behind molten salt reactor technology is reaching a critical threshold as multiple commercial projects move from the design phase toward physical demonstration and deployment. Unlike conventional nuclear reactors that use solid fuel elements cooled by high pressure...

The integration of digital twins in nuclear plants is fundamentally altering the approach to operational safety and asset management within the power generation sector. A digital twin is a dynamic, high fidelity virtual representation of a physical reactor system...

The transition of generation IV reactors from theoretical concepts to commercial scale power generation assets represents a significant pivot in the global energy strategy. Recent advancements in reactor physics and material science have catalyzed the movement of these advanced...