nuclear-engineering

Researchers are busy developing the perfect new nuclear power solution. It has its strengths precisely where traditional nuclear power is weak.

Materials science professor Michael Tonks was elected a fellow of the American Nuclear Society, one of the organization's highest honors recognizing significant contributions to nuclear science and technology.

The reboot highlights a dire problem for the country's nuclear program. Japan is running out of space to store spent nuclear fuel and lacks plans for radioactive waste disposal.

I'd like to start a discussion/debate of nuclear power for the purpose of informing people about it. I am participating in a thread in another forum http://www.badastronomy.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=9370 where we are discussing an article about Germany planning to phase out nuclear... Read more

Charles G. Goulding explains how the convergence of AI data center energy demands and advanced nuclear engineering has turned additive manufacturing into a critical pathway for securing lucrative Federal R&D Tax Credits. The post 3D Printing the Nuclear Renaissance: How Additive Manufacturing Fuels the AI Power Grid and R&D Credits appeared on Fabbaloo .

Small modular reactor startup NX Atomics has announced a partnership with Sciaky, to apply Sciaky’s Electron Beam Additive Manufacturing process, known as EBAM, to components for NX Atomics’ SMR platform.The collaboration aims to reduce both the upfront capital cost and operating cost of SMR deployment by producing nuclear components faster, at lower cost, and in…

Fusion startup Helion is racing to complete a power plant for Microsoft by 2028. A fresh infusion of cash should help with that.

Generating electricity via nuclear fission is a great idea, at least in principle. But the risk of nuclear meltdowns causing mass destruction and long-lasting contamination isn’t appealing. Luckily, a crop of companies are looking to solve this problem by creating subcritical nuclear reactors, which generate power without ever making runaway nuclear reactions possible. Let’s take a look.

Helion Energy, a startup racing to commercialize fusion power, announced $465 million in new funding Thursday, bringing its total capital… Read More

Scientific Data, Published online: 02 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41597-026-07563-y Compilation of Creep Property Data for Nuclear Structural Materials

Nature Communications, Published online: 02 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41467-026-73630-y This study shows that pairing U.S. nuclear plants with hydrogen production can make existing reactors more profitable and flexible, helping them support grid reliability, provide clean hydrogen and benefit from policy incentives.

Another fusion startup has raised another a massive round to make this type of power a reality.

_Nuclear Fusion_ 61 (4):1-8. 2021The plant efficiency of a nuclear fusion power plant is considered. During nominal operation, the plant efficiency is determined by the thermodynamic efficiency and the recirculated power fraction. However, on average the reactor operates below the nominal power, even when the long shutdown periods for large maintenance are left outside the averaging. Hence, next …

Sandia National Laboratories and the nuclear security enterprise complete production on the W88 Alteration 370.

Weapons-grade plutonium can fuel nuclear reactors known as mixed oxide reactors, but none of these exist in the U.S.

This summer, Governors will have a unique opportunity to bolster clean, firm energy deployment in their states through Opportunity Zone designations. Selected strategically, these designations can overlap in areas eligible for additional clean energy tax incentives, improving the economics of advanced nuclear and geothermal projects. The result would be more investment in clean, reliable power [&…

The Humans of the Wyss (HOW) series features members of the Wyss community discussing their work, the influences that shape them as professionals, and their collaborations at the Wyss Institute and beyond. David Chou’s work is literally out of this world! In addition to identifying radiation countermeasures for use on Earth, he is part of the AVATAR project, which aims to understand how humans… S…