A new nuclear reactor design skips fuel entirely—eliminating meltdown risk while testing a safer future for nuclear power. Here’s how it works.

Here's what you'll learn when you read this story: Nuclear reactors can be an enormous hazard. The Chernobyl nuclear disaster is so famous that it almost goes without saying, and Japan was so shaken ...

Deep beneath the Earth lies a mysterious and powerful force. A wellspring of nuclear energy which could one day rip us apart.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Underground on Purdue University’s campus is the only nuclear reactor of its kind in the U.S. Although used just for research purposes — the total energy the reactor generates ...

Nuclear reactors and atomic bombs both rely on nuclear fission, but does that mean that a reactor could turn into an atomic ...

Outside the small town of Paducah, Kentucky, a wealth of uranium is locked away in thousands of storage cylinders filled with ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. India's most advanced nuclear reactor has reached a self-sustaining stage that marks a major leap for the country's atomic energy ...