How does nuclear power compare with solar and wind energy?
Scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California recently achieved the first steps toward viable...
Could thorium be the future of fuel and energy?
For the past 70 years or so, the idea of using thorium as an energy source for cars has come around time and again....
Fukushima nuclear power plant to release contaminated water into ocean
Ten years after an earthquake and tsunami caused meltdowns at the Fukushima nuclear power plant, Japan has announced...
Trump's nuclear bailout could cost consumers up to $17 billion each year
The Trump Administration is taking unprecedented steps to bail out failing nuclear and coal power plants, effectively...
Trump orders Perry to take steps to curb coal plant shutdowns
It seems President Donald Trump doesn't want to let coal die. Bloomberg reported he ordered Secretary of Energy...
In the UK, wind energy provides more power than nuclear for the first time
For the first time, wind energy provided more power than nuclear energy to the United Kingdom grid. In the first...
Russia just launched a 70 MW floating nuclear power plant to the Arctic Ocean
Russia recently launched a floating nuclear power station on the Baltic Sea. The 70-megawatt Akademik Lomonosov...
NASA just unveiled a tiny nuclear reactor for future Mars residents
Researchers at NASA, Los Alamos National Laboratory and the Department of Energy announced they have successfully...
Groundbreaking quark fusion generates 10 times as much energy as nuclear fusion
Physicists at Tel Aviv University and University of Chicago have discovered that quark fusion could be an even...
Rolls-Royce is developing mini nuclear power plants
A consortium led by Rolls-Royce has crafted design plans for small-scale nuclear power plants. In a report anticipated...
Offshore wind power is cheaper than new nuclear power in the UK
Offshore wind power has pulled ahead of nuclear power in the United Kingdom. Energy from offshore wind farms will...
Florida power company scraps nuclear project, will pursue solar power instead
A controversial nuclear project won't be moving forward in Florida. Power company Duke Energy Florida filed a proposed...
The UK's newest nuclear power plant could literally shoot rainbows into the sky
A new proposal could lead to a nuclear power plant in the UK that literally shoots rainbows into the sky. UK-based...
Abandoned nuclear power plant given new life as a solar farm
Solar farms can pop up in unlikely places - like the site of an old, unfinished nuclear power plant in Tennessee....
Renewable energy generated more power than nuclear for first time since 1984
Nuclear power has dominated alternative energy sources in the United States for decades - that is, until this spring....
