The “profound change of American geopolitics” could be the first step toward massive nuclear weapons proliferation.

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Researchers are always developing better battery technologies, hoping to find ones that last a long time and never need to be ...

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

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

It’s dotted with blank holes missing the control drums to control the rate of the reaction, shutdown rods to bring the nuclear chain reaction to a halt and an array of thin heat pipes to cool ...

Tulsi Gabbard’s testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee has led Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to ...

New tech could power phones, pacemakers, and more—without ever needing a charge What if your phone never needed charging? Or ...

Nuclear criticality depends on mass, geometry, and neutron moderation—here, the sausage-like segmentation ensures the uranium remains dispersed, preventing an unintended chain reaction. This aligns ...

Physicists have measured a nuclear reaction that can occur in neutron star collisions, providing direct experimental data for a process that had previously only been theorized. The study ...