Currently, there are no SMRs in operation; however, NuScale Power and Oklo are two companies at the forefront of developing ...

The first space race was about flags and footprints. Now, decades later, landing on the Moon is old news. The new race is to build there, and doing so hinges on power. In April 2025, China reportedly ...

Under Trump, NASA is accelerating a push to put a reactor on the moon, ahead of China and Russia. The plan could involve a “keep-out zone” on the lunar surface.

In this week's Current Climate newsletter, correcting presidential misinformation on water; the Moon is going nuclear; Ford ...

Chris Bryan will give a talk to Friends of ORNL on Tuesday, Aug. 12, on 60 years of scientific highlights in the reactor’s history, plans for upgrades ...

The mission is known as KF-02 (Kuiper Falcon 2) and is set to liftoff no earlier than 10:01 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 7, from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. SpaceX has a 27-minute ...

The rivalry of the superpowers in space is entering a new phase, in which energy independence beyond Earth plays a key role.

In the ongoing fights over Connecticut’s high cost of energy, Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn) is training his fire on a little-known federal agency he says needs to do more for ratepayers. Among the ...

Vikram Sarabhai, who was born on August 12, 1919, wrote 80-odd scientific papers, set up 40 institutions, initiated India’s space programme and headed its nuclear mission ...

Orbital refueling could unlock long-distance space travel, but microgravity and cryogenics make it one of aerospace's ...

Similar moves by China and Russia may have pushed NASA to accelerate its plans under the terms of the Artemis Accords.