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

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

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

Michelle L.D. Hanlon, University of Mississippi The first space race was about flags and footprints. Now, decades later, ...

The first space race was about flags and footprints. Now, the new race is to build there, and doing so hinges on power.

In April 2025, China reportedly unveiled plans to build a nuclear power plant on the Moon by 2035. This plant would support ...

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has completed a study of new accident tolerant fuels being developed by three companies for new commercial nuclear power reactors.

Kansai Electric Power will begin surveys for the construction of a new nuclear power reactor at its Mihama power station in Fukui prefecture, western Japan, to replace the existing facility, the ...

Last October, Google signed an agreement with nuclear energy producer Kairos Power to deploy multiple small modular reactors capable of generating a total of up to 500 megawatts by 2035.

But NASA’s space nuclear propulsion office continues to explore the concept—most notably, a joint project with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency that aims to test a nuclear-powered ...

ABILENE, Texas — Bolstered by $3.2 million from a former Midland oilman, this West Texas city of 130,000 people is helping the Lone Star State lead a national nuclear energy resurgence. Doug ...

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has launched a novel pilot program that will allow private developers to build and operate full-scale advanced nuclear test reactors outside of the national ...