Small nuclear reactors are pitched as cheaper, safer, faster and easier to finance than their conventional counterparts. Hype around them is building fast, but some experts warn it ignores fundamental ...

US utility NextEra Energy said it could add up to 6 GWe of small modular reactor generating capacity at its existing nuclear power plant sites or potential new sites, primarily to meet demand from ...

As U.S. electricity demand rises and technology companies seek to build more and larger data centers to drive artificial intelligence systems, the main question arising is how to generate all that ...

US nuclear regulators have secretly relaxed rules to hasten the construction of new generating capacity needed to power AI, ...

SaskPower and the Saskatchewan government are committed to researching ways to create a large nuclear reactor in the province. This is alongside the small modular project proposed for Estevan.

Just like Nvidia's GPUs are the key to AI, radioactive isotopes are the key to nuclear power, but are also used in quantum ...

Canadian firm Prodigy Clean Energy has announced the completion of a two-year R&D program ...

While some say a nuclear reactor would benefit the economy, others point to the financial costs and environmental ...

The nuclear industry is pinning its hopes on small modular reactors to help meet climate targets, but as T V Padma reports, ...

As U.S. electricity demand rises and technology companies seek to build more and larger data centers to drive artificial intelligence systems, the main question arising is how to generate all that ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Leonel Lagos, Florida International University (THE CONVERSATION) As U.S. electricity ...