Nuclear projects are getting a boost of investment. WSJ in 2022 looked at how startups say their alternative designs can help solve past issues. Photo illustration: Eve Hartley The U.S. military is ...

Radiant Industries is waiting as the ink dries on an agreement that commits it to investing $280 million and creating 175 jobs in Oak Ridge through a first-of-its-kind nuclear microreactor factory.

WASHINGTON — The Department of Army today announced the launch of the Janus Program, a next-generation nuclear power program that will deliver resilient, secure, and assured energy to support national ...

Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll participated in Tuesday's announcement of the Janus Program, aimed at putting small nuclear power generation reactors on U.S. Army bases. (Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP) U.S.

Illinois will subsidize a new R&D facility for Nano Nuclear outside Chicago. Nano Nuclear will invest $12 million in the facility itself. The facility's primary aim will be to advance development of ...

With concrete already being poured, this startup’s molten salt–cooled reactors could be the first to deliver cheaper, safer nuclear power. Like many new nuclear startups, Kairos promises a path to ...

Billions of dollars are being invested in advanced nuclear technologies, driven by increasing energy demand from AI and broad bipartisan support. Despite significant investment, some Wall Street ...

Investors have been diversifying beyond mega tech and traditional US companies, seeking defense and hedging against inflation. Nuclear energy has been increasingly accepted as a clean, affordable, ...

TL;DR: The rollout of small modular reactors will likely be shaped as much by policy, economics, and regulation as by engineering advances. While they promise a new era for nuclear energy, unresolved ...

After decades of being on the back burner of energy policy, investments in nuclear power are on the rise, spurred on by electricity demands from big tech and changing federal policy. Once upon a time, ...

Fermi America, in partnership with the Texas Tech University System, has signed two letters of intent with Siemens Energy to secure 1.1 gigawatts of gas-fired generation equipment and collaborate on ...

Space missions in the future could travel to Mars, asteroids and the outer solar system by riding on nuclear-powered rockets, thanks to a new design that utilizes energy from the nuclear fission of ...