Giving a whole new meaning to underground power, startup Deep Fission Nuclear has secured US$30 million in funding to install a micro-reactor in a mile-deep borehole by July 4, 2026 as part of the US ...

NASA wants to build a nuclear reactor on the surface of the moon—and fast. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, who is also serving as NASA’s interim administrator, has issued new directives at the ...

BERKELEY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Deep Fission, an advanced nuclear energy company redefining the industry by placing small modular pressurized water reactors in boreholes a mile underground, today ...

HFIR reactor operators working from a motorized bridge use hand tools that are 30 feet long to work on the reactor core submerged in a pool 17 feet deep. Veterans of the U.S. Navy’s Nuclear Propulsion ...

The race to plug a nuclear reactor into the lunar regolith is no longer a thought experiment. The United States, China and Russia are now treating fission power on the Moon as a strategic objective, ...

BERKELEY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Deep Fission, Inc. (“Deep Fission” or the “Company”), a pioneering advanced nuclear energy company placing small modular pressurized water reactors in boreholes one ...

Shares of BWX Technologies hit a record high, as investors believe the nuclear-power company could be involved in NASA's lunar plans Shares of BWX Technologies Inc., which manufactures nuclear ...

Washington spent much of the 1970s trying to become a center for nuclear power, with plans for five huge fission reactors at Richland and Satsop.

Nuclear power wasn't the invention of a single genius mind, rather, it was the product of many of the greatest minds from the ...