Four privately designed nuclear reactors completed zero-power fueled criticality demonstrations before a July 4, 2026, deadline imposed by a presidential executive order issued in May 2025. The ...

ORANGEVILLE, Utah (ABC4) — Valar Atomics announced that its Ward 250 nuclear reactor has reached self-sustaining criticality and completed zero-power testing in a Utah energy lab ahead of the July 4 ...

NEW YORK, May 18, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- BLSK Energy, LLC, today emerged from stealth mode following the signing of an agreement with Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) for BLSK Energy to lead the ...

Aberdeen Proving Ground could become home to a commercial nuclear power plant and natural gas generation under an Army project that would bring next-generation nuclear technology to Maryland while ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Underground on Purdue University’s campus is the only nuclear reactor of its kind in the U.S. Although used just for research purposes — the total energy the reactor generates ...

OAK RIDGE, Tenn., June 03, 2026--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Standard Nuclear, a reactor-agnostic producer of TRISO nuclear fuel, today announced that it has been selected by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) ...

Deployable Energy's Unity demonstration reactor has been selected by the US Department of Energy's National Reactor Innovation Center for testing inside the Demonstration of Microreactor Experiments, ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Energy Department says a small nuclear reactor under development at a national lab has reached a crucial milestone that could allow it to produce electricity within a few years.