Nuclear power is moving from science fiction concept to engineering requirement for a permanent human foothold on the Moon. NASA and the US Department of Energy are working on compact fission systems ...

(The Conversation) – The first space race was about flags and footprints. Now, decades later, landing on the Moon is old news. The new race is to build there, and doing so hinges on power. While it ...

Imagine looking up at the moon and seeing space dust floating around it. Maybe broken-off parts of the moon are raining down ...

The Trump administration is accelerating plans to place a nuclear reactor on the moon to power a base for humans. The reactor would launch to the moon by 2030, according to a directive by acting NASA ...

Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) are often hailed as the future of nuclear power—compact, scalable, and potentially capable of delivering clean energy anywhere it’s needed. From powering remote mining ...

Currently, industrial processes in the U.S. account for approximately a third of the country’s carbon dioxide emissions – even more than the annual emissions from passenger vehicles, trucks, and ...

The Trump administration excludes advanced nuclear power reactors from excessive National Environmental Policy Act ...

(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 ...

The revenue NuScale Power currently generates is all related to its consulting work for Fluor. Fluor is a large construction ...