The Latest Breaking News from Nuclear Power

Croatia's parliament passed a law enabling construction of a radioactive waste facility near the Bosnian border. The site will store waste from the Krško Nuclear Power Plant and Croatian medical facilities, despite years of opposition from communities in Bosnia who warn it threatens 250,000 people.

Co-locating smaller reactors with data centers at federal sites is part of the Trump administration's bid to accelerate both technologies.

The Flamanville EPR reactor in north-western France has reached full nuclear power for the first time, state utility EDF announced on Sunday, describing it as “a major milestone” for the long-delayed and over-budget project.

Exclusive: John Fingleton says regulators need to change their attitude to risk to end the country’s economic stagnation

According to the government, energy from the plant is expected to be cheaper than current alternatives and paves the way for Poland to have a stable and environmentally friendly energy system.

Details on damage and injuries from the new quake weren’t immediately clear

The warning covers approximately 800 miles (1,300 kilometres) from Chiba to Hokkaido

Nuclear power plants urgently carry out checks and at least 90,000 people evacuated

Nuclear power plants in the region conducted safety checks, public broadcaster NHK said.

The Europe-built multilayered confinement building completed in 2019 was designed to contain the radiation coming from the melted-down nuclear fuel.

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 power.