The Latest Breaking News from Nuclear Power

The government would not have been able to prevent the nuclear accident at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in 2011 because the Great East Japan Earthquake triggered a tsunami of a scale "beyond expectations," according to the Supreme Court, which ruled that the state is not liable for…

In many of the states with the nation’s most aggressive climate goals, officials are investing millions of dollars to save the power source that was long the No. 1 target of many environmental activists: nuclear plants.

French prosecutors are investigating allegations that officials at a nuclear power station covered up incidents of malfunction at the ageing Tricastin plant in the country's south-east.

The idea of nuclear power in Australia has been hotly debated for decades. Most of this discussion has been unproductive, focusing on symbolism and identity politics rather than the realities of energy policy. For that reason alone, we should welcome the commitment by opposition party leaders David Littleproud and Peter…

Greg Hands was giving evidence at a House of Commons committee

Matt Kean’s comments come after Peter Dutton indicated support for nuclear energy could be part of future Coalition policy

Queensland Energy Minister Mick de Brenni says all options are on the table to deal with soaring electricity and surging prices, except nuclear power.

Radiation detectors in the Exclusion Zone around Ukraine's defunct Chornobyl nuclear power plant are back online for the first time since Russia seized the area on Feb. 24, and radiation levels are normal, the U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Tuesday.

Westinghouse Electric Company and Bloom Energy Corp (NYSE:BE) entered a Letter of Intent to pursue clean hydrogen generation in the commercial nuclear power sector.  The companies collaborate to identify and implement clean hydrogen projects throughout the nuclear industry. The parties will jointly develop an optimized and large-scale high-temperature integrated electrolysis solution for the nuclear…