by Emily | Apr 23, 2026 | Clean Energy News, Nuclear
Kairos Power photo Earlier this month, Kairos Power broke ground on the company’s second demonstration plant in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. This will be the company’s first commercial-scale reactor and the first-ever power-producing Gen IV reactor to receive a...
by Emily | Apr 2, 2026 | Clean Energy News, Nuclear
On the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster, POWER sent a freelance photographer and correspondent to the site in Ukraine to document the massive decommissioning effort still underway—and the new threats that have complicated it. At 1:23 a.m. local time on April...
by Emily | Mar 17, 2026 | Clean Energy News, Nuclear
Idaho National Laboratory photo: rendering of the MARVEL microreactor Last week, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Idaho Operations Office approved a key safety document for the MARVEL microreactor at Idaho National Laboratory. The approved document, called a...
by Emily | Mar 12, 2026 | Clean Energy News, Nuclear
Journalists from several media outlets toured the Nuclear Science Center in advance of the 65th anniversary of the reactor’s first activation, learning about WSU’s continuing commitment to research, training and America’s energy future (photo by Bob Hubner, WSU Photo...
by Emily | Feb 10, 2026 | Clean Energy News, Nuclear
Nuclear power station with steaming cooling towers and blooming canola field. Late last week, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Nuclear Energy awarded over $19 million to five U.S. companies to research and develop recycling technologies for used...
