Commercial nuclear reactors all work pretty much the same way. Atoms of a radioactive material split, emitting neutrons.

The biggest nuclear power plant in the United States is not a single hulking reactor, but a sprawling complex whose scale is measured in gigawatts and square miles. Its turbines quietly push out ...

Developers have finally broken ground on the project, known as Sizewell C, but getting there meant navigating wary investors and local opposition. The operating Sizewell B nuclear power station, on ...