If climate change is an 'existential threat to human existence,' as President Biden suggests, nuclear power may have to be part of the transition from fossil fuels. The Bill Gates-backed TerraPower ...

The Department of Energy announced a scientific breakthrough in nuclear fusion this week, marking a major step toward developing a new, sustainable form of energy that releases virtually no carbon ...

The occurs when two light nuclei merge to form a single heavier nucleus. Because the total mass of that single nucleus is less than the mass of the two original nuclei, the leftover mass is energy ...

The reaction fuses two molecules of hydrogen isotopes to generate energy. The Department of Energy announced a scientific breakthrough in nuclear fusion this week, marking a major step toward ...