Contractor will build estimated $629M demo facility in Tennessee for engineer-developer Kairos Power—the first and only advanced nuclear reactor that feds have approved for construction
Global developers are advancing nuclear fusion technology and engineering to scale an energy source they say has zero emissions, no meltdown risk and more security, as data centers and AI push power demand.
The discovery of concrete cracks from an alkali-silica reaction, or ASR, in five safety-related structures at New Hampshire's Seabrook nuclear powerplant has prompted plant owner NextEra Energy Resources to launch several ASR studies as part of a comprehensive corrective action plan.
One year after the devastating March 11 tsunami and earthquake caused a nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station in Japan, regulators in the U.S. are working to ensure the country's fleet of nuclear reactors are safe and strong enough to withstand a natural or man-made disaster of similar force.