Nuclear Fission Reactors - research

In the face of climate change, some environmentalists are fighting not to close power plants but to save them. (2021)

NASA and the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) have successfully demonstrated a new nuclear reactor power syst... (2018)

A new generation of reactors will start producing power in the next few years. They're comparatively tiny—and may be key to hitting our climate goals. (2019)

NASA has struggled for half-a-century to take a nuclear reactor from the drawing board into space. This year it successfully tested the first new n... (2018)

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) will this month start testing uranium-fuelled Stirling engines for use in possible future ... (2017)