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Four advanced nuclear reactors reached criticality before a federal July deadline

Four privately designed nuclear reactors completed zero-power fueled criticality demonstrations before a July 4, 2026, ...
Data Center Frontier

Nuclear Momentum Meets the Megawatt Test

Reactor tests, power contracts and federal financing have accelerated the U.S. nuclear pipeline. The harder question is which ...
The Boston Globe

Russia and the US threatened to resume nuclear testing after several decades. Here is why it matters.

VIENNA (AP) — The United States and Russia have both recently threatened to resume nuclear testing, alarming the international community and jeopardizing a global norm against such tests. Experts say ...
Science News

If another country tested nuclear weapons, here’s how we’d know

President Donald Trump has called for the United States to test its nuclear weapons for the first time in three decades. But Trump’s statements about testing — in particular, whether other nations are ...
The Diplomat

A Return to Nuclear Testing Looks Inevitable. Here’s How to Manage It.

Prior to his meeting with China’s President Xi Jinping in Busan, South Korea on October 30, United States President Donald Trump wrote that he has ordered the U.S. military to resume nuclear testing ...
Science News

Here’s the science behind nuclear weapons testing

Nuclear weapons tests were once a regular occurrence, but most countries haven’t tested in decades, following the adoption of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty in 1996. Now, that moratorium ...
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Kansas Becomes Testing Ground for a Radical Nuclear Reactor Design

Deep Fission's prototype reactor canister has arrived at its Kansas test site, moving the startup toward large-diameter drilling and its first proof-of-concept underground reactor. The company says ...