The first space race was about flags and footprints. Now, the new race is to build there, and doing so hinges on power.

A lunar nuclear reactor may sound dramatic, but its neither illegal nor unprecedented. But it does raise critical questions ...

A base on the moon would be more democratic than those that Musk and his acolytes have advocated building on Mars. Given ...

In April 2025, China reportedly unveiled plans to build a nuclear power plant on the Moon by 2035. This plant would support ...

The reactor would launch to the moon by 2030, according to a directive by acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy that was sent ...

While nuclear reactors have been around on Earth for over 70 years, placing them on the moon would be unprecedented. NASA’s acting administrator, Sean Duffy, is aiming to do the undone: a reactor ...

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has completed a study of new accident tolerant fuels being developed by three companies for new commercial nuclear power reactors.

— The Nine Mile Point Nuclear Power Site, located to the east of the City of Oswego along Lake Ontario, is being considered as a potential location for New York's first new nuclear reactor in ...

Michigan is navigating a shift in its energy landscape as Palisades nuclear plant is poised to restart.

While NuScale and Oklo are trailblazers, they face competition from larger, well-funded players like Westinghouse Electric and GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy, which are also advancing SMR technologies.