A nuclear engineer reacts to a fascinating scenario from xkcd, exploring what would really happen to electricity, power grids, and infrastructure if all humans suddenly disappeared. From nuclear ...

A nuclear engineer reacts to a mind-bending video from Kurzgesagt, exploring the theory of whether our universe could exist ...

An Amentum-led consortium has won a $207m contract to support planning and development of new nuclear reactors in the ...

College students at Kansas State University are increasingly eyeing careers in nuclear technology. So the school has relaunched a bachelor’s degree that originally blazed a trail in the U.S. for ...

Color photo of the mushroom cloud from the Trinity Test in 1945, taken by Jack Aeby Eighty years ago Wednesday, on July 16, 1945, the world changed forever when the first atomic bomb was detonated in ...

NASA engineers have completed first cold-flow tests of a full-scale nuclear thermal propulsion reactor, validating designs ...

Neighboring Oak Ridge, the University of Tennessee at Knoxville has one of the country's top nuclear engineering programs.

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After Frank Pulciano left the U.S. Navy with eight years of service under his belt, he didn’t picture himself returning to nuclear engineering. As a submarine engineering laboratory technician aboard ...

Nuclear propulsion and power technologies could unlock new frontiers in missions to the moon, Mars, and beyond. NASA has reached an important milestone advancing nuclear propulsion that could benefit ...

Kansas State University’s TRIGA Mark II nuclear reactor is a unique feature on campus.

It’s time for Florida to make bold changes to its energy policy. More than 70% of our state’s electricity comes from natural gas, and none of it is produced here.