Nuclear Energy

CNBC has created an interactive map to show where nuclear power plants already exist, where they are shutting down, and where they are being built.

Russia and China have dominated nuclear power for decades, but the United States may have an opening due to the recent Ukraine war and new nuclear technology.

The United Nations Security Council held an emergency meeting on Friday after Russian shells struck a Ukrainian nuclear power plant.

The fire was put out, and there were no victims, according to Ukraine’s state emergency service.

It comes as Russia’s war with Ukraine enters its seventh day, with fighting raging across the country.

The State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate said Friday that higher gamma radiation levels have been detected in the Chernobyl zone

An explosion and fire at the Chornobyl power plant on April 26, 1986, led to the world’s worst nuclear disaster.

The U.S. government is spending billions of dollars to prop up some money-losing nuclear plants, which it needs to stay open to meet its clean energy goals.

Fusion is described as “the process that takes place in the heart of stars and provides the power that drives the universe.”

Oklo’s application was denied due to “significant information gaps” around “potential accidents as well as its classification of safety systems and components.”

The European Union has prompted a furious backlash over plans to label nuclear and gas as “green” investments.

Climate change is renewing interest in nuclear energy, which does not emit climate-warming carbon dioxide. But what will we do with the waste?

Indirect talks between Iran and the U.S. kicked off on Monday, as the two countries look to revive the 2015 nuclear deal.

Scientists from MIT and Stanford came together to show how Diablo Canyon can be retrofitted to add revenue streams.

Nuclear deal talks with Iran will resume at the end of this month, the State Department said.

The announcement came amid tensions between Iran and the West as Tehran ramps up nuclear activity in breach of the 2015 deal’s parameters.

The IAEA’s monitoring agreement with Iran is seen as vital to propping up the beleaguered 2015 Iranian nuclear deal.

California is closing Diablo Canyon, which is a source of clean power, as it faces an energy emergency and a mandate to eliminate carbon emissions. Why?

If fusion can be achieved on earth and commercialized, it will provide a nearly unlimited source of clean energy without producing the waste of nuclear fission.

The results make “a significant step toward ignition,” the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory announced on Tuesday.