The University of Tennessee currently ties for third in U.S. News’ ranking of nuclear engineering programs. A recent $3 million endowment from the Tennessee Valley Authority may change that. “TVA’s ...

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 ...

Small nuclear reactors are pitched as cheaper, safer, faster and easier to finance than their conventional counterparts. Hype around them is building fast, but some experts warn it ignores fundamental ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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

Rolls-Royce SMR, the company tasked with building the next generation of nuclear reactors in ...

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.