Articles about nuclear

Ultra Safe Nuclear files for bankruptcy in a procedure aimed at facilitating its sale

Seattle-based Ultra Safe Nuclear Corp. says it has filed a Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition as part of a court-supervised process… Read More

Aerial view of Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Zeno Power partners with U.S. Department of Energy to recycle radioactive material

Zeno Power says it has gained access to radioactive material destined for its first full-scale radioisotope power systems under the… Read More

Cutaway view of Zeno Power's radioisotope power system

Zeno Power teams up with Westinghouse on radioisotopes for nuclear power system

Zeno Power says it has selected Westinghouse Electric Co. to process the radioisotopes for its heat sources — creating a… Read More

Zeno Power wins $7.5M Pentagon contract for underwater radioisotope power system

Zeno Power says it’s been awarded a $7.5 million contract from the Department of Defense to build and demonstrate a… Read More

PNNL team removes heat source from transfer port

Zeno demonstrates an innovative type of radioisotope heat source for off-grid power

Zeno Power says it has successfully completed its first demonstration of a new type of radioisotope heat source that could… Read More

Illustration: Nuclear thermal rocket in space

NASA joins forces with DARPA on effort to demonstrate nuclear rocket for Mars trips

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has taken on NASA as a partner for a project aimed at demonstrating a… Read More

Bill Gates’ TerraPower wins $8.5M in federal funding for conversion of used nuclear fuel

BELLEVUE, Wash. — TerraPower, the Bellevue-based nuclear power venture co-founded by Bill Gates, has won an $8.55 million grant from… Read More

Space nuclear power is nearing critical mass as the final frontier’s next frontier

The idea of putting nukes in space may sound like a national security nightmare, but the right kind of nukes… Read More

TerraPower advances plans for next-gen nuclear plants, earning Bill Gates’ praise

BELLEVUE, Wash. — TerraPower, the nuclear energy venture that’s backed by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, has gotten a boost on… Read More

Backed by Bill Gates, TerraPower branches out into radioisotopes for cancer treatment

TerraPower, the nuclear research venture founded by Bill Gates, is joining with Isotek Systems and the U.S. Department of Energy… Read More

As China option fades, Bill Gates urges U.S. to take the lead in nuclear power, for the good of the planet

In his year-end letter, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates says his to-do list for 2019 includes persuading U.S. leaders to regain… Read More

Hanford sounds the all-clear after steam sparks alarm at nuclear waste site

Workers at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in southeastern Washington state were told to take cover for several hours today when… Read More

Northwest projects win a share of $20 million in federal grants for nuclear tech

Oregon-based NuScale Power is the big winner in today’s round of grants from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of… Read More

NASA’s Kilopower project demonstrates a nuclear reactor that’s made for space

That’s one small step for nuclear reactors on the moon and Mars, and several giant leaps to go. Eventually, the… Read More

Hawaii receives alert warning of incoming ballistic missile that turns out to be false alarm

Hawaiians received a startling emergency alert on mobile devices and across televisions on Saturday morning warning that a ballistic missile… Read More

Tunnel cave-in sparks emergency alert at Hanford; no radiation leaks detected

The Hanford Nuclear Reservation says a 20-foot section of a tunnel system where it stores contaminated material and equipment collapsed today,… Read More

Hanford workers detect contamination at another waste storage tank

Workers at Eastern Washington’s Hanford Site are trying to track down the source of radioactive contamination at an underground waste… Read More

All clear: Hanford toxic waste removal resumes after tank is checked for leaks

The U.S. Department of Energy says there’s no sign that toxic waste has leaked into the environment from a double-shell… Read More

Leak inside nuclear waste storage tank triggers alarm at Hanford

A long-simmering leak inside a double-walled nuclear waste storage tank at the Hanford Site in Eastern Washington got worse over… Read More

Nudge ’em or nuke ’em: Asteroid defense plans take shape in U.S. and Russia

What should the world do about the potential threat of a catastrophic asteroid collision? This month NASA established the Planetary… Read More

Paul Allen bankrolls documentary film that touts promise of nuclear power

Seattle billionaire Paul Allen has been showing some of his diversity in recent weeks, selling abstract art; procuring a rare… Read More

Myhrvold firm: Japan crisis shouldn’t deter next-gen nukes

Intellectual Ventures, the Bellevue-based patent firm and invention house run by former Microsoft tech chief Nathan Myhrvold, says in a… Read More