You might imagine nuclear power plants as behemoth facilities spanning hundreds of acres. Nuclear microreactors, by contrast, could sit on land the size of a football field and power a whole town.

The answer is more complicated than it used to be, as multiple federal agencies are responsible for new nuclear reactors. If you have been trying to follow recent headlines about nuclear reactor ...

Much of the world had been turning away from traditional nuclear power in recent decades. Aging plants, high construction costs, security risks and radioactive-waste challenges caused policymakers and ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Aditi Verma, University of Michigan (THE CONVERSATION) You might imagine nuclear power ...

The answer is more complicated than it used to be, as multiple federal agencies are responsible for new nuclear reactors. Each story invokes an alphabet soup of acronyms — DOE, NRC, DoD, LPO, PTC, PPA ...