The explosion at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant turned a routine safety test into a slow-motion war against an invisible enemy, fought while the ruined reactor kept burning. As the graphite core ...

X-Energy has signed a $100M deal with SGL Carbon for the supply of graphite for its Xe-100 small modular reactor.

The 10-year framework agreement between X-energy Reactor Company and SGL Carbon LLC covers the supply of graphite for the ...

X-energy Reactor Company, LLC ("X-energy" or "the Company") and SGL Carbon, LLC ("SGL") today announced a 10-year graphite ...

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 ...

Terrestrial Energy secured agreement with the US Department of Energy for Project TETRA initiative to build and operate a pilot reactor to support Integral Molten Salt Reactor development.

Toyo Tanso USA, a subsidiary of Japanese company Toyo Tanso Co, is to supply fine-grain graphite components for the first deployment of X-energy's Xe-100 small modular reactor under the agreement, ...

Commercial nuclear reactors all work pretty much the same way. Atoms of a radioactive material split, emitting neutrons.

Fireplaces are cozy until it’s time to shovel out the ashes. Nuclear power has the same problem: abundant, reliable energy paired with a growing pile of difficult-to-discard spent fuel. But a new ...