A reactor built by Argonne National Laboratory produced the world’s first usable amount of electricity from nuclear energy on Dec. 20, 1951, lighting a string of four light bulbs. Today, about 20% of ...

Although it was just a byproduct of developing a new type of reactor, the generation of electricity from nuclear energy signaled a bright future ahead ...

The Flamanville 3 EPR nuclear reactor, France's most powerful to date, finally began providing electricity to French homes on Saturday after a plethora of technical setbacks led to a 12-year delay ...

Nuclear safety in spotlight as French start-ups bring mini reactors to market Betting on nuclear Flamanville 3 is the fourth EPR reactor in the world and the most powerful in France, with a ...

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has approved construction of the first fourth-generation nuclear reactor in the ...

ISHINOMAKI, Miyagi Prefecture--The No. 2 reactor at the Onagawa nuclear power plant resumed operations here on Oct. 29, the first reactor damaged in the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and ...