The state is aggressively pushing to deploy the next generation of atomic energy that would power big industrial operations.

Just because federal workers at Y-12 were offered their jobs back doesn't mean the Trump administration is done shaking up ...

"You have Oak Ridge, so everybody here knows what nuclear energy is, and I think people are not afraid of it in the same way ...

As the city of Oak Ridge races to once again be the U.S ... to excite and extract the uranium-235 isotope that powers nuclear reactors. It was one of six companies selected in December by the ...

Here is a portion of Gov. Bill Lee's State of the State address delivered Feb. 10, 2025 that deals with the nuclear industry, ...

ACU’s molten salt research reactor (MSRR) will be the first deployment of the Natura MSR-1, a 1 megawatt thermal molten salt ...

In this final segment of RealClearScience's interview with Laban Conblentz, Head of Communication at ITER, Coblentz shares the tale of how the world's largest fusion reactor came to be built in the pi ...

Big Tech is driving a race for small modular reactors (SMRs) to meet the surging electricity demand of AI data centers ...

LIS Technologies Inc. in Oak Ridge is developing lasers to extract the uranium-235 isotope that powers nuclear reactors at a time of escalating demand for uranium. While Centrus and Orano plan to use ...

"You have Oak Ridge, so everybody here knows what nuclear energy is, and I think people are not afraid of it in the same way that they might be in someplace like Hawaii." Small modular reactors ...

Several advanced nuclear reactor companies, including major player Kairos Power, are building facilities in Oak Ridge. X-energy has a $300 million footprint in Tennessee through its subsidiary ...