The sponge metaphor first emerged in 1978 when the Air Force’s top general announced a new plan to base cutting-edge nuclear missiles in the Southwest. The “Missile, Experimental,” or MX, a powerful ...

Companies like Kairos Power are building new types of reactors with the encouragement of the Trump administration, but their success is far from assured. By Ivan Penn Reporting from Oak Ridge, Tenn.; ...

Nuclear weapons tests were once a regular occurrence, but most countries haven’t tested in decades, following the adoption of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty in 1996. Now, that moratorium ...

NuScale is an advanced nuclear company aiming to build small modular reactors (SMRs). It is the only U.S. nuclear company with an NRC-approved SMR design. Without a first customer, NuScale's future is ...

The Nuclear Sponge is a five-part explanatory project by USA TODAY that aims to inform readers about the strategic debate and costs of modernizing the land leg of America’s nuclear triad. The United ...

A senior Japanese official’s suggestion that Japan should possess nuclear weapons has reignited debate over whether the country could—or would—break with a decades-old taboo in response to an ...

What are the main priorities, the key events and the likely big developments in new nuclear capacity in 2026? Here’s an edited transcript of World Nuclear Association Director General Sama Bilbao y ...

A vital power line is back up and running at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant (ZNPP), the facility that has been at the center of pervasive concerns over nuclear safety in Ukraine throughout the ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Peter Suciu covers trends in the world of aerospace and defense. The final deployment of the USS Nimitz (CVN-68) came to an end ...

The Trump administration is awarding a total of $2.7 billion to three companies to support uranium enrichment for nuclear energy. American Centrifuge Operating, General Matter and Orano Federal ...

In February 2026, for the first time in decades, there will be no active treaty limiting the size of the US and Russian nuclear arsenals. Experts are divided on whether the New START treaty genuinely ...