Commercial nuclear reactors all work pretty much the same way. Atoms of a radioactive material split, emitting neutrons. Those bump into other atoms, splitting them and causing them to emit more neutrons, which bump into other atoms, continuing the chain reaction.

A Bill Gates-backed nuclear reactor dubbed “Cowboy Chernobyl” by critics is barreling toward approval in rural Wyoming, alarming residents and nuclear safety experts as regulators fast-track the project under a Trump-era order.

NASA and the Department of Energy signed an agreement earlier this week committing to put a nuclear reactor on the moon in 2030, the same

NASA and DOE aim to deploy nuclear reactors on the Moon and in orbit, and that also includes the development of a lunar surface reactor by 2030. This is part of the Trump administration's American Space Superiority plan. Beyond the jingoism, it is not exactly clear how this plan will actually become a reality.

A California-based lab has made the first experimental measurements of nuclear reactions in high-energy-density

Kansas State University’s TRIGA Mark II nuclear reactor is a unique feature on campus.