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China is building two nuclear reactors with a radically different design that is meant to decrease the chances of a meltdown.

Nuclear-power executives and lobbyists met with lawmakers in Washington this week as the industry sought to allay concern that the reactor crisis in Japan could be repeated in the U.S.

The Vermont Yankee nuclear plant began an unscheduled shutdown Sunday evening so workers could fix a leak where radioactive water was seeping into the complex.

China’s aggressive expansion of nuclear plants could cut carbon emissions, but experts worry that the pace may lead to shortcuts.

A small amount of radiation has been detected in a reactor building at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in central Pennsylvania.

From the first time he saw Emmett "Doc" Brown fire up the Mr. Fusion home energy reactor in the "Back to the Future" movies, Dave Nichols has always wanted to make a vehicle run on garbage.