Energy & Environment
Pacific Fusion Achieves Pulsed Power Fusion Breakthrough at Sandia
Pacific Fusion has completed four successful pulsed power fusion tests at Sandia's Z facility, demonstrating a target design that could unlock a third path…
Physics: Atomic and nuclear physics in the news
Engineering stories whose deep dive explains atomic and nuclear physics, ready to use as a starter, a reading task or a real-world example. Each one links to the GCSE and A level curriculum.
Aerospace, Defence & Marine
Bimodal Nuclear Spacecraft Could Halve Mars Travel Time
NASA and General Atomics propose a reactor with two independent loops, one for thrust and one for electrical power, that could cut a Mars…
Deep dive: Nuclear Thermal Propulsion and Specific Impulse
Energy & EnvironmentBreakthroughs
Compact Fusion Reactor Design Validated
Five peer-reviewed papers confirm the physics behind Commonwealth Fusion Systems' ARC compact fusion reactor, designed to power 280,000 homes.
Deep dive: Inside the compact fusion reactor design
Energy & EnvironmentBreakthroughs
Microreactor Nuclear Criticality Achieved by Antares at Idaho Lab
Antares Nuclear's Mark-0 microreactor achieved nuclear criticality at Idaho National Laboratory on 4 June 2026, the first advanced reactor to do so under the…
Deep dive: How the Mark-0 Microreactor Nuclear Criticality Was Achieved
Energy & Environment
Rolls-Royce Small Modular Reactor: Suppliers Chosen for UK’s First SMR
Rolls-Royce SMR selects Škoda JS and Doosan Enerbility to manufacture reactor pressure vessels for Britain's first small modular reactors at Wylfa, Wales.
Deep dive: What makes a small modular reactor different?
Energy & EnvironmentInnovation
Rolls-Royce Small Modular Reactor Contract Signed for Wylfa
A Rolls-Royce small modular reactor contract has been signed for three 470MW units at Wylfa, Anglesey, creating 8,000 jobs and powering 3 million homes.
Deep dive: Inside the Rolls-Royce Small Modular Reactor
Energy & EnvironmentInnovation
Rolls-Royce SMR Nuclear Reactor Clears Key UK Regulatory Hurdle
The Rolls-Royce SMR nuclear reactor has cleared a key UK regulatory hurdle, bringing factory-built modular nuclear power closer to construction at Wylfa.
Deep dive: Inside the Rolls-Royce SMR nuclear reactor
Energy & EnvironmentInnovation
UK Fusion Energy Plant: Construction Partner Named for STEP
The UK has appointed ILIOS consortium to build its first fusion energy plant at West Burton, advancing the STEP programme toward a working prototype…
Deep dive: How a spherical tokamak works
SpaceInnovation
Dragonfly Titan Rotorcraft: NASA Builds a Nuclear Helicopter
NASA's Dragonfly Titan rotorcraft has entered assembly at Johns Hopkins APL. The nuclear-powered drone will fly on Saturn's moon Titan after a 2028 launch.
Deep dive: Designing the Dragonfly Titan Rotorcraft
Energy & EnvironmentInnovation
STEP Fusion Reactor: The UK's £2.5 Billion Bet on Star Power
The UK’s STEP fusion reactor programme has received £2.5 billion in funding. Here’s how the spherical tokamak at West Burton aims to deliver prototype…
Deep dive: How a STEP Fusion Reactor Works