Fusion energy, the same process that powers the Sun and stars, has moved from a theoretical promise to an active engineering race. A handful of private startups, backed by billions in venture capital ...

Dunne: Other companies focused on fusion energy are still in the basic research stage; they still need to prove whether their approach is ever able to achieve net energy gain, which is an open-ended ...

Nuclear startup Antares said Tuesday it has raised $96 million in Series B funding as it pursues its small modular reactor design. The round, which was led by Shine Capital with participation from Alt ...

Founded by Bill Gates, TerraPower is one of the nuclear industry’s leading startups. But the fiery history of its cooling technology is raising alarms. Third in an occasional series on companies ...

TerraPower, a Bill Gates–backed nuclear power start-up, received the federal green light to start building a power plant in Wyoming. The approval paves the way for the first new commercial nuclear ...

Zanskar uses AI to identify hidden geothermal systems—and claims it has found one that could fuel a power plant, the first such discovery by industry in decades. A geothermal startup said Thursday ...

Meta will finance Oklo’s purchase of uranium for its reactors. It’s a massive vote of confidence for both the startup and nuclear power, but challenges remain. There are two ways for tech companies to ...

In January 2025, WSJ went inside Three Mile Island to learn more about the delicate process of rebooting a nuclear power plant. Photo Illustration: Alexandra Larkin A nuclear-power startup said it has ...

A startup specializing in carbon-negative artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure powered by renewable energy systems has acquired the idled Buena Vista Biomass Power facility in Ione, California, ...

See how AI is transforming combined cycle power plants! In this episode of AI in Action, discover how the Ovation™ Virtual Advisor and Ovation AI Agents help operators quickly analyze alarms and speed ...