Commercial nuclear reactors all work pretty much the same way. Atoms of a radioactive material split, emitting neutrons.

AUSTIN, Texas — For Clay Sell, it is an exciting time. His company, X-energy, is making progress on possibly becoming the first to energize a small modular nuclear reactor in the U.S. The four planned ...

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Unit 2 reactor is seen at Luminant's Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant near Glen Rose, Texas, Wednesday, March 23, 2011. (Tom Fox/The Dallas Morning News) Tom Fox/Staff Photographer / THE DALLAS ...

AUSTIN -- For Clay Sell, it is an exciting time. His company, X-energy, is making progress on possibly becoming the first to energize a small modular nuclear reactor in the U.S. The four planned ...