Just over a year ago, the Trump Administration issued an executive order meant to accelerate the development of nuclear power in the US. While an entire startup ecosystem has developed around the use ...

Jeramie Bizzle is a web producer for CBS Chicago. Jeramie began working with CBS Chicago as an intern in 2017 and returned as a full-time Web Producer in 2021. He has previously written for the Austin ...

A massive explosion rocked a Pennsylvania community on Thursday morning, injuring three people and damaging several houses.According to reports from WTAE's ABC affiliate, WNEP, police said a propane ...

An explosion killed a man in an SUV on the Eisenhower Expressway on Thursday and led to an hours-long closure. Police first began investigating around 10 a.m. near Manheim Road, where an SUV was ...

THE EXPLOSION ACTUALLY HAPPENED OUTSIDE THE PLANT. THE EXPLOSION HAPPENED AT A SUBSTATION OUTSIDE THE PLANT. THE NEAR 100 YEAR OLD FACILITY IS SO LARGE IT NEEDS ITS OWN TRANSFORMER TO RESPOND. MEDICAL ...

While companies in the US chase smaller footprints, there are a lot of new large reactors going up in China. It’s a tale of two nuclear industries. In China, large reactors are coming together at a ...

The nearly nine-hour closure of a stretch of the Eisenhower Expressway on Thursday was caused by an explosion that left a person dead, federal authorities confirmed Friday. Just after 10 a.m., ...

An investigation into what authorities now say appears to be a deadly, isolated explosion of a vehicle on the Eisenhower Expressway prompted a shutdown of the major roadway for hours on Thursday as ...

Nuclear energy in the West took another step forward as the first privately developed, non-light-water reactor to go critical in the United States in more than 40 years reached a major milestone when ...

WESTCHESTER, Ill. (WLS) -- Officials have identified the man who died in an explosion that shut down Interstate 290 in the west suburbs for hours on Thursday. The Cook County Medical Examiner's Office ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Energy Department says a small nuclear reactor under development at a national lab has reached a crucial milestone that could allow it to produce electricity within a few years.

Editor's note: The video in the player above is from a previous report on this incident. Authorities have identified the man killed in an explosion on the Eisenhower Expressway in Chicago's western ...