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August 2026

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Yucca Mountain - ‘Yucca Mountain is dead’: 5 other states targeted for nuclear waste hubs

Yucca Mountain - Nuclear waste delivers a political haymaker. Five states say it can be done.

California - Valar Atomics Raises $1B to Scale Advanced Nuclear Reactors for Data Centers

Idaho - America built nuclear power in Idaho first. Now it’s doing it again.

Utah - Proposed Utah nuclear innovation campus could bring opportunities for Sanpete County

New Mexico - LANL’s ZiaCore Microreactor Achieves Historic Milestone

Louisiana - Entergy to consider deployment of Holtec's SMR-300

Tennessee - Tennessee May Accept Nuclear Waste In Partnership With Federal Government

Tennessee - In Knoxville, Gov. Lee touts TN nuclear growth as waste site worries linger

Virginia - EDF taps Technip for EPR2 buildout

Pennsylvania - Westinghouse updates: AP1000 potential, IPO, Amentum partnership

New Jersey - Oyster Creek eyes SMR revival

Massachusetts - CFS secures fusion funding boost

Nation - The U.S. produced plutonium for Cold War nuclear weapons in Washington. Decades later, 56 million gallons of highly radioactive waste remain

Nation - US team achieves 87% nuclear fusion reactor wall purity using plasma and 1472°F heat

Canada - Canada’s push for a ‘nuclear renaissance’

Canada - New building set for Ignace expected to open in 2028

United Kingdom - Plymouth University opens rare nuclear research lab

Western Europe - France Closes 3 Nuclear Reactors as Drought Lowers River Flows

Western Europe - Europe looks to French fusion in race for unlimited clean energy

Northern Europe - Finland moves closer to world’s first geological nuclear fuel disposal site

Northern Europe - World’s first nuclear waste repository with 100,000-year lifespan secures major approval

Middle East - Nuclear Energy’s Inflection Point: Strategic Momentum and Enduring Challenges

East Asia - A glowing future for nuclear power? Mini reactors explained

East Asia - 60-MW BANDI reactor able to power 150,000 homes pitched for marine nuclear use

Southeastern Europe - Fresh 10-year decommissioning licence issued for Kozloduy 3 and 4

South Asia - Intellectual Property Protection Under SHANTI Act: Promotion of innovation in India’s nuclear energy push

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Yucca Mountain - Rosen, Cortez Masto introduce bill overturning law establishing Yucca Mountain as nuclear waste repository

Yucca Mountain - Nevada senators want to ensure Yucca Mountain nuclear repository ‘remains dead’

California - Gas-cooled 300 MW hybrid reactor for electricity, hydrogen clears early review

Idaho - New nuclear campus deal would require Idaho to accept, stores spent nuclear fuel, radioactive waste

Utah - Opinion: Utah is the national leader in energy

Texas - American Fusion’s Texatron clears first lab tests in early fusion energy milestone

Illinois - US-Canada firms tie-up to advance thorium nuclear fuel testing in reactors

Tennessee - Tennessee Named Finalist in Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campus

Tennessee - Tennessee could get $50B for storing nuclear waste. The state won’t say where it plans to put it

Tennessee - Gov predicts Tennessee will be a finalist for nuclear campus

Michigan - SMR-300 reactors could deliver 680 MW of carbon-free power to US data centers

Nation - A closer look at the initial NLIC selections—Part 1

Nation - Meet 7 of the fastest submarines ever to dive beneath the ocean waves

Canada - BWXT sells medical business for USD800 million

Canada - GUTOR 80: UPS, Battery Charger, & Inverter Solutions for Nuclear Applications, Built to ASME NQA-1

United Kingdom - ONR helps shape international toolkit to support cooperation in assessment of advanced reactors

Western Europe - Brussels Energy Brief: fusion to the fore in Europe

Western Europe - France shuts down 3 nuclear reactors as drought lowers river flows

Central Europe - Hungary avoids nuclear shutdown by 'millimetres' as Danube rises

Northern Europe - Finnish regulator gives positive decision on used fuel repository

East Asia - 8 Chinese nuclear reactors awarded $25bn government funding

East Asia - China Greenlights $25 Billion Nuclear Power Projects Across Four Provinces

East Asia - Gyeongnam welcomes SMR designation as national strategic technology

East Asia - Korea’s Nuclear Waste Site Gets Seven-Robot Fleet to Slash Radiation Exposure

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California - Fusion energy startup signs five-year research agreement with the U.S. government

California - Nuclear fusion persists at ultralow energies inside metal foils

Idaho - Strategic Partnership Aims to Deploy First-of-a-Kind Reactor

Idaho - ARC partners with INL for SMR deployment

Idaho - New nuclear campus deal would require Idaho to accept, store spent nuclear fuel, radioactive waste

Idaho - A US national lab is helping build the small nuclear reactor that could power AI data centers

New Mexico - LANL’s ZiaCore microreactor reaches criticality

Oklahoma - The Nuclear Campus Pitch Came With a Catch: Oklahoma Could Store Spent Fuel From Around the Nation

South Carolina - South Carolina didn't make the shortlist of states to host a Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campus

Maryland - Nuclear graphite output doubles for pebble-bed reactors with eight-unit annual capacity

New Jersey - Historic U.S. nuclear site eyes four SMR-300 reactors after 49 years of service

Massachusetts - Commonwealth Fusion Systems raises a further USD1 billion

Nation - Will Siting Keep SMRs From Reaching Critical Mass?

Western Europe - Belgium executes a fundamental U-turn on nuclear power

Western Europe - Germany steps up fusion investment

Central Europe - IAEA launches new fusion research project to strengthen global small and medium device network

Southwestern Europe - Four decades after Chernobyl, a generational divide reshapes Italy's nuclear debate

Southeastern Europe - Greece Launches Nuclear Energy Debate as Power Needs Grow

Southeastern Europe - Romania blasts rocks to reroute cooling Danube water to nuclear reactor

Central Asia - Uzbekistan’s Nuclear Power Plant Project Advances

East Asia - BEST tokamak moves toward 2030 goal

South Asia - NPCIL Seeks Bids For Engineering And 3D Design Of Bharat Small Reactors

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Yucca Mountain - Tennessee on list of 5 states to potentially host Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation program

Washington - Feds ask Richland to annex highly contaminated Hanford land. Here’s why

Idaho - U.S. Commerce Department awards $31 million to Idaho-Wyoming nuclear tech hub, bringing total investment to $40 million

Utah - Utah wants help saving Great Salt Lake in exchange for hosting federal nuclear hub

Tennessee - Tennessee on list of 5 states to potentially host Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation program

Nation - NRC issues proposed rule to update radioactive material transportation regulations for new reactor technologies

Canada - Canada built its nuclear industry to avoid foreign fuel. Its new reactors will depend on it

Canada - Carney Talks About Energy Sovereignty. His New Nuclear Reactors Depend on Foreign Fuel.

International - 5 Disadvantages Of Nuclear Energy (And Why AI Might Make Them Harder To Ignore)

Western Europe - Supercomputer Reveals Why Fusion Plasma’s Goldilocks Regime Actually Works

East Asia - Chinese Government Approves Eight New Nuclear Units as Major Reactor Buildout Continues

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Idaho - Inside the Secret Lab Behind the World’s First Sodium-Cooled SMR Launch

Idaho - Many Things Considered: Trump Has a Nuke Waste Plan for Idaho

Idaho - US: First of kind 100 MW sodium cooled small modular reactor deployment gets a boost

Wyoming - Bill Gates Bets on Nuclear Energy, TerraPower Draws Market Attention

Nation - Task force rules out small nuclear power plants as short-term solution

Nation - Nuclear Microreactor Clears Criticality: Crusoe Plans AI Factory Data Center Test

Nation - DOE Selects Five States as Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campuses

Southeastern Europe - Nuclear Regulator Grants 10-Year Licence to Decommission Kozloduy Units 3 and 4

East Asia - Japan aims to rebuild 2-5 nuclear reactors by 2040s

July 2026

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Yucca Mountain - DOE makes 5 initial selections for Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campus program

Yucca Mountain - What does Utah want from the White House to store nuclear waste? Save the Great Salt Lake.

Idaho - Trump has a plan to make Idaho home to vast stockpile of nation’s high-level nuclear waste

Idaho - ARC partners with INL for first reactor deployment

Utah - Utah may be home to a nuclear innovation campus, Department of Energy announced

New Mexico - US lab validates nuclear microreactor with successful zero-power criticality test

lllinois - Jasper County interested in hosting nuclear power plant

Virginia - Southwest Virginia Field Notes: You have 1 week left to fill out a survey on the possibility of bringing nuclear to Wise County

Pennsylvania - Nuclear firm Westinghouse confidentially files for US IPO

Nation - Fourteen Years After Inactivation, the USS Enterprise Is Still Costing Taxpayers

Nation - Fusion industry attracts record US$4.5bn in race to commercial scale

Nation - U.S. Selects Companies for Controversial Plutonium Transfer

Central Europe - Kyrgyzstan Hazardous Waste Cleanup Begins at Soviet Era Kristall Plant

East Asia - First megawatt-class helium turbine for nuclear microreactors successfully tested in China

South Asia - India’s Future Strategic Discourse: Big Bet on Nuclear Power and Small Modular Reactors

South Asia - Why rising project costs for nuclear power matter for India’s clean energy plans

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Yucca Mountain - 5 states offer to accept nuclear waste in exchange for help developing nuclear energy

California - This startup just raised nearly $500 million to build nuclear reactors for the US military

Alaska - NuAlaska initiative aims to bring long-life nuclear microreactors to remote Alaska

Colorado - Crusoe partners with Aalo on nuclear-powered AI data center deployment at Idaho National Lab

New Mexico - Fire in glovebox at LANL plutonium facility sparks safety discussion

Louisiana - US DOE, Louisiana advance nuclear discussions

Illinois - The Architecture Behind ChatGPT Is Now Simulating Nuclear Reactors. Here’s Why That Matters

Illinois - Illinois lifts 40-year nuclear ban. Now 9 communities want reactors, and ratepayer fears loom

Tennessee - Standard Nuclear reaches construction and safety milestones at two TRISO fuel facilities in Tennessee and Idaho

Michigan - Michigan’s Platform for Advanced Nuclear Energy

New Jersey - Oyster Creek’s License Termination Plan Approved by the USNRC; Oyster Creek Project Planned to Feature Four SMR-300 Units

New York - Holtec Targets 2036 for 1.36-GW SMR-300 Project at Oyster Creek

New Hampshire - New Hampshire misses out on federal nuclear innovation campus selection

Nation - Video: State responds to concerns over nuclear waste disposal plan

United Kingdom - UK Needs Urgent Guidance On Preferred Reactor Concepts, Says Fission Materials Roadmap

Western Europe - France's EDF looking to bring in investors for its SMR project

Western Europe - Germany coordinates fusion R&D efforts

Western Europe - Biblis to Become Laser Fusion Hub

East Asia - China built an artificial sun using a 582-ton magnet

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Yucca Mountain - 5 states in running as DOE looks to move past Yucca Mountain site for nuclear waste dump

California - $470M Investment to Deploy Nuclear Microreactors for Critical Missions

Idaho - Idaho is a finalist to become a federal nuclear powerhouse — and home for waste

Idaho - Idaho among states to accept nuclear waste in exchange for help developing nuclear energy

Utah - Utah advances as contender for federal nuclear innovation campus

Utah - Utah may be home to a nuclear innovation campus, Department of Energy announced

Wyoming - Gillette residents express steady interest in BWXT nuclear fuel facility as company updates community

Texas - Prometheus gains DOE funding

Kansas - Small Town Plays Guinea Pig For First-Of-Its-Kind Underground Nuclear Reactor

Louisiana - Feds pick Louisiana for potential ‘lifecycle’ nuclear campus

Oklahoma - Energy Secretary sees bright future for nuclear power in Oklahoma

Oklahoma - Massive federal nuclear project could land in Oklahoma

Kansas - A Kansas Town Is Split Over Plans to Bury a Nuclear Reactor a Mile Underground

Tennessee - Video: Tennessee to accept nuclear waste in exchange

Tennessee - Video: Tennessee agrees to accept nuclear waste

Pennsylvania - Concern persists as former Three Mile Island nuclear plant progresses toward 2027 restart

Nation - Five States Could Become New US Nuclear Waste Hubs, but Only Three May Be Chosen

Nation - DOE Needs to Better Use End State Contracts to Achieve Intended Results

Canada - Ontario Must Put Renewable Energy First Before Nuclear at Nanticoke

United Kingdom - SGE Submits Application for 4.2GW Fleet of 14 SMRs in the UK

United Kingdom - Rolls-Royce expands Czech SMR plans

United Kingdom - Is it safe to extend the life of a nuclear power station?

Northwestern Europe - McDermott to support potential Dutch Rolls-Royce SMR projects

Southeast Asia - SK Innovation Proposes LNG, SMR Plan for Vietnam

Southeast Asia - ASEAN’s nuclear choices and geopolitical consequences

South Asia - Why countries are embracing nuclear power again, decades after Chernobyl

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Yucca Mountain - ‘Yucca Mountain is dead’: 5 other states targeted for nuclear waste hubs

Yucca Mountain - Five states offer to host US nuclear waste under Trump’s plan

Yucca Mountain - Video: Trump administration selects five states as candidates for radioactive nuclear waste storage

Yucca Mountain - The five states Trump hopes will help fix America’s nuclear waste problem

Yucca Mountain - Leaked plan reveals Trump's bid for nuclear dumping grounds throughout the US

Yucca Mountain - White House wants to entice ‘willing states’ to take nation’s nuclear waste with promises of economic boost

California - Long Beach is first port to partner with MARAD on maritime reactors

California - Bluecore launches floating SMR venture

California - Oklo reactor cleared for startup

Washington - US strengthens advanced nuclear fuel supply with TRISO and HALEU initiatives

Washington - Microsoft’s $60 Million Genesis Mission Commitment Puts Nuclear AI at the Center

Utah - Utah one of five states picked for nuclear lifecycle campus

Oklahoma - Oklahoma Named DOE Finalist for Proposed Nuclear Innovation Campus

Oklahoma - Oklahoma Among Five States Selected to Pursue Nuclear Innovation Campus

Oklahoma - Governor Stitt applauds Oklahoma’s selection as a finalist to host a Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campus

Tennessee - Tennessee Selected as Finalist for U.S. Department of Energy Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campus

Illinois - These 9 Illinois communities say they’re interested in new nuclear facilities

Illinois - Antares raises capital for military microreactors

Illinois - US lab adapts ChatGPT-like transformer tech to speed up nuclear reactor simulations

Illinois - AI transformers improve nuclear reactor simulations

Ohio - A $100M Ohio energy fund lacks transparency — and excludes renewables

South Carolina - South Carolina doesn’t make cut for nuclear campus that could provide thousands of jobs

Pennsylvania - PJM to Cut Power for Data Centers Starting June 2027

New York - Manhattan Project eyed as potential source of high radiation in Western NY

New York - Residents demand answers and "superfund" status for radioactive hotspots in Niagara County

New York - Radiant and NASA awarded US HALEU allocations

Nation - In the 1960s, the U.S. ran nuclear tests and dumped radioactive waste off Johnston Atoll. After decades of being uninhabited, it became a refuge for hundreds of species

Nation - The US buried 85,000 cubic metres of nuclear waste beneath a Pacific Island. Now the ocean is rising around it

Nation - DOE eyes nuclear to power Pax Silica AI hub in New Clark City

Nation - US military bases could be powered by Antares’ mini nuclear reactors by 2028

Nation - WH Pushes Congress to End Nuclear Waste Standoff

Nation - Five States Emerge as Finalists for DOE’s Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campuses

United Kingdom - Nuclear regulator plans safety-rule reset for new reactor era

United Kingdom - Defense spin-off eyes nuclear energy sector domination with novel reactor design

United Kingdom - The nuclear revival will be decided by supply chains—and SMRs will prove it

Southwestern Europe - Italy Plots Controversial Return to Nuclear Power 40 Years After Chernobyl Disaster

East Asia - World’s Largest Fusion Magnet: How China’s 582-Tonne Test Accelerates Clean Energy Timeline

East Asia - China completes world’s largest fusion magnet, moves closer to artificial Sun

East Asia - Japan hit by 7.1-magnitude earthquake: Many feared dead, 50 hospitalised; tsunami alert issued

South Asia - Hindalco Submits Sole Proposal For NPCIL’s Bharat Small Reactor Plan

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California - Deep Isolation Selected as Sole Industrial Partner on Three DOE Project GENESIS AI Initiatives

California -Antares raises $470M to build nuclear reactors for the US military

Nation - DOE Consortium Growing the Nuclear Fuel Cycle in 2026

Nation - First port signs up to US initiative on maritime SMRs

Nation - NASA and Radiant selected to receive HALEU

Canada - OPG acts to remediate soil erosion at Darlington site

United Kingdom - NWS seeking vendors for £17.8M environmental safety case framework

United Kingdom - X-energy Advanced Nuclear Reactor plan for Hartlepool

Western Europe - Nuclear developments in France, Germany, the Czech Republic, and beyond

Africa - Will mini reactors solve Africa’s energy crisis?

South Asia - India's resolve to use Thorium for achieving self-sufficiency in clean energy supply

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Texas - Molten Salt Reactors Just Cleared A Major U.S. Regulatory Hurdle

Nation - Federal regulators move on radiation protection principle sets off debate

Nation - As Trump boosts nuclear power, regulators seek to eliminate a longstanding radiation safety practice

Canada - Canada remains anti-nuke, but its potential path to the bomb is getting shorter

United Kingdom - Campaign steps up opposition to south Wales nuclear project

Western Europe - Nuclear Fusion’s Big 2026 Test: Can Europe Turn ITER’s Science Project Into Real Power?

South Asia - Department of Atomic Energy launches world’s first hydrogen plant using Cu-Cl cycle and FBTR nuclear heat

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Texas - Texas just gave a startup permission to test a fusion reactor — here's what that means

Kansas - A nuclear reactor buried one mile below ground moves from concept to a Kansas test site

East Asia - Chinese Academy of Sciences unveils AI integration plan for nuclear energy at WAIC

Southeast Asia - Groups warn against nuclear rush

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Yucca Mountain - These 9 Illinois Communities Say They’re Interested in New Nuclear Facilities

Washington - TerraPower becomes first advanced reactor company to join INPO

Wyoming - Eyeing 2031 to start production, BWXT advances $500M nuclear fuel plant project by Gillette

Texas - Oklo cleared to start up test reactor

Iowa - Linn County commission opens discussion on allowing data centers alongside nuclear power

Illinois - Clean Core, QNI sign HALEU deal

Indiana - Will Rockport plant someday generate nuclear power?

Florida - How a small radioactive battery paves the way for transparent nuclear use in space

Florida - Constellation backs modular nuclear developer

Pennsylvania - Creation of smaller nuclear reactors a little bit easier with new PA law

Maryland - Standard Nuclear plans TRISO production at two new facilities in 2026

Nation - US military base to get portable 1MW microreactor with new nuclear fuel allocation

Nation - Nuclear molten salt could power future cargo ships

Nation - Energy and Environment Trump celebrates nuclear developers who hit ambitious July 4 deadline for new reactors

Nation - Scaling Advanced Nuclear Fuel Production to Meet Rising Demand

Nation - American Privately Built Reactors Reach First Criticality Since the 1970s

Nation - Fusion is Ready. Is Trump’s Washington?

United Kingdom - Nuclear waste treatment plant planned for Workington

Central Europe - Rolls-Royce SMR advances plans at two more Czech sites

South Asia - India to develop 5 indigenously-designed small modular reactors by 2033: Government

Southeast Asia - U.S. Prioritizes Small Nuclear Reactors Across Southeast Asia

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Yucca Mountain - Burying hot radioactive waste in ‘boreholes’ mentioned in plan for SC nuclear campus

California - MARAD, Port of Long Beach partner on small modular reactors

Texas - SuperCritical Materials licenses technology for uranium seawater extraction

Texas - County halts work on Aalo testing facility

Texas - Molten Salt Reactor Gets Key Safety Approval

Texas - Betting on Nuclear

Indiana - Indiana officials aim to inspire nuclear development — starting with local-level support

South Carolina - Burying hot radioactive waste in ‘boreholes’ mentioned in plan for SC nuclear campus

Pennsylvania - Gov. Shapiro signs nuclear power bill into law

Maryland - Constellation backs Blue Energy in first SMR investment

Maryland - Constellation Energy Backs Blue Energy to Scale Small Modular Reactors

Nation - New US nuclear fuel facilities target 5-metric-ton uranium production for advanced reactors

Nation - Preparing for the Future of Offshore Nuclear Energy

Canada - Ottawa defends SON engagement on nuclear strategy

Western Europe - Germany approves controversial nuclear project involving Russia’s Rosatom

Western Europe - World’s largest nuclear fusion reactor adds HD Hyundai’s 5000-ton vacuum vessel part

Central Europe - Nuclearelectrica's proposal to review SMR options rejected by ministry

Central Europe - EIB loan for Cernavodă refurb

Africa - Nuclear Momentum Builds as Africa Eyes Baseload Power for Long-Term Energy Security

East Asia - Samsung Heavy and Sargent & Lundy Launch Floating Nuclear Power Plant for Any SMR

East Asia - Samsung teams up with US company to develop floating nuclear reactor platform

South Asia - Government Announces Massive Nuclear Expansion Plan for Viksit Bharat 2047 Goal

South Asia - India targets 100 GW nuclear power capacity by 2047

Southeast Asia - DoE signals possible delay in nuclear program to 2035

Canada - Canada just lowered a 953-ton reactor into a 35-meter shaft, and it could power 300,000 homes

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California - Nuclear Startup Valar Atomics in Talks to Raise New Funding at $6B Valuation

California - Bluecore Energy Raises $10M to Advance Compact Nuclear Reactors

California - US Weighs Putting Nuclear Power Plants in Ocean Waters

Colorado - Mines selected for 2 Genesis Mission projects to apply AI to critical mineral exploration, nuclear energy

New York - Nano Nuclear Energy Is Designing Microreactors

Nation - Four US microreactors hit criticality milestone

Nation - ‘First’ advanced, liquid-fueled nuclear reactor in US secures key safety approval

Nation - New US fusion regulations set to spur deployment

Nation - U.S. Inks Enrichment Deal with Saudi Arabia

Canada - First Nations oppose G1 plan

South America - Argentina just approved a $1.2 billion private nuclear reactor, though the American company behind it is a surprising name

United Kingdom - Jacobs wins small modular reactor planning role

United Kingdom - Nuclear production lines: How will SMR factories work?

Western Europe - Advanced Nuclear Company Unveils Generation IV Reactor Project For Southern France

Central Europe - ČEZ and Rolls-Royce SMR expand Czech small modular reactor partnership

East Asia - Samsung Heavy inks deal with U.S. company on FSMR development

East Asia - Korean-US partnership for floating SMR platform

South Asia - India aims to ready five small nuclear reactors by 2033

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California - 3,000 Shots Closer to Commercial Fusion? Livermore National Lab Touts Pulsar Energy Breakthrough

Idaho - Crapo, Risch, Simpson Celebrate Idaho Nuclear Tech Hub Designation

Idaho - Researchers Achieve Remote, Autonomous Power Control Of Research Reactor In Real Time

Utah - EnergySolutions confirms plans for new nuclear at Kewaunee

New Mexico - LANL nuke waste cleanup contractor's ex-employees allege safety lapses, retaliation

Texas - ASP Isotopes partners with Texas A&M to enhance uranium hexafluoride production

Texas - Natura Resources Receives U.S. DOE Approval of its Nuclear Safety Design Agreement for its Molten Salt Nuclear Reactor Deployment

Texas - UH joins Texas' nuclear energy push

Nation - GAO report describes cleanup progress at Moab Mill Site

Nation - Data centers expected to use 4x more electricity by 2035

Nation - Center for Used Fuel Research selects two technologies for demonstration of automated used nuclear fuel canister monitoring

Canada - Why these First Nations in B.C. are studying nuclear power

United Kingdom - Labour at Westminster slam SNP government on no new nuclear

United Kingdom - Rolls-Royce SMR Signs Agreement For Work At Two Additional Reactor Sites In Czech Republic

United Kingdom - UK Chooses Jacobs To Provide Key Services For Small Modular Reactor Projects

Northern Europe - Sweden’s Uranium Mining Law Reform and the Viken Project Explained

Eastern Europe - Expert warns of severe risks as Minsk plans to end oversight of Chernobyl waste dumps

Africa - Africa’s nuclear energy ambitions gain momentum as fuel supply risks reshape energy security strategy

Middle East - Closing the loop on Bushehr’s plutonium problem

East Asia - China’s Nuclear Leap Forward

East Asia - Japan partners target fusion salt supply

Southeast Asia - Malaysia builds nuclear safety base before any reactor decision

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Idaho - Video: Magic Valley Looks Into Advanced Nuclear Energy Options

Texas - Modular Nuclear Power Moves Fast to Keep Up with AI Data Centers

Texas - Constellation Backs Texas-based Blue Energy to Speed Up SMR Deployment in the U.S.

Indiana - Purdue's unique digital reactor advances the future of nuclear energy

Indiana - Indiana launches nuclear readiness designation system

Maryland - Nuclear power plant developer Blue Energy gets investment from Constellation Tech Ventures

New Jersey - New Jersey Launches Process to Bring Advanced Nuclear Power to State

New Jersey - New Jersey backs new nuclear

New Jersey - Palisades’ Safety Leadership Team Established in Preparation for the Plant’s Restart

Nation - Data centers powered by next-gen nuclear? Don’t fall for Big Tech’s PR hype

Central Europe - Serbian officials lay out nuclear energy timeline

East Africa - Kenya’s nuclear energy ambitions meet fierce local resistance

East Asia - The Japanese alliance will boost the development of FLiBe molten salt for commercial fusion reactors

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New York - Group says four Town of Niagara families being relocated due to radiation levels

Central Europe - The Dispute over Trgovska Gora enters a New Phase

Eastern Europe - Russia’s 370-ton nuclear battery reactor clears key milestone for deployment

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Nevada - Small magnitude 3.6 earthquake 38 miles northwest of Pahrump, Nevada, United States

Washington - Hanford Site cleanup crews lower radiation by 80% in valve pit

Texas - Nuclear-powered ship design with dual molten salt reactors wins approval from US body

East Asia - Video: China's Artificial Sun

Southeast Asia - Malaysia’s nuclear power initiative rests on safety blueprint before any reactor decision

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California - Nuclear startup Valar Atomics in talks to raise new funding at $6B valuation

Idaho - The Energy Department is on track to switch on three small nuclear reactors in Idaho

Arizona - Graphene nanoribbons can withstand extreme environments, could be used in fusion reactors

Tennessee - US Triso Fuel Manufacturer Gets $11 Million Grant For Tennessee Fabrication Campus

Tennessee - New grant to fund continued construction of TRISO-X fuel facilities

Tennessee - World-class nuclear fuel facility that can power next-gen reactors to be built with new funding

Pennsylvania - Simulations show nichrome microstructure could impact corrosion

Maryland - Constellation invests in Blue Energy

New Jersey - NJ's eying a nuclear future. But it'll need the feds to chip in.

New Jersey - New Jersey Bets Big on Small Nuclear Reactors

New York - US startup joins nuclear alliance to power hyperscale computing with microreactors

Nation - The U.S. has begun preparations to decommission the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, the USS Enterprise

Nation - The human factor in licensing and operating the next generation of nuclear plants

Canada - General Fusion lists on Nasdaq

Canada - B.C. First Nations explore if nuclear power could meet province’s electricity needs

United Kingdom - Small Modular Reactors: How do we know when something is about to go wrong?

United Kingdom - Machine learning for next-generation nuclear reactor design

Eastern Europe - Molten salt reactors target curium

Eastern Europe - Rosatom advances Shelf-M SMR

Eastern Europe - Nuclear Reactors and Radioisotopes for Space

Middle East - Why do we keep ignoring the large quantity of plutonium at Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant?

East Asia - Hyundai E&C joins FANCO project

East Asia - South Korean SMR-powered container ship design certified

South Asia - Nuclear Ambitions: Building capacity for a low-carbon future

South Asia - Bangladesh's $12.65 billion nuclear bet faces its biggest test yet

South Asia - India reopens one of world's oldest nuclear power plants and that's just the beginning

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California - Halo reactor: US firm unveils commercial plan for 10MWe nuclear reactor based on light-water tech

California - Pacific Fusion Says Pulsed-Power Prototype Hits Milestone at National Lab

California - Pulsed-power prototype completes 3,000 tests at 95% efficiency for future fusion plants

Idaho - ‘An enduring mission’: DOE Assistant Secretary visits Idaho Environmental Coalition, highlighting cleanup efforts at INL

Arizona - Graphene nanoribbons survive gamma radiation, revealing potential sensors for fusion reactors

New Mexico - US scientists create tiny crystal sensor to measure intense fusion magnetic fields

New Mexico - U.S. underestimates peril if Los Alamos were to leak plutonium, study says

Wisconsin - Aalo-X 10-MWe test reactor taps Rockwell control platform to speed nuclear deployment

Wisconsin - Realta Fusion, Inertia Enterprises select HQ locations

Wisconsin - Fusion research is expanding in Madison. Here's what to know

Indiana - Indiana encouraging localities to earn 'Nuclear Ready' designations

South Carolina - Nuclear watchdogs seek answers on plutonium pit need before comment deadline

Pennsylvania - Pennsylvania legislators pass bill to bolster modular nuclear development

Maryland - Constellation Energy to invest in nuclear technology developer Blue Energy

New Jersey - $15 Billion New Jersey Nuclear Project Targets 1,100-MW Advanced Nuclear Energy under New Law

Maine - UMaine researchers developing sensors for monitoring nuclear fusion reactors

Nation - U.S. Navy awards $418 million contract to dismantle its first nuclear carrier

Canada - Alberta Peace region pitches itself as nuclear energy hub for province and beyond

Western Europe - French Firm Seeks U.S. License for a Lead-Cooled Fast Reactor

West Asia - Türkiye, Canada join forces to build next-generation Turkish nuclear ecosystem

East Asia - New Process Turns Mixed Plastic Waste Directly Into Hydrogen Fuel

East Asia - Korea's molten salt nuclear-powered container ship design wins US approval

East Asia - Three firms interested in applying for Korea's upcoming SMR preliminary review system

East Asia - Critical FLiBe molten salt moves closer to commercial use in fusion power plants

Southeast Asia - Can Small Modular Reactors Make Nuclear Work in Southeast Asia?

South Asia - NTPC-NPCIL JV floats Rs28,000 crore tender for Rajasthan nuclear power project

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California - Deep Isolation CEO Rod Baltzer Issues Letter to Shareholders

Utah - ‘Fuel for the Future’: Utah Office of Energy Development gears up for final Powering Tomorrow workshop

New Mexico - A study reveals that the US underestimates the real risk of a plutonium leak at Los Alamos

Wisconsin - Fusion research center coming to Madison's former Oscar Mayer plant

Wisconsin - U.S. Fusion Energy Startup Taking Over Former Oscar Mayer Plant

Wisconsin - Realta Fusion Secures Former Oscar Mayer Plant for Cutting-Edge Nuclear Facility

Wisconsin - Why Realta Fusion is building a fusion reactor at an old hot dog factory

Illinois - CCTE's ANEEL Fuel Published in Leading Peer-Reviewed Journal, Building on Completed High-Burnup Irradiation at Idaho National Laboratory

Tennessee - Tennessee Is Building America’s Nuclear Fuel Future

Indiana - Braun administration launches program to get Indiana communities to embrace nuclear

Florida - Holtec bets big on small nuclear reactors in its IPO filing

Virginia - Nuclear option: The only logical answer to AI energy crisis

Nation - Researchers demonstrate remote real-time adjustment of PUR-1 reactor

Nation - United States Heavy Water Market Forecast to Reach US$ 125.3 Billion by 2033, Growing Demand from PHWR Reactors Fuels Industry Growth

Nation - Nuclear fusion industry attracts record annual funding of $4.48bn

Canada - A look at Canada’s uranium mining industry and its plan for nuclear plants

Western Europe - Scientists Discover Bacteria That Help Contain Uranium in Flooded German Mine

Western Europe - Kenfo's Billion Euro Breakthrough

Western Europe - Testing Materials For Fusion Power Plants

East Asia - China’s newest nuclear reactor has reached one of its biggest milestones

South Asia - Serious risk to India's largest nuclear plant after sensitive files leaked on dark web: Report

South Asia - Files relating to Kudankulam nuclear power plant exposed in data breach: Report

South Asia - India to issue largest-ever Rs 28,000 crore nuclear EPC tender for indigenous reactor programme

Africa - Two billion years ago a uranium deposit in Gabon switched itself on as a natural nuclear reactor, operating in pulses as groundwater boiled away and slowly returned

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Idaho - Researchers achieve remote, autonomous power control of a research reactor in real time

Idaho - The world’s most powerful test reactor in Idaho just pulled out its first new fuel samples, and now the real test begins

Kansas - Video: Fusion Breakthrough: StellarForge Reactor Achieves Sustained Net-Energy-Gain

Michigan - Molten salt reactors: A new testing facility improves pump shaft seals

Ohio - Ohio leaders tour PORTS site, reaffirm commitment to redevelopment efforts

Pennsylvania - US scientists spot reason behind 'corrosion highways' in advanced nuclear reactors

New Jersey - New Jersey Just Unveiled a $24 Billion Nuclear Opportunity — and Cameco, Brookfield Could Be Best Positioned to Win

Nation - Democrats sound alarm over bill limiting independent reviews of new nuclear reactors

Nation - The U.S. is rushing a fleet of new nuclear reactors for its 250th birthday, but engineers warn the speed has a cost

Nation - Fusion industry raised USD4.5 billion in past year, report says

Canada - Video: Proposed nuclear waste storage site generates mixed reaction in northwestern Ontario

Canada - How Cambridge is powering Ontario’s energy future

South America - First SMR deal in Argentina is nuclear investment landmark

International - Global collaboration: a key driver of nuclear growth worldwide

United Kingdom - Laing O’Rourke’s offsite methods halve time on nuclear project sites

United Kingdom - Shaping our nuclear future

United Kingdom - SGE Unveils Plans for 4.2GW UK Small Modular Reactor Fleet

United Kingdom - Fusion sector investment shifts toward supply chains as commercial push widens

Central Europe - Construction of new Swiss nuclear power plant is economically viable, says new report

East Asia - Hyundai E&C, FANCO to collaborate on SMR project

East Asia - IAEA Reviews China's Nuclear Security at Landmark SMR Inspection

East Asia - China’s Fusion Push Gets Closer, EAST Targets Power Generation by 2030

South Asia - India-Australia Civil Nuclear Cooperation

South Asia - Terms finalized for Australian uranium exports to India

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Yucca Mountain - Trump’s nuclear push is reviving a moribund debate over waste

Yucca Mountain - Video: Most useless megaprojects in the world

California - Pelican Energy Partners Acquires Veridiam to Expand Nuclear Supply Chain Platform

Washington - DOE pushes dual-path Hanford cleanup plan

Washington - A rare look at the lab driving Hanford’s cleanup

Utah - KSL News Daily: The nuclear debate Utah can’t avoid

Colorado - Leaders in Colorado's Douglas County exploring nuclear energy options

Tennessee - Firm Breaks Ground on First Next-Gen Nuclear Reactor in America to Power Data Centers for Less

Tennessee - Small Nuclear Reactors Could Reshape Rural Energy Future

Florida - Holtec seeks U.S. IPO as AI boosts demand for nuclear energy

South Carolina - Savannah River Site completes concrete work for Saltstone Disposal Unit 11

New Jersey - Gov. Sherrill signs bill starting nuclear power procurement

New York - Video: Nuclear Power: Why It’s Still a Bad Idea

Nation - Quantum Computers Just Took a Step Toward Solving Nuclear Fusion's Fuel Problem

Nation - Quantum computing breakthrough could accelerate tritium production for future fusion power

Canada - Will Canada become a global nuclear leader? Here’s what one expert says

United Kingdom - Hinkley Point C nuclear technical verifiers appointed for Decommissioning Fund

United Kingdom - Sizewell B gets 20-year life extension; SMR agreements signed around the world

Western Europe - Belgium ushers in new era of nuclear energy with millions in funding

Eastern Europe - Rosatom upgrades route to fast reactor fuel

Africa - Africa Just Showed The World How Fast Nuclear Can Move

East Asia - Clobot Selected for Nuclear Waste Robotics Demonstration Project

East Asia - AI and Chip Expansion Spark New Push for Nuclear Energy in South Korea

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Nevada - Mag. 3.0 earthquake - 50 mi northwest of North Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada

Idaho - B61-13 Certified Three Months Early, Keeping U.S. Nuclear Build at Record Pace

Kentucky - LG&E and KU partner with X-energy to assess feasibility of small modular reactors in Kentucky

Indiana - America's first digital nuclear reactor begins AI, cybersecurity tests

Nation - Trump administration scrapping nuclear energy rules requiring plants to keep radiation levels as low as reasonably achievable

Nation - Trump says a nuclear renaissance is coming. The deals aren’t.

Nation - The new space race for a lunar base — complete with nuclear reactors — will decide the future of America’s national security

Canada - 'Power hungry': Nuclear renaissance a boon for Canada's mining and reactor sectors

Middle East - Iranian authorities deny reports of an attack on the Bushehr nuclear power plant and a radiation leak

South Asia - Bangladesh's first nuclear power plant is drawing crowds. Here's why the world is watching

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California - World's 1st fusion factory in Livermore aims to be clean energy source for commercial use

New Mexico - U.S. underestimates peril if Los Alamos were to leak plutonium, study says

Kansas - Kansas becomes testing ground for a radical nuclear reactor design

Missouri - Missouri pushes for more nuclear energy to power the future

Indiana - PUR-1: America’s first fully digital nuclear reactor begins testing for advanced action

Nation - U.S. DOE Has Provided Loans For AP1000 Commercial Nuclear Reactors

Canada - SON criticizes lack of consultation on nuclear strategy

United Kingdom - Google backs nuclear fusion firm with capital boost for ‘Alpha’ net-energy reactor

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California - Mosko: Garden Grove Was a Warning, San Onofre Is the Test

Washington -Former worker killed in ‘intense’ wrong-way crash with patrol car on Hanford site

Arizona - Biggs Backs Palo Verde Expansion, Pushes Arizona To Lead Small Modular Reactor Development

New Mexico - U.S. Underestimates Peril if Los Alamos Were to Leak Plutonium, Study Says

Indiana - At the nation’s only all-digital nuclear reactor, engineers conduct the first experiments of their kind in the U.S.

Missouri - Guest Editorial: Indian Point going nuclear again? Folks, it just ain't gonna happen!

Virginia - US trade agency eyes small modular reactor cooperation projects in Türkiye

South Carolina - Plaintiffs in SRS plutonium pit lawsuit demand documents, extension of public comment period

Connecticut - Editorial: Nuclear is key to energy production in Connecticut

Nation - Energy Department Implements 5 of 30 Critical GAO Recommendations

South America - Nuclear Energy: The Right Solution for Mexico?

Nation - Defense used fuel recycling project advances to partner selection phase

National - How Nuclear Energy Really Works

Canada - Portland Holdings signs Turkish nuclear deal in latest international move

United Kingdom - UK Government extends Sizewell B power station lifespan by 20 years

United Kingdom - Brian Leishman opposes new nuclear energy near Clacks

United Kingdom - Britain reinforces its long-term nuclear strategy by extending Sizewell B's operation

Western Europe - Proxima Fusion advances fusion engineering with a new stellarator-based demonstrator

Northern Europe - Video: Sweden’s 100,000-year solution to nuclear waste

Central Europe - Swiss power providers show little appetite for building nuclear plants

Central Europe - IAEA-Led Mission Sample ALPS-Treated Water at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station under Additional Measures

Middle East - Egypt moves closer to nuclear power as El Dabaa project advances

East Asia - South Korea Renews Push for Uranium Enrichment Rights as SMR Race Accelerates

South Asia - SHANTI Act: The law ....may've started to show results

South Asia - NTPC issues tender for overseas uranium mine acquisition for nuclear push

Oceania - CCWA supports continued ban on uranium mining in WA after Albanese Government inks trade deal with India

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Nevada - Eagle Nuclear tasks key firms for drilling preparation at Aurora uranium project

Nevada - Small earthquakes rattle southern Nevada town

California - Company Races to Build a Commercial Power Plant

California - First US sodium-ion plant to produce 4 GWh of grid storage to power 4 million homes

California - The Fusion Energy Startup Inertia to Unveil New Livermore Facility

Washington - PNNL Overcomes High Pressure Challenges to Advance Plutonium Processing Capabilities

Washington - Medford Council Adopts Taboo on Data Centers, Only to Find It Carries Unintended Implications

Texas - Argentina Plans 300 MW SMR at Atucha

Missouri - More power to Missouri: Will there be a nuclear energy renaissance?

Missouri - Nuclear Expansion Considered in Callaway County

South Carolina - Savannah River implements new approach to H Canyon maintenance

North Carolina - Mountain politicking: How awareness and economic concerns galvanize Ashe residents between stops at the polling booth

Vermont - ‘Broken’ trust: Energy site redevelopment company seeks input from Vernon community on uses for former Vermont Yankee plant

Nation - How Trump and AI Data Centers Are Boosting Nuclear Power

Nation - Here are the strong elements of House and Senate energy legislation that should be included in the final bill

Nation - America’s nuclear resurgence requires more than new reactors

Nation - Industry Update—July 2026

Nation - These 10 states are best positioned to land AI data center deals despite rising public opposition

Nation - NRC Targets Faster Nuclear Licensing With NEPA Streamlining Proposal

Nation - Advanced US nuclear battery deal targets 3000 MW power with $22.5 billion pipeline

Nation - Quantum computing wielded to create extremely rare material critical to nuclear fusion

Canada - Environmental group urges Sask. to abandon nuclear plans

International - Shock in the Atlantic: 200,000 radioactive barrels have been lying on the seabed for 80 years

United Kingdom - Nuclear power plant to continue powering UK until 2055

United Kingdom - UK’s Sizewell B Nuclear Power Plant Granted A 20-Year Life Extension

United Kingdom - Nuclear plant given life extension to power 2,500,000 homes for 20 more years

Central Europe - IAEA and World Bank Expand Nuclear Energy Partnership

East Asia - Daewoo E&C expands into AI-era energy infrastructure

East Asia - China unveils mega semi-submersible crane vessel that lifts 2,425 tons for offshore work

East Asia - Chasing the 2030 Power Generation Target: China's Artificial Sun Race Heats Up

Oceania - Australia and India's Groundbreaking Uranium Deal for Green Energy Expansion

08

Nevada - Lawsuit could determine Nevada regulators' ability to curtail water rights

Nevada - Mag. 3.4 earthquake - 47 km SE of Beatty, Nevada

California - A US startup wants to drop a full nuclear reactor a mile down a 30-inch hole, with no concrete dome required

New Mexico - LETTERS: Data centers, hazardous waste, dumps, we've been here before

Michigan - Old nuclear power plants being switched back on as AI drives demand

Florida - US firm secures advanced neutron generators to power next-gen nuclear reactors

Nation - No new plutonium pits!

Nation - Video: The U.S. Has 100,000 Tons of Nuclear Waste. Now What?

Nation - US, Japan, South Korea sign cooperation agreement for deployment of small modular reactors

Nation - Trilateral cooperation agreement on SMR deployment

Canada - SON says it should have been consulted on new federal nuclear strategy

International - NEA: “Transformative scenario” is needed to reach COP28 goal by 2050

United Kingdom - UK’s nuclear waste decommissioning could be handled by teleoperated robots

Western Europe - Proxima Fusion Raises 411 Million Euros

Western Europe - Munich-based fusion energy start-up Proxima raises €411m

Central Europe - IAEA Highlights Importance of Nuclear Liability Frameworks

Central Europe - IAEA and World Bank Group Collaborate to Advance Nuclear Energy for Development

East Africa - Tanzania Advances Nuclear Power ambitions as IAEA review marks next step in Africa’s emerging energy transition

East Africa - Rwanda: Who Will Finance Rwanda's First Small Nuclear Reactor?

Central Asia - How Uzbekistan emerged as an aspiring Nuclear Energy Nation in just a few years: Key findings of the International Atomic Energy Agency Mission

East Asia - Japan, U.S., South Korea Agree to Promote Next-Generation Small Modular Reactors

07

California - US startup moves one-mile underground reactor closer to reality with key prototype

Idaho - Microsoft-backed SMR firm Aalo achieves test reactor criticality as part of DOE program

Colorado - Frontier Nuclear Inks Royalty Deal for Colorado Mine Waste Recovery

Kansas - Deep Fission Prototype Reactor Canister Arrives at Kansas Site, Advancing Reactor Proof-of-Concept Program

Tennessee - Nuclear fuel firm Standard Nuclear eyes up to $3.55 billion valuation in US IPO

Nation - How the Future of Military Energy Could Lead to Floating Nuclear Power Plants

Nation - US, Japan, Korea ink SMR pact for Indo-Pacific

Canada - Feds order ‘more detailed update’ on Ignace nuclear transport plan

United Kingdom - £360M Great British Energy SMR Project Advances with Amentum and Cavendish Construction Partnership

United Kingdom - GBE-N launches £1.08bn procurement process for SMR delivery partner

United Kingdom - GB Energy – Nuclear offers £1bn contract for SMR partner

United Kingdom - Polish company SGE hopes to deploy 14 BWRX-300 reactors in U.K.

United Kingdom -The UK's countryside could soon be filled with small nuclear reactors

Western Europe - Google-parent Alphabet just helped turn this German nuclear fusion startup into a $2.4 billion company

Northern Europe - Skanska contracted for Swedish repository expansion work

East Asia - Japan’s nuclear fusion firm picks construction partner for its pilot reactor

06

California - Federal regulators begin review of plans for small nuclear reactors at Palisades plant

Idaho - US 10-MWe nuclear reactor reaches criticality for commercial data center power

Idaho - Third experimental nuclear reactor reaches key milestone

Idaho - Aalo Atomics’ Test Reactor Reaches Criticality at INL, Fourth DOE-Authorized Advanced Reactor by July 4

Idaho - Deployable Energy achieves criticality at INL ahead of deadline

Utah - Utah's nuclear strategy aims to meet data center energy demands

Tennessee - Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Cleveland Clinic model chemistry of fusion reactor material

Tennessee - IBM quantum systems advance molten salt chemistry for fusion blankets

Wisconsin - Realta Fusion makes electricity, but not through heat conversion

Massachusetts - Commonwealth Fusion Systems joins UKAEA’s LIBRTI program

Maryland - DARPA Awards $3.37M to Develop Nuclear Waste Batteries for Long-Endurance Drones

Canada - First Nations backs Darlington SMR

United Kingdom - SGE plans UK SMR fleet

United Kingdom - UK Government study identifies Scottish sites with technical potential for new nuclear

United Kingdom - SGE unveils plans for 14 UK Small Modular Reactors

United Kingdom - Great British Energy appoints Amentum and Cavendish in £360M SMR deal

United Kingdom - CFS joins UK tritium programme

United Kingdom - U.K.’s First Prototype Fusion Energy Plant Achieves Critical Milestone

Southwestern Europe - A Nuclear Reactor That Can’t Melt Down? Here’s How It Works

Northern Europe - Skanska builds rock caverns for the final repository of short-lived radioactive waste in Forsmark for about SEK 1 billion

Central Europe - Nuclear power in Switzerland: ‘The most sensible policy is to keep the existing plants running’

Eastern Europe - Ukraine informing international partners about Russian strike on nuclear waste storage facility – Zelensky

Eastern Europe - Fresh look needed at licensing approach for small reactors - Likhachev

05

California - A US startup wants to drop a full nuclear reactor a mile down a 30-inch hole and let the rock above replace the containment dome

New York - Hundreds of Residents, Community Leaders Rally Against Gov. Hochul’s Costly and Dangerous Nuclear Agenda on Statewide Day of Action

Nation - 5 nuclear power innovations that could transform our struggling energy grid

United Kingdom - Nuclear fusion gets major push to manage rare tritium for commercial reactors

Central Europe - IAEA launches interactive online tool tracking global spent nuclear fuel inventory and storage status

04

Texas - How a third-generation Texas oilman transformed an organic farming company into a leading advanced nuclear startup at a small Christian college

Nation - Nuclear startups milestone shows a new race for power

Nation - Energy Secretary Reports Third Advanced Reactor Criticality

Nation - The US now has three microreactors running – and data centers are watching closely

Canada - Canada wants to build up to 10 new nuclear plants. Will our pension funds pay for them?

United Kingdom - Scottish climate campaigners condemn new nuclear power plans

United Kingdom - SGE plans 14 BWRX-300 SMRs across UK to boost energy capacity

United Kingdom - STEP tokamak gets modular fusion reactor core design to reduce downtime, boost maintenance

East Asia - Forget solar panels? China’s ‘Artificial Sun’ could change how the world is powered

03

Idaho - Criticality for third US reactor

Tennessee - TVA clears huge hurdle in race to build America's first small nuclear reactor

Florida - AMPERA Unveils First 3D-Printed Thorium Reactor Core: Subcritical Design Targets AI Power

Nation - Small nuclear waste batteries could fuel drones for 30 years via trickle charging, making Spiderweb scenario a permanent nightmare

Nation - DOE Locks In $1B Centrus HALEU Deal to End US Reliance on Russian Enrichment

Canada - ‘Change course immediately’ Treaty 3 leader tells PM

South America - Argentine government announces private project to build nuclear reactor

United Kingdom - Crushed nuclear concrete can trap 98% of radioactive waste in just 48 hours

United Kingdom - SGE unveils pioneering plan for 4.2GW SMR fleet in the UK

United Kingdom - SGE Bids to Build 14 BWRX-300 SMRs Across the UK in 4.2-GW Fleet Play

United Kingdom - £35bn plan for 14 UK small modular reactors could outpower Hinkley Point C

United Kingdom - Private consortium commits £35bn to UK SMR rollout

Central Europe - IAEA highlights Uzbekistan's nuclear infrastructure progress

East Asia - South Korea Picks Sites for New Nuclear Power Projects

South Asia - Nuclear Power Plants in India, List 2026, Proposed Projects

Central Europe - Polish Billionaire to Invest £35 Billion in Building 14 Small Nuclear Reactors Across the UK for Over 60 Years of Energy Production

United Kingdom - UK set for private 14 nuclear SMRs delivering 4.2 GW to meet 11% of power demand

Northern Europe - Lead-cooled nuclear reactors move closer to deployment with standardized grid design

East Africa - Rwanda signs SMR roadmap

Middle East - Beyond alarmism: A realistic assessment of Bushehr’s plutonium risk

02

California - Valar nuclear startup partners with Nvidia on data center aiming to conserve water

California - Oklo’s Groves nuclear project becomes reality in Caldwell County

Washington - Scientists use ultrasound and imaging to inspect the nuclear power fleet in the US

Idaho - Unity advanced reactor achieves nuclear criticality in US energy milestone

Idaho - US nuclear firm receives first custom fuel for 150-hour trial of Kaleidos microreactor

Louisiana - Turner Industries expands nuclear manufacturing footprint in Louisiana

Tennessee - TVA clears huge hurdle in race to build America's first small nuclear reactor

New York - Indian Point Demolition Timeline Stretches into Early 2060s

Connecticut - Leonardo DRS: Proven Nuclear Pedigree Advancing the Nuclear Future

Nation - DOE Celebrates Criticality of 2nd and 3rd Advanced Reactors

Nation - NRC looks to speed up reactor build-out, scrap decades-old radiation standard

Canada - B.C.'s General Fusion could access up to US$338M by going public

Canada - Canada installs West’s first grid-scale modular reactor

United Kingdom - UKAEA And Eni Form JV To Offer Services To Nuclear Fusion Industry

United Kingdom - British researchers test concrete method for Sr-90 treatment

United Kingdom - Rolls-Royce plans £12m nuclear training centre

United Kingdom - SGE-led team targets 14 BWRX-300 SMRs in UK

United Kingdom - ‘Fleet’ of small modular nuclear reactors planned for UK

United Kingdom - Laing O’Rourke joins bid for 14-reactor UK SMR fleet

Western Europe - HIP to the future

Central Europe - Switzerland takes 2 nuclear reactors off grid after river gets too hot to cool them

Central Europe - Polish consortium unveils £35billion plan to build 14 nuclear reactors across Britain

Central Europe - £35bn Polish-led nuclear plan to build 14 reactors across UK

Central Europe - Billionaire to Invest £35Bn in Small Modular Nuclear Reactors Across UK

Central Europe - Feasibility study launched to pipe nuclear waste heat to Budapest grid

Eastern Europe - Rosatom proposed a new technology for spent nuclear fuel reprocessing

Baltic Region - Kaunas Talks Put SMR Safety Back on Lithuania’s Nuclear Agenda

Southeast Asia - Micro-Modular Reactors: The Power Source the Indo-Pacific Cannot Ignore

01

California - Why Oklo stock is moving today: DOE approves isotope test facility

Alaska - Could nuclear power Alaska’s future?

Idaho - Deployable Energy achieves criticality at INL

Idaho - Third advanced reactor reaches criticality at INL ahead of America’s 250th anniversary

Idaho - Deployable Energy’s Unity Nuclear Reactor Achieves Criticality at INL, Third Under DOE Nuclear Push

Arizona - Arizona still pursuing nuclear energy despite hurdles

Utah - A waterless AI data center? A big experiment is under way in rural Utah

New Mexico - Advanced US nuclear fuel capacity grows with 5th uranium enrichment cascade in New Mexico

Wisconsin - US fusion startup makes history by converting plasma energy directly into electricity

Tennessee - Fast-tracking efficiency in light water reactor fuels

New York - Cogeneration’s Advantage: Efficiency, Resilience, and the Case for Captured Heat

Nation - The Grid, Not Just Generation, Has Become the Central Climate Story

Nation - DOE Seeks to Transform Surplus Plutonium into Nuclear Fuel

Nation - Blue Energy, GE Vernova Advance ‘Gas Bridge’ Model to Unlock Nuclear Finance

Nation - Trump Energy Department hits its target on small nuclear reactors. Now comes the hard part.

Canada - Canada’s dangerous nuclear gamble

Canada - Owner of Ginna nuclear power plant looks to extend license to 2049

United Kingdom - Rolls-Royce SMR to open manufacturing development site in Derby

United Kingdom - “High potential” for new nuclear power in Scotland despite planning deadlock

United Kingdom - Can fusion reactors produce their own fuel? MIT spinout joins UK blanket testing

United Kingdom - Commonwealth Fusion Systems joins UKAEA's tritium blanket testing programme

United Kingdom - Commonwealth Fusion Systems to join UK tritium-testing programme at Culham

United Kingdom - UKAEA and Commonwealth Fusion Systems partner to advance tritium production for fusion energy

United Kingdom - UK Confirms 12 SSN-AUKUS Attack Submarines as NATO and AUKUS Expand Nuclear Undersea Deterrence

United Kingdom - No Nuclear Energy In Scotland

United Kingdom - Scotland has “high potential” for new nuclear development

United Kingdom - MSP says 'no' to nuclear power plant as UK Government eyes Fife

Southwestern Europe - Europe’s Nuclear Ambitions Drive New Interest in Italian Uranium Exploration

Central Europe - Poland’s OSGE Begins State Support Bid For Construction Of Small Modular Reactor Fleet

East Africa - Russia and Rwanda hold first nuclear energy joint committee meeting

Central Asia - IAEA Reviews Progress of Uzbekistan’s Nuclear Power Plans

East Asia - China tests record-breaking superconducting magnets for fusion reactor

East Asia - Japan Funds Solar Power for Cuban Hospitals Amid Energy Crisis

South Asia - India Launches World’s First Hydrogen Production Plant Using Promising Method That Harnesses Heat from Nuclear Reactor

June 2026

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Yucca Mountain - NIMBY Is Choking America's Nuclear Revival

California - Opinion: Garden Grove was a warning; San Onofre is the test

Idaho - Rare quantum behavior found in plutonium could improve future nuclear technology

New Mexico - NMSU offers nuclear engineering program this summer

Wisconsin - Realta Fusion generates electricity directly from a fusion reaction, an apparent first

New York - New York Gov. Huchul’s Push for Nuclear Power

Nation - NRC proposes new rule for disposing of high-activity radioactive waste

Nation - NRC Charts a Disposal Path for Nuclear Waste Stuck at a ‘Dead End’

Nation - Modern Rules for Everyday Radioactive Materials

Nation - Redesigning Nuclear Regulation: How US And UK Frameworks Are Evolving To Support Advanced Nuclear Technologies

Canada - Canada releases Nuclear Energy Strategy targeting up to 10 new large reactors and doubled uranium exports by 2040

Canada - Video: The impacts of nuclear waste

Canada - First Nations group takes stake in Ontario nuclear plant

Canada - Canada just lowered the West’s first grid-scale small reactor, built to power 300,000 homes

Canada - Hydrogen electrolyzer to adapt for fusion fuel by extracting tritium from heavy water

Ranked: Countries Building the Most Small Modular Nuclear Reactors

United Kingdom - Innovative robotics trialled to tackle nuclear waste challenges

United Kingdom - U.K. delivers final cask of vitrified HLW to Germany

United Kingdom - Last Energy’s Welsh micro reactors: civil and geotechnical design notes

United Kingdom - Holtec and EDF submit plans for SMR reactors at former UK coal power site

United Kingdom - GBE-N ‘doesn’t hold’ breakdown of proposed £20bn budget for SMR contract

Western Europe - German startups compete in global race for nuclear fusion

Western Europe - Global firms and German startups compete in realizing nuclear fusion

Northern Europe - Hitachi Energy backs modular nuclear

East Africa - Why Kenya's Nuclear Energy Push Could Power the Global AI Revolution

East Africa - Rwanda, Russian nuclear firm sign roadmap on small modular reactors

Central Asia - Kyrgyzstan Moves to Introduce Unified Monitoring System for Uranium Waste Sites

East Asia - S. Korea looks to strengthen SMR industry as special law nears enforcement

East Asia - Japan develops world-class system to monitor fusion plasma at 34 points simultaneously

Southeast Asia - Singapore inks agreement on nuclear safety and radiation protection with Indonesia

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California - Hadron Energy Engages DLA Piper’s Government Affairs Team to Advance Federal Commercial Deployment of the Halo Microreactor

Washington - WA nuclear facility is 75, but still the ‘backbone’ of nation’s most complex cleanup

Washington - Ecology seeks comment on major permit for Hanford Nuclear Site

Washington - Richland-area residents asked to weigh in on Hanford Site cleanup permit

Idaho - US launches 1st small modular reactor in nearly 50 years

Utah - A Utah Project Bets That Small, Factory-Built Reactors Can Solve America’s Looming Power Crunch

Illinois - Walmart turns to Illinois nuclear plant for 176 megawatts in its first direct deal

Illinois - Nuclear Microreactor That Could Power up to 15k Homes Under Review

Ohio - 1.5GW Elementl Power Nuclear Power Plant In Ohio Advances With PJM Filing, GE Vernova Reactor Deal

Ohio - Ohio SMR Project Advances With PJM Filing, GE Reactor Deal

Florida - Holtec and EDF submit proposal to deploy SMR-300 at Cottam, Nottinghamshire

New York - Rolls-Royce SMR to open £12m Derby manufacturing centre to accelerate production

Nation - How $17.5 Billion In Federal Loans Are Meant To Drive Nuclear Energy

Nation - Red, white and glowing blue: Trump's push for new reactors reaches the finish line

Nation - The Remarkable Success of the Reactor Pilot Program

Canada - ‘Change course immediately’: Treaty 3 grand chief warns Ottawa over move to fast-track nuclear waste repository

Canada - Arctic roads and nuclear repository could be fast-tracked for approval by feds

Canada - Municipal groups back Northern waste repository, warn highways need upgrading

Canada - Next Hydrogen, a Canadian Company, Expands Further Into the Fusion Market Through Strategic Collaboration with Fusion Fuel Cycles Inc.

United Kingdom - Scaling Geopolymers for Safer, Lower-Carbon Waste Management

United Kingdom - Rolls-Royce’s US$15.8m SMR Part Manufacturing Site in the UK

United Kingdom - UK's first private SMR planned for former coal power station

United Kingdom - Rolls-Royce SMR plans manufacturing development centre in Derby

Western Europe - Nuclear renaissance: giving way to small modular reactors

Western Europe - French software giant secures £30m UK fusion contract

Northwestern Europe - Using lithium vapour to protect fusion reactors from extreme heat

Northern Europe - Are Lead-Cooled Reactors The Future Of Nuclear Power?

Northern Europe - Blykalla teams up with Hitachi for SMR deployment

Southwestern Europe - General Fusion to help deploy nuclear power plants in Italy under new framework deal

Southwestern Europe - This Reactor Works with No Fuel. It Could Change the Future of Fission.

East Asia - South Korea is treating nuclear construction speed as an AI infrastructure problem and it's right

East Asia - China makes breakthroughs in fusion, carbon fiber and offshore energy

East Asia - World's Largest Superconducting Magnet for Fusion Reactor Unveiled in Hefei

South Asia - Kalpakkam milestone: World's first nuclear hydrogen plant strengthens India's clean energy leadership

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Idaho - In Idaho, the next generation of US nuclear reactors nears reality

Idaho - Small enough for a pickup truck: New nuclear reactors mark US energy renaissance

Texas - Natura Resources signs HALEU supply deal with startup Quadrant Nuclear Industries for molten salt reactors

Ohio - Elementl Power advances plans for up to 1.5 GW of advanced nuclear generation capacity in southeast Ohio

New York - Nano Nuclear 15 MWe gen IV microreactor to undergo US NRC review

Nation - Video: The Secret Nuclear City America Built Under Greenland's Ice

Nation - From interplanetary spaceships to lunar reactors, our future in space looks nuclear‑powered

The World Is Racing to Develop New Nuclear Fuels

United Kingdom - UK hits major milestone with 1.3GW SMRs, site to undergo coal to nuclear conversion

East Asia - Reactor reboot at world's largest nuclear plant highlights flaws in Japan's radioactive waste plans

South Asia - India Leads Green Energy Race, Commissions World's First Nuclear Heat-Based Hydrogen Production Plant

South Asia - India inaugurates world’s first hydrogen plant powered by nuclear reactor heat

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Washington - America’s Chernobyl waiting to happen

Texas - American Fusion moves 5MW Texatron fusion engine closer to independent validation

Nation - DOE unveils $17.5B nuclear loan plan amid waste concerns

Nation - Two advanced reactors reach criticality as U.S. nears July 4 goal

Canada - Canada just cut a hole in the roof of a working nuclear reactor, hauled out eight steam generators weighing 100 tons each, and lowered new ones into the same hole, bringing the reactor back online seven months early to run another 35 years

Central Europe - IAEA Urges Early Public Engagement for SMR Projects

East Asia - China neighbor launches world’s first nuclear process heat-based hydrogen production facility

East Asia - China Achieves Breakthrough in Nuclear Fusion Superconducting Magnets

East Asia - World's largest superconducting magnet completed in China

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California - Zeno repurposes Vallecitos hot cells

Washington - DOE-EM issues draft RFP for Hanford lab work, awards WIPP monitoring grant

Nation - Launching into tomorrow: NRIC guides new era of research and deployment

Canada - Northern Ontario leaders react to possible fast-tracking of nuclear waste repository

United Kingdom - 'Extreme' weather having 'significant impact' on Kent's nuclear power stations

United Kingdom - Controversial Sellafield nuclear storage plan moves forward

United Kingdom - CORWM visits Sizewell A and Sizewell B

United Kingdom - CORWM visits Dungeness A and B

Southern Europe - Sogin begins re-encapsulation of uranium-thorium fuel

East Asia - Minamitori Island's ecosystem at risk from nuclear waste site survey: lab

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Yucca Mountain - Canada’s Deep Geological Repository Gains Federal Support in 2026

California - US SMR firm Deep Fission sees customer pipeline swell to 18.5GW, on the back of growing data center interest

New Mexico - A ‘radical’ approach to americium chemistry

New Jersey - The nuclear energy gamble: Higher electric bills for dirty energy

New Jersey - Oyster Creek Could Return To Nuclear Power With Four New Reactors

Nation - NASA Found a Secret Military Base Buried 100 Feet Deep in Greenland's Ice Shelf

Canada - Nuclear storage site considered for national interest status

Canada – Video: Chief of Wabigoon Lake First Nation speaks on being host of nuclear waste repository | APTN News

Canada - Port Hope waste plan extended

Canada - Candaian repository put forward for federal support

Canada - Municipal groups back Ignace nuclear waste repository but warn highways need uprading

Canada - Video: Ignace nuclear waste site being considered for national interest designation

Oceania - Exclusive: Northern Endeavour NORMs to come all the way back to Australia

International - Floating Nuclear: A New Offshore Energy Frontier

United Kingdom - Why old nuclear-site concrete could become a tool for trapping strontium-90

United Kingdom - UK Completes Historic Nuclear Waste Repatriation to Germany

United Kingdom - Final shipment marks completion of UK’s waste return to Germany

United Kingdom - Plans lodged for four mini nuclear reactors at former coal power station

United Kingdom - Nuclear-powered launch for Cottam data centre project

Central Europe - IAEA releases interactive tool on global spent nuclear fuel

Eastern Europe - Russia plans 441-ton nuclear fuel plant to recycle global waste stockpile

Southern Europe - Italy’s Sogin Begins Re-Encapsulation Of Elk River Nuclear Fuel Elements

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Yucca Mountain - Nuclear Testing Continues in Nevada. Western Shoshone Want It to Stop.

Nevada - All aboard! Model trains chugging into the museum

California - Google’s nuclear technology strategy advances with Kairos and GE Vernova

California - Mile-deep nuclear reactor concept attracts data center boom with massive 18.5 GW demand

Florida - Major nuclear project plan for former Cottam power station

Florida - Cottam nuclear power plant proposal by Holtec, EDF advances Britain’s SMR ambitions

Florida - Holtec and EDF Energy Submit Plans for New Nuclear Projects in Britain

Florida - Holtec and EDF submit UK SMR project proposal

Vermont - Future of Vermont Yankee site being explored: Options include data center, nuclear reactor or battery storage

New Hampshire - Small modular reactors discussed at conference on next-generation nuclear in New Hampshire

Nation - EPA Proposes Commonsense NEPA Reforms to Get America Building Again

Nation - What Is Criticality? (And 7 Other Misunderstood Nuclear Energy Terms)

Nation - Video: Expert Explains How to Fix America’s 100,000-Ton Nuclear Waste Crisis

Nation - Video: Why Finland Solved Nuclear Waste and the U.S. Still Isn’t Close | WSJ Pro Perfected

Canada - Long-term strategy calls for up to 10 new reactors in Canada

Canada - Feds push to have 3 northern projects fast-tracked under Building Canada Act

Canada - Canada Initiates Process to List Major Projects under the Building Canada Act

Canada - Arctic roads, nuclear repository first to be designated as national interest projects

Canada - Nuclear storage site considered for national interest status

Canada - Ottawa starts process to name 3 projects as in national interest

Canada - Canada Building West’s First Grid-Scale SMR

Canada - Ontario First Nations Invest $715M in Nuclear Project as Critics Warn of Financial Risk

United Kingdom - Wylfa SMR Project Hits £900M British Contract Milestone

United Kingdom - UK SMR programme at Wylfa hitting target for British contracts

United Kingdom - Former Nottinghamshire Coal Plant Site Targeted for Major Nuclear Energy Development

Western Europe - CASTOR shipment arrives at former anti-nuclear movement stronghold

Western Europe - International scientific exchange on advanced nuclear fuel cycles

Northwestern Europe - Embracing nuclear is one thing, but disposing the waste could be the real challenge

Northwestern Europe - Sweden selects Rolls-Royce for its nuclear future

Eastern Europe - Russia planning 'high-capacity' nuclear fuel reprocessing plant

East Asia - Japan and IAEA team up to promote small modular reactors

East Asia - Japan, IAEA Team Up to Promote Small Modular Reactors

East Asia - South Korea's HanmiGlobal plans U.S. unit for SMR projects

Southeast Asia - Nuclear energy not clean, green, safe, says expert

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California - Deep Isolation moves to field testing

Arizona - Hobbs vetoes bill to fast-track small nuclear reactors at Arizona data centers

Ohio - Elementl Power plans nuclear project in southeast Ohio

Delaware - Delaware’s Nuclear Energy Feasibility Task Force drafting findings and recommendations from its work

Nation - U.S. energy secretary announces $17.5 billion in loans for 10 new large nuclear reactors

Canada - Several First Nations sign deal with Ottawa, Ontario to own part of a nuclear reactor

Canada - 7 First Nations sign nuclear reactor ownership deal with Ottawa, Ontario

Canada - AtkinsRealis Gains on Canada’s Expanded Nuclear Strategy

Canada - Hiawatha and Alderville joining ownership of new nuclear reactor

Canada - Nuclear in Nunavut — The big idea

United Kingdom - BWXT SMR tech eyed for FNPPs

Northern Europe - Finland buried nuclear waste in copper canisters 430 meters down, but the metal may not survive as long as the promise

Central Europe - IAEA launches used fuel database

Central Europe - IAEA Launches Global Tool Tracking Spent Nuclear Fuel

Central Asia - Central Asia’s Nuclear Push: Uzbekistan Starts Construction as Kazakhstan Plans at Least Three Plants

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California - Valar Atomics achieves criticality in DOE Reactor Pilot Program

California - Another US Advanced Reactor Hits Criticality Milestone

Idaho - HALEU Availability Program

Utah - Valar’s Ward 250 reaches criticality in Utah

Wyoming - Wyoming Uranium Surges As Nuclear Demand, National Security Concerns Align

New Mexico - Old Church Rock Abandoned Uranium Mine

North Dakota - North Dakota lawmakers to consider exception to nuclear waste storage ban

Wisconsin - SHINE enters agreement for advancing efforts to recycle spent nuclear fuel

Minnesota - State launching study to determine whether to lift moratorium on new nuclear power plants

Ohio - Southern Ohio is being used as a nuclear guinea pig again, this time to power Meta’s data centers

Ohio - Ohio Set to Host a New Nuclear Plant Powered by Small Modular Reactors

Virginia - Modeling nuclear fusion at lightning speed

Nation - Pentagon Could Outpace Tech Giants on Small Nuclear Projects

Nation - US Military Accelerates Microreactor Investments to Secure Energy Grid

Nation - Proposed NRC Rule Seeks to Accelerate Nuclear Energy Tech Deployment

Western Pacific - GPA: No official talks with Pentagon, but nuclear power evaluated for Guam

Canada - Ottawa’s nuclear energy strategy seeks more new reactors, global exports

Canada - Canada unveils plan for 10 new nuclear reactors by 2040

United Kingdom - Rolls-Royce boosts UK-Japan nuclear push

United Kingdom - TerraPower starts UK GDA

Central Europe - IAEA Releases First Public Tool to Map the World's Spent Nuclear Fuel

West Asia - Construction completed at first unit of Türkiye's Akkuyu nuclear plant: Rosatom

East Asia - KMOU launches marine SMR task force as S. Korea seeks role in global certification race

East Asia - An "artificial sun" has been ignited inside a South Korean reactor. It is several times hotter than the sun.

East Asia - Video: This Chinese reactor could change global energy forever

South Asia - India opens nuclear sector to France

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Utah - Nuclear reactor in Utah reaches criticality milestone for advanced energy

Maryland - A Maryland company built a nuclear reactor with no fuel rods at all, running on graphite spheres the size of billiard balls that you feed in from the top while it runs like a slow gumball machine, and the first four are headed for a chemical plant in Texas

Vermont- Future of Vermont Yankee site being explored: Options include data center, nuclear reactor or battery storage

Washington DC - US firm unveils 1.5 GW nuclear plant project with 300 MW small modular reactors

Nation - The Strategic Importance of Trump's 'Office of Fusion'

Nation - Whatever Happened to the Small Modular Reactor Revolution?

Canada - Canada just lowered a 953-tonne slab of steel and concrete into a 35-meter shaft in Ontario and ended a decade of talk, starting the Western world’s first grid-scale small nuclear reactor, a machine that fits on two soccer fields and powers 300,000 homes

Canada - Q&A: Nuclear microreactors offer a solution for Canada’s energy infrastructure weaknesses

Southeast Asia - Anti-nuclear groups oppose Bataan nuke plant revival

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Idaho - Idaho National Laboratory identifies topological Kondo insulating state in plutonium hexaboride

Utah - Utah reactor reaches criticality in historic nuclear milestone

New York - The Nuclear Regulatory Commission Formally Accepted Nano Nuclear's Construction Permit Application. Here's What That Means for Investors.

Vermont - Community and the state grapple with potential redevelopment of Vermont Yankee site

Nation - Why small modular reactors are becoming a national security priority

United Kingdom - NWS £382M LLWR vault optimisation: capping design notes for ground engineers

Western Europe - Germany receives its nuclear waste: a problem without safe burial

South Asia - India’s oldest nuclear reactors return to service after major refurbishment

South Asia - India’s oldest nuclear power reactors are back on the electricity grid

South Asia - Indian government mulls expanding Fast Breeder Nuclear Reactor programme with industry partners

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Yucca Mountain - Video: They Spent $15 Billion Digging Tunnels for This. They've Never Been Used.

California - US startups to bolster nuclear fuel supply

Oregon - NuScale Power Gets First Mover Advantage as Nuclear Regulatory Commission Backs Small Modular Reactor Design

Oregon - NuScale Power halts after gains on Paragon SMR deal, Juneteenth pause

Utah - Small nuclear reactor achieves 'criticality' in eastern Utah lab

Utah - Valar Atomics' nuclear reactor reaches criticality in Utah

Utah - US-backed Ward 250 nuclear reactor achieves criticality under DOE program in Utah

Texas - Advanced nuclear project secures 77-acre US site for molten salt reactor testing

Ohio - Elementl Power plans BWRX-300 SMRs in Ohio

Ohio - Elementl Power Developing Ohio SMR Project with GE Vernova Hitachi Nuclear Energy

Ohio - Nuclear power plant in the works for Meigs County, Ohio

Ohio - HALEU deal strengthens fuel supply for five Ohio advanced reactors

Vermont - Future of Vermont Yankee site being explored: Options include data center, nuclear reactor or battery storage

Washington DC - AUKUS has a major waste problem, and it’s not just money

Nation - Small Reactors, Big Ambitions

Nation - How Military Microreactors May Lead the Nuclear Energy Revolution

Nation - Centrus, Oklo HALEU agreement to support reactor deployment

Nation - DOE reports second reactor pilot success

Nation - Department of Energy Celebrates Second Advanced Reactor Achieving Criticality

Canada - CNL clarifies details of Port Hope historic waste agreement

Canada - John Borshoff’s Uranium Vision: Shaping Nuclear Energy’s Future

Canada - Transportation concerns dominate public feedback on NWMO nuclear waste project, Kenora council hears

Canada - Saskatchewan and Poland to collaborate on nuclear development

United Kingdom - Market engagement launched for £382M vault optimisation and capping delivery contract

United Kingdom - UK Energy Firm Explores Floating Small Modular Nuclear Reactors

Northwestern Europe - Port of Rotterdam Study: Existing Safety Frameworks Could Assess Nuclear-Powered Ships

Northern Europe - Sweden Chooses Rolls-Royce for New Nuclear Reactors

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California - Nuclear Partners Aim to Commercialize Advanced, Recycled Fuel

Oregon - NuScale Power Leverages NRC Approval to Advance Modular Nuclear Energy

Washington - Fusion plant clears regulatory milestone

Texas - Texas A&M System Announces Another Small Nuclear Reactor Will Be Built On The RELLIS Campus

Texas - America’s nuclear energy race accelerates at Texas A&M-RELLIS

Ohio - Advanced Nuclear Energy Project Could Bring Hundreds of Jobs and Billions in Investment to Southern Ohio

Nation - America’s Military Readiness Depends On Deployable Nuclear Power – AnalysisNation - America’s Military Readiness Depends On Deployable Nuclear Power – Analysis

Canada - New nuclear energy manufacturing coming to Durham

Canada - Ontario nuclear deal could bring supply chain opportunities to Northumberland

United Kingdom - Two steps forward for U.K. advanced nuclear

United Kingdom - UK Safely Completes Final Shipment of High-Level Nuclear Waste to Germany

United Kingdom - Third Vitrified Waste Shipment UK-Germany Complete

United Kingdom - Core Power to Assess Reactor Tech for Floating Nuclear Power Plants

Northern Europe - Developer expects contract for difference support scheme for Estonia's nuclear plant

Northern Europe - Estonia's Parliament passes new nuclear energy law

Eastern Europe - Rosatom targets Southeast Asia with new nuclear projects in Indonesia

South Africa - Necsa, Siemens Energy partner on small modular reactors and skills development

Middle East - Egypt leads nuclear expertise

East Asia - Sites selected for Korean nuclear new build

East Asia - No more nuclear phase-out: Korea selects sites for new reactors

East Asia - KHNP picks two sites for three new nuclear reactors

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California - Deep Isolation Nuclear Appoints Drilling Veteran Jon Tedrick to Lead World’s First Full-scale Deep Borehole Disposal Demonstration

California - Applied Atomics Secures Exclusive Land-Based License for mPower™ Small Modular Reactor Technology from BWX Technologies

California - Environmental group opposes increased plutonium research at LLNL as feds seek to expand nuclear weapons production

Utah - Green River nuclear project gets new life, but major questions remain

Utah - ‘From rock to reactor’: Utah Office of Energy Development gears up for second nuclear energy workshop June 18

North Dakota - Missouri River is best source of water for nuclear energy in North Dakota, regulator says

Wisconsin - SHINE and newcleo Partner to Advance U.S. Spent Nuclear Fuel Recycling

Canada - Fusion Was Always "Twenty Years Away." One Company Is Betting the Wait Is Over -- and Taking It Public.

Canada - Ontario Targets European SMR Market with New Nuclear Supply Chain Partnership

Canada - Ontario plans to build SMR manufacturing facility in Durham Region

United Kingdom - Britain's Chernobyl: the deadly nuclear accident that could have turned the Lake District into a radioactive wasteland

United Kingdom - UK’s new nuclear control room simulator mimics multiple reactor types safely

United Kingdom - UK and Japan Strengthen Nuclear Partnership With Rolls-Royce AMR Deal

Northern Europe - Building a nuclear strategy for ships

Northern Europe - Nordic Baseload Power Becomes Fourth Swedish Company To Submit Application For Nuclear Financial Support

West Asia - Türkiye to hold talks with Canadian firms on CANDU nuclear technology: Minister

East Asia - Yeongdeok to Host Two Reactors, Gijang to Build SMR

East Asia - South Korea to build two new nuclear reactors

East Asia - KHNP selects candidate sites for new nuclear reactors

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California - Hadron Energy Announces Publication of Its First U.S. Patent Application for the Integral Architecture Behind the Halo Micro-Modular Reactor

Washington - Helion says it is first US fusion energy firm to clear regulatory licenses

Utah - Green River nuclear project gets new life, but major questions remain

Kansas - The Nuclear Reactors Coming to a Small Town Near You

West Virginia - DEP plans radioactive dust disposal mandates after Huntington site removal failures

South Carolina - Hensel Phelps Begins Construction on Procurement Warehouse Supporting Savannah River Plutonium Program

New York - New York releases advanced nuclear options paper as state builds path to 5 GW expansion

Washington, DC - This DOE-funded startup could finally solve America's nuclear waste problem

Nation - America’s Military Readiness Depends on Deployable Nuclear Power

Nation - Three Reasons Why DOE’s Plutonium Plan Has Deal Breakers

Canada - First Nations rally together to oppose nuclear waste transportation and storage in northwestern Ontario

Canada - Scott Moe signs nuclear energy agreement with Poland during European trip

Marshall Islands - Video: The US buried 85,000 cubic meters of nuclear waste here - and the ocean is rising

Southwestern Europe - Italy edges towards nuclear referendum in 2028 or 2029

Northern Europe - Finland buried nuclear waste in copper canisters 430 meters underground, but some scientists warn the metal may not last long enough

Northern Europe - Fourth application for Swedish state support for new nuclear

Northern Europe - Rolls-Royce SMR Sweden Win Shows Europe’s Nuclear Revival Becoming an Industrial Race

Northern Europe - Rolls-Royce’s small nuclear reactors chosen for adding 1.5 GW power in Sweden

Central Europe - The Interconnection of Nuclear Energy and Quantum Technology

Southeastern Europe - Greece will be forced to build nuclear power plants

West Asia - One Energy Market Theme Is Still 'Not Crowded', And That's Exactly Why This Fund Manager Likes It

South Asia - PNRA and Radioactive Waste Management in Pakistan

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Yucca Mountain - Several states seem eager to host San Onofre’s waste

California - Silicon Valley Is Funding a Nuclear Renaissance

Washington - AI could help PNNL pack more nuclear waste into glass

Idaho - Critical Momentum: The Nuclear Renaissance Heats Up

Tennessee - Oak Ridge teams clear legacy radioactive waste early

Tennessee - New measurements to advance molten salt reactor technologies

New York - New York State policy roadmap proposes billions in nuclear subsidies

Vermont - Energy development company inks lease deal for Vermont Yankee property

Nation - Highly dangerous plutonium offers no quick fix to US nuclear fuel crunch

Nation - Ex-nuclear regulator wages long-shot bid for Congress

Nation - Analysis: Highly dangerous plutonium offers no quick fix to US nuclear fuel crunch

Nation - Power Play: Transforming Cold War Plutonium into the Future of U.S. Energy

Canada - Saskatchewan, Czech Republic aim to cooperate on SMRs and MMRs

United Kingdom - Rolls-Royce joins UK-Japan HTGR development agreement

United Kingdom - Government backing helps UK’s Rolls-Royce SMR win multibillion-pound Sweden nuclear export contract

Southwestern Europe - A 155-ton reactor in Italy running on molten lead, with electric heaters faking the uranium, is about to make real electricity with zero nuclear fuel inside, a full-size test of the metal before any fuel goes in

Northern Europe - Sweden's Vattenfall picks Rolls-Royce SMR for nuclear power project

Northern Europe - Swedish new nuclear project selects Rolls-Royce SMRs

Northern Europe - Studsvik Applies For State Support For 1.4-GW SMR Programme In Sweden

Central Europe - Micromechanical Testing for Nuclear Materials Research

Eastern Europe - Lithuania dismantles nuclear reactor in Ignalina; thinks of tourist attraction

East Africa - Analysis: A Nuclear Shakeup Of Kenya's Energy Mix Stirs Opposition

Central Asia - Why Kazakhstan’s first NPP could end up more expensive than Uzbekistan’s

East Asia - Japan restarts world's largest nuclear power plant: Nuclear waste crisis intensifies

East Asia - Bringing Nuclear Fusion Closer

East Asia - Taiwan allocates NT$250 million to nuclear fusion research

East Asia - Replacement of Nuclear Reactors: Aim to Achieve New Targets by Overcoming Challenges

Southeast Asia - Lack of public understanding of nuclear energy in S-E Asia a challenge: IAEA chief

South Asia - Explained | Why India-France Nuclear Ties Are Set For A Strategic Upgrade

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Washington - Sun on a desk: Avalanche startup achieves massive results with a tiny reactor

Utah - Utah State University expands INL collaboration with SUPER agreement

Nation - U.S. races to rebuild nuclear fuel chain ahead of 2028 ban

Nation - Ghost particles could reveal secret production of bomb-making material in fusion reactors

United Kingdom - Rolls-Royce is building small nuclear reactors for the UK and Japan

United Kingdom - Nuclear waste from Sellafield sets sail for German facility

United Kingdom - UK, Japan and Rolls-Royce join forces on advanced nuclear tech

Western Europe - Revival of interest in nuclear power gives hope to start-ups

Western Europe - Germany unveils CA-1EA drone as China nears SMR milestone

Southwestern Europe - Fincantieri Pilots Mini-Nuclear Power to Keep Ships Sailing for 25 Years Without Fuel

Central Europe - First export small modular nuclear plant breaks ground in Uzbekistan

East Asia - China’s Linglong One is set to become the world’s first commercial onshore small modular reactor this year

East Asia - Nuclear Drives “All of the Above” Trend in Energy Security

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California - Inside the race—and the uranium gap—to rebuild America’s fuel supply chain for a ‘second nuclear age’

Oregon - NuScale Power Drives Small Modular Reactor Nuclear Energy Renaissance

Virginia - Fusion reactors could be monitored for covert plutonium production

Nation - DOE Charts Fusion’s Future in Updated Roadmap

Oceania - AUKUS faces public pushback at inquiry hearing in Australia

United Kingdom - UK and Japan to Collaborate on Mini Nuclear Reactors for Industry and Military

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Nevada - 4.5 magnitude earthquake reported outside Silver Springs

California - Oklo’s Advanced Nuclear Reactor “Aurora” Gets U.S. Design Approval

Colorado - Rocky Flats: Atomic amnesia and the half-life of memory

New Mexico - Testing the waters: Feds stop paying to sample LANL runoff

Nebraska - Nuclear in my backyard: A Nebraska utility is skirting the public backlash that plagues wind and solar

Massachusetts - Commonwealth Fusion Systems updates ARC fusion reactor model

Nation - NRC Chairman Nieh speaks at Energy Summit

Nation - Higher fuel prices touch DOE complex from Hanford to SRS

Nation - Trump Seeks Nuclear Revival With Japanese Funds

Nation - The Pentagon Is Blocking Wind Farms

United Kingdom - US anti-nuclear campaigner to back campaign against siting of nuclear reactors in Maesteg

Western Europe - German advisory board reset signals softer stance on sustainable finance ambition

Northern Europe - Studsvik seeks state support to build 1,400 MW nuclear power in Sweden

Central Europe - Poland’s nuclear plan (PPEJ) advances, but unresolved questions risk delay, CATF says

East Africa - Rosatom Strengthens Partnership with Tanzania: from Mkuju River Uranium to Floating Nuclear Solutions

East Africa - If We Are Getting Power Plants On Boats, Let A Few Be Nuclear

South Africa - Necsa | Driving nuclear energy technology innovation

East Asia - Japan’s nuclear plant reboot shows waste plan flaws

East Asia - Japan revises its preparations for a megaquake hitting Tokyo area

East Asia - Nuclear shipping: Large vehicle carrier with molten salt reactor gets design approval

East Asia - China to Surpass US, EU Nuclear Capacity by 2030 in Race for AI Power

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Yucca Mountain - How Would a Democratic Congress Fight Inflation?

California - San Onofre: New tech could monitor nuclear waste 24-7

Idaho - U.S. Department of Energy Approves Preliminary Documented Safety Analysis for Aurora Powerhouse at Idaho National Laboratory

Colorado - DOE approves Xcimer’s laser fusion power plant design

Colorado - US backs commercial fusion plant design built for decades of continuous power

New Mexico - Top N.M. environmental official warns of possible federal retaliation in regulatory clashes

Texas - 'People's Conference on Nuclear Power Reactors' Convening in Seadrift, Texas

Texas - American Fusion expands Texatron fusion engine patent portfolio and advances 5MW development program (AMFN)

Tennessee - Fast-tracking efficiency in light water reactor fuels

Tennessee - Nuclear reactor accident testing equipped with real-time visual tracking tech by US lab

Florida - Ampera looks to thorium

Massachusetts - “When We Build The ARC Fusion Power Plant, It Will Work”: Company Claims Nuclear Fusion Reactor Design Will Produce More Energy Than It Consumes

New Jersey - Delivery of magnet bundle to Princeton Plasma Physics Lab signals a new age of fusion research

New York - Hochul announces plan to increase New York's nuclear capacity

Nation - Video: A nuclear spacecraft is being built for Mars - then NASA wants it ready by the 2028 launch window

International - Op-ed: Can small nuclear reactors deliver for Europe?

United Kingdom - UKAEA boosts UKI2S with £20m to accelerate fusion and deep tech innovation

Western Europe - What does France’s nuclear waste plan in Bure mean for Luxembourg?

Western Europe - How Siemens Energy has positioned itself for the nuclear revival

Northwestern Europe - Study identifies potential SMR sites in Dutch province

Eastern Europe - Russian data centres in microreactor play

Eastern Europe - Zaporizhia NPP loses all off-site power for 19th time – IAEA

South Africa - Rosatom starts building world first, export small modular nuclear plant: lessons for South Africa?

East Asia - South Korea overhauls nuclear inspections, expands ongoing checks by 2027

East Asia - Nuclear-powered ship conceptual designs approved

East Asia - Why China is betting on big nuclear reactors

East Asia - Reactor reboot at world's largest nuclear plant highlights flaws in Japan's radioactive waste plans

South Asia - The Atom That Can Free India: Why Small Modular Reactors May Become the Quiet Foundation of India’s Energy Sovereignty

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California - Startup that wants to make nuclear power underground for data centers plans IPO

California - Antares starts a national-security chain reaction

Oregon - University of Virginia’s College at Wise Debuts NuScale Energy Exploration Center

Washington - Avalanche’s desktop fusion reactor delivers blistering-hot plasma

Idaho - Portable Nuclear Reactors Move Closer to Powering Military Bases During Outages

Colorado - DOE Approves Xcimer Energy Fusion Power Plant Design

Tennessee - Tennessee is first to create Nuclear Fusion rules

Michigan - ‘Man who killed offshore wind’ now pushing fossil fuels and nuclear for Koch-funded Mackinac Center in Michigan

Florida - US firm taps Australian thorium reserves for advanced nuclear reactor fuel

Virginia - ARC fusion plant papers back CFS grid target

Maryland - Video: The man leading Trump’s nuclear renaissance

Delaware - From Spotlight Delaware: State task force delay likely shelves nuclear legislation until next year

New Jersey - US nuclear fusion firm shifts stellarator complexity to software using flat magnetic coils

New Hampshire - Nuclear power dominated energy discussions this session. A pair of bills now head to Ayotte’s desk.

Nation - US launches new roadmap to fast-track commercial fusion energy

Western Europe - From Cutting-Edge Research to Industry: Focused Energy Plans Spin-Off of Sourcelight

Northwestern Europe - Norwegian shipowner Knutsen eyes nuclear retrofit of gas carrier

Southwestern Europe - Ansaldo completes Krško upgrades

Northern Europe - Blykalla seeks funding for SEALER park

Central Europe - Video: NDTV Inside A Slovakian Nuclear Plant As Tech Transfer Talks Gain Ground

Eastern Europe - Russia and China are winning the nuclear fuel race. We have the answer sitting in storage

Eastern Europe - Bangladesh, Russia to deepen cooperation for energy security

Eastern Europe - Russia offers floating nuclear plant option to Bangladesh

Eastern Europe - The undeclared $500 billion war, with data centers and uranium: Russia prepares its nuclear AI "batteries"

West Africa - Togo Lays Groundwork for Expanded Nuclear and Radiological Use

Central Asia - Rosatom starts construction of the world’s first export small modular nuclear power plant in Uzbekistan

East Asia - China’s Standardized, Low-Cost Nuclear Power Push Signals Potential Upheaval in the Global Market as It Nears World’s Largest Nuclear Fleet

East Asia - Reactor reboot at world's largest nuclear plant highlights flaws in Japan's radioactive waste plans

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Yucca Mountain - The Gubernatorial Choice Before South Carolinians

Nevada - Update: 3.8 magnitude earthquake registered close to Summerlin South, NV on June 4

Washington - Helion advances fusion energy program

Massachusetts - MIT Maritime Consortium wins ABS approval

Nation - Small nuclear reactors could be operational by 2030, regulator says in first interview

Nation - US Could Deploy Advanced Nuclear Reactors by 2030

Nation - Red Herrings and Real Progress: Here’s How to Judge the Nuclear Revival

Nation - US Races to Critical: Four Advanced Nuclear Reactors Set to Go Online Before July 4 Deadline

United Kingdom - Nuclear work fuels Altrad growth despite profit decline

Northern Europe - New SMR Power Plant Proposed for Sweden

Central Europe - Switzerland just began digging an 88-foot pit for what’s set to be the world’s most powerful flow battery, a tank of liquid that can inject the power of a nuclear plant in milliseconds

Central Europe - ‘The Scream’ projected onto Swiss parliament during nuclear debate

Southeastern Europe - SMRs to be considered at Romanian port

Southeastern Europe - New concept aims to advance nuclear-powered container shipping

East Asia - South Korea's artificial Sun ran for 102 seconds and it could change the future of energy

East Asia - Japan could replace up to 14 reactors by the 2050s under new proposal

East Asia - China Is Building a Nuclear Reactor Small Enough to Ride on a Truck

East Asia - Alibaba in Talks with Nuclear Power SOEs Over Small Modular Reactors for Data Centers

Southeast Asia - Deep underground nuclear waste storage could be feasible in Singapore, study shows

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California - Modular next-gen US nuclear reactor goes critical

California - Antares’ reactor meets DOE milestone

California - Scientists Simulated Nuclear Fallout in The Lab And Got a Surprise

Idaho - INL reports findings on unusual quantum behavior of plutonium

Idaho - US microreactor achieves first self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction, targets 2028 deployment

Idaho - America's new nuclear future underway: Microreactors ready for full testing

Idaho - Newly Discovered Plutonium State Could Advance Nuclear Reactor Safety

Arizona - Senate passes bill allowing small nuclear reactors in Pinal

Arizona - Arizona Senate looks to sidestep rural zoning codes for new nuclear generation

New Mexico - Spent fuel recycling and conditioning topic of U.S.-Japan meeting

Tennessee - Tennessee forging ahead with nuclear fusion project

Virginia - Scientists warn future fusion reactors could secretly produce nuclear weapons material

New York - A Nuclear Power Plant In The Finger Lakes?-Part 2

Nation - Video: America's new nuclear future underway: Microreactors ready for full testing

Nation - Microreactor Targeting Military Applications Reaches Critical Milestone

Canada - 'This poison is coming': First Nations warn against nuclear waste

Canada - Video: Grassy Narrows expressing concern over nuclear waste transportation proposal | APTN News

Canada - Video: Weekend rally opposes nuclear waste storage in region

Canada - Refurbishment of Bruce Power Unit 3 reactor completed ahead of schedule and under budget, province says

United Kingdom - Spiralling costs, fish discos and vast radioactive waste. Is nuclear really the solution to Britain’s energy problem?

United Kingdom - Sellafield event for SMEs as it pushes for next stage of decommissioning

United Kingdom -Enforcement action after cables fall 18 metres at Sellafield

Western Europe - Research on magnetic plasma confinement wins Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion Outstanding Paper Prize

Central Europe - DP World launches SMR feasibility study at Port of Constanța

Central Europe - Ansaldo upgrades critical systems at Slovenia nuclear plant

Central Europe - Why Uzbekistan chose Russia for its nuclear future

Central Europe - What lies behind China’s offer to build small modular nuclear reactors in Serbia?

Eastern Europe - Ukraine accuses Russia of attacking Chornobyl nuclear waste storage site

Africa - Africa’s Nuclear Future Is Small (Modular Reactors)

Central Asia - First concrete for Uzbek SMR

East Asia - South Korea's "artificial sun" ran for 102 seconds, just changed the global energy game

East Asia - China has responded to the strike on the nuclear waste storage facility in Chernobyl

Southeast Asia - Deep underground nuclear waste storage could be feasible in Singapore, study shows

South Asia - Nuclear breakthrough with new micro-reactor boosts US plans for global market including India

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Idaho - Antares reaches reactor criticality under Trump pilot program, marking major nuclear milestone

Idaho - Rare plutonium state that could improve nuclear reactors uncovered by US researchers

Nation - Micro-reactor marks US nuclear revival

Nation - Energy Department says advanced nuclear reactor first to reach critical milestone

Eastern Europe - Ukraine says drone hit nuclear fuel storage facility near Chernobyl

East Asia - Japan Nuclear Reactor Replacement Plan Sets 14-Unit Target for First Time Since Fukushima

East Asia - Inside the world’s largest fusion machine, magnets chilled to colder than deep space sit a few feet from a plasma built to hit 100 million degrees — and Japan just switched the first systems on

East Asia - Video: China's artificial sun

06

Nevada - 3.8-magnitude earthquake hits near Las Vegas

California - Nuclear Renaissance? First Private Advanced Reactor Hits Major Milestone

California - Google may buy a little bit of power from thousands of US households to power its data centers

California - Alameda startup breaks ground on next generation nuclear power plant

Idaho - INL Discovers Plutonium Compound With Unique Surface Conductivity

Idaho - INL Details Plutonium’s Unique Electrical Conductivity on Surfaces

Tennessee - Orano USA’s Oak Ridge nuclear facility could be licensed by April 2027

Maryland - Can X-Energy’s (XE) UK Reactor Bid Reframe Its Competitive Position In Advanced Nuclear?

Massachusetts - Nuclear fusion plasma’s magnetic field mystery solved to predict reactor heat loss

Nation - Energy Department says advanced nuclear reactor achieves first criticality milestone

Nation - New Mobile Nuclear Reactors Could Help Military Bases Survive 2 Weeks Without Power

Canada - 'This poison is coming': First Nations warn against nuclear waste

Canada - Canada has a way to break the oil pipeline deadlock

United Kingdom - Fusion and battery projects signal new clean energy push

East Africa - Kenya’s Nuclear Future: The Site, The Technology, and The Questions That Matter

East Asia - China's 'Artificial Sun' Is Gearing Up For A Major Milestone By 2027

East Asia - China targets 2027 for first self-sustained fusion reactor burn

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California - Antares Mark-0 Becomes First Advanced Nuclear Reactor to Achieve Criticality Under DOE Pilot Program

Wyoming - US Accelerates Non-Light-Water SMR as Antares Clears Commercialization Hurdle

Idaho - Mark-0 advanced reactor achieves criticality in major US nuclear milestone

Tennessee - Knoxville company's Oak Ridge nuclear reactor will be used at UK plant

Virginia - Fusion Power’s Newest Problem Is People Secretly Making Nukes

Pennsylvania - US underground ‘Gravity’ nuclear startup partners to build scalable 1.5 GW reactor tech

New Jersey - Fusion Power’s Newest Problem Is People Secretly Making Nukes

New York - New York Doubles Down for Big Iron and SMRs

Massachusetts - Study supports physics of fusion power generation, says US developer

Nation - First Privately Developed US Nuclear Reactor In Over 40 Years Achieves First Criticality

Nation - US nuclear start-up marks mini-reactor breakthrough

Nation - First privately developed U.S. nuclear reactor in over 40 years achieves first criticality point

Northern Europe - In Finland, radioactive spent nuclear fuel soon to be buried underground

Northern Europe - This June, the world’s first nuclear waste repository reaches its final phase in Finland. The structure will be 433 meters deep and promises to store radioactive fuel for at least 100,000 years.

Northern Europe - Inside Onkalo: The world's first nuclear waste vault built for 100,000 years of isolation

Northern Europe - Blykalla Applies for Government Financing for Advanced Nuclear Reactor Park in Sweden

Northern Europe - Sweden's Blykalla applies for state funds to build nuclear reactor park

Central Europe - Rosatom begins construction of Uzbekistan’s first nuclear plant

Southeast Africa - Govt moves to strengthen radiation safety framework

United Arab Emirates - Power and desalinated water by small modular reactors

Central Asia - Uzbekistan Calls Start of Nuclear Power Plant Construction a Historic Day, Pledges More Projects

Central Asia - Uzbekistan Begins Construction of First Nuclear Power Plant

East Asia - Japan seeks to replace up to 5 nuclear reactors by 2040s, 14 by 2050s

East Asia - Japan plans nuclear reactor replacements by 2050

East Asia - Academic Societies Urge 2-4 More Large Reactors in 12th Power Plan

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Yucca Mountain - A mountain was hollowed out for nuclear waste, but the real story is the 90,000 tons that never reached the desert

Yucca Mountain - The nuclear future is here. Naturally, it is in court.

Nevada - Las Vegas earthquakes renew Nevada’s fault fears

Nevada - 4.1 magnitude earthquake felt across Las Vegas valley

Nevada - Las Vegas Earthquake: Shaking Felt In Southern Nevada After 4.1 Quake Strikes Near Summerlin South

California - Diode laser pump sources for future fusion power plants

California - US SMR developers announce partnerships

California - Hadron Energy Announces NRC Acceptance of Quality Assurance Program Description for Future Manufacturing License Applications, a First for a Light-Water Microreactor

Washington - Helion hits $15.5B valuation with $465M in new cash as it aims to commercialize fusion this decade

Washington - Helion, the Sam Altman-backed fusion startup, raises $465M to build a power plant for Microsoft

Idaho - America's new nuclear future underway: Microreactors ready for full testing in Idaho

Idaho - DOE and INL announce success of first private advanced Nuclear Reactor test in decades

Idaho - A quantum leap: INL discovers new behavior in plutonium that could reshape nuclear science

Utah - Utah Chooses its SMR to Power the State’s Advanced Nuclear Project

Wyoming - TerraPower CEO says SK investment in SMRs was prescient

Nebraska - 'Perfect thing to have in our backyard' Norfolk says small modular nuclear reactor could be a game-changer

Nebraska - Video: Norfolk sees small modular nuclear reactor as game-changer for economic growth

Tennessee - Tennessee to become first state with nuclear fusion regulations

Indiana - NX Atomics and Sciaky bring EBAM to small modular reactor components

Virginia - BWXT Manufactures TRISO Fuel Enabling First New Reactor Criticality Under DOE Program

New York - New York Needs Reactor Developers for Large-Scale Nuclear Project

Massachusetts - Commonwealth Fusion Systems Builds on Learnings From SPARC to Publish Five-Peer-Reviewed Papers Validating the Physics of the ARC Fusion Power Plant

Massachusetts - US firm validates 1.1-GW nuclear fusion plant design to deliver 400 MW electricity

Massachusetts - Commonwealth Fusion says papers validate its quest to generate power

Massachusetts - CFS Publishes Papers Validating Physics of ARC Fusion Power Plant

Massachusetts - AI boom: Demand for data centers drives innovation by energy, tech industries to produce new power sources

New York - New York opens RFQ, RFA windows for nuclear development and workforce

New Jersey - Princeton researchers use machine learning to prevent plasma instabilities in two fusion tokamaks for the first time at commercial-scale conditions

Canada - No Nuclear Waste in our Territory: Rally with Grassy Narrows + Fort William First Nation

Canada - A Canadian leader in nuclear fusion comes home—with big plans to make power

Canada - Canada has a way to break the oil pipeline deadlock

United Kingdom - World’s first floating fusion reactor-powered vessel could become reality with new project

United Kingdom - The UK Took the Reactor Graphite It Was Going to Bury for Millennia, Drove the Radioactive Carbon Off as Gas, and Sealed It Inside a Diamond That Now Trickles Electricity on a 5,700-Year Clock

United Kingdom - UK Nuclear Build: From Mega-Projects to Modular Reactors

United Kingdom - Hinkley Point C’s second nuclear reactor craned into place

Western Europe - ITER Project Ahead of Schedule: World's Largest Fusion Reactor

Western Europe - newcleo's Reactor Technology Uses Fuel Made from Reprocessed Nuclear Waste

Western Europe - IAEA reviews assessment of Malta’s regulatory system for radiation safety

Northern Europe - Finland moves to open Onkalo nuclear repository for 100,000 years

Northern Europe - Video: The World’s First Nuclear Dustbin: Buried for 1,00,000 Years!

Northern Europe - Finland set to launch world's first permanent nuclear waste repository

Eastern Europe - Belarus targets radioactive waste disposal facility by 2030

Eastern Europe - Belarusian radioactive waste disposal facility expected to be ready to receive waste by 2031

Southwestern Europe - Lower House approves bill for Italy's return to nuclear power (2)

Southwestern Europe - Green light from the Chamber of Deputies for the nuclear bill: mini-reactors instead of old power plants

Southwestern Europe - Italy moves closer to nuclear power

Southeastern Europe - DP World Launches Nuclear Energy Study at Port of Constanta in Romania

West Asia - The Geopolitics of the Atom: Turkey-South Korea SMR Cooperation and the Significance of Small Modular Reactors in the International System

West Asia - Consortium unveils floating fusion vessel plan for 2032 launch

Central Asia - Ceremony marks reclamation work on uranium sites in Kyrgyzstan

Central Asia - Uzbekistan Approves Construction of Small Modular Nuclear Power Unit

East Asia - China’s mini reactor does not look like a giant plant, but it can power homes, desalinate water, and change remote energy

East Asia - A chamber hotter than the Sun stayed stable for 102 seconds, and energy’s oldest promise suddenly looks less impossible

East Asia - Three fusion advances highlight commercial potential

South Asia - India’s Fairwood Nuclear, South Korea’s SK Securities sign pact to advance small reactor projects

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California - Scientists simulated a nuclear fireball and found a surprise in the fallout

Wyoming - US approves first commercial SMR in 40 years, powers AI era

Colorado - How one place in Colorado achieved 100% clean energy this spring

Colorado - Xcimer Fires Up World's Largest Private Fusion Laser

New Mexico - America’s Only Commercial Uranium Enricher Is Privately Building a New Plant Amid a Widening Nuclear Fuel Supply Gap

New Mexico - Molten Salt Solutions Expands Across Nuclear Sector with New Customer Fissionaire

Texas - Nuclear Safety From the Ground Up

Illinois - ANS Annual Conference session focuses on maritime nuclear

Tennessee - Standard Nuclear Selected by U.S. Department of Energy for Advanced Negotiations Under Surplus Plutonium Utilization Program

Florida - US firm’s small modular reactor that generates 300 MWe electricity to power nuclear project

Indiana - US: 5th-gen VELA nuclear reactor fleet to get 3D-printed parts with new deal

New Jersey - 30-Day Detection Limit For Kilograms of Plutonium in Fusion Plants

New Jersey - Four members of Governor’s Nuclear Policy Task Force to address Rowan’s June 9 conference on ‘Expanding New Jersey's Nuclear Generation Capacity’

New York - New York seeks reactor developers to build gigawatt-scale nuclear power project

New York - NANO advances nuclear fuel logistics

New York - U.S. Department of Energy Selects Exodys Energy for Advanced Negotiations Under Surplus Plutonium Utilization Program

Nation - IAEA schedules August launch of ATLAS maritime nuclear initiative

Nation - How Microgrids Can Scale Value-Proposition of Nuclear Reactor-Based Generation

International - EU data center sustainability label delayed over nuclear controversy

United Kingdom - A British Company Is Selling Factory-Built Gas Power Plants That Snap Together in 30-Megawatt Blocks — Each Enough to Power a Small City, and on the Grid Years Before a Nuclear Plant Could

United Kingdom - Step forward in £4.6 billion Sellafield nuclear decommissioning programme

United Kingdom - AtkinsRéalis expands nuclear partnership to support UK low-carbon energy goals

United Kingdom - First Minister pressed over Welsh Government support for Wylfa small modular reactors

United Kingdom - X-energy hails 'important regulatory milestone' in plans to bring new nuclear technology reactor to Hartlepool

United Kingdom - West Burton fusion project reaches major milestone as STEP takes control of site

Western Europe - Framatome to spend $111M at Jeumont plant to mass-produce EPR2 nuclear parts using auto-style methods

Northern Europe - Finland to open world’s first nuclear waste tomb

Northern Europe - World's first nuclear dustbin almost ready. It will be sealed for 1,00,000 years

Northern Europe - Alleima expands capacity as nuclear demand grows

Eastern Europe - Tajik uranium sites get rehab approval

Central Europe - Switzerland Digs Massive Hole To Bury Nuclear-Scale Battery Into the Earth

West Asia - Türkiye and South Korea announce nuclear partnership. Kaynak: haber.aero

West Asia - Turkish, South Korean nuclear firms team up on SMR deployment in Türkiye

East Asia - South Korean local election candidates lack detailed climate plans, group says

East Asia - China's offer for a nuclear reactor: What Serbia got and what we still don't know

South Asia - Small Reactors, Big Aspirations: India's Path Toward 100 GW Nuclear Capacity

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California - Pacific Fusion hits 440 gigawatts in fusion prototype test

California - Pacific Fusion Touts Funding, Technical Achievements on Way to Fusion Power

California - Analyst sees Oklo better positioned than Nano Nuclear Energy

Iowa - What does it take to restore a nuclear power plant?

Pennsylvania - Day & Zimmermann, Deep Fission Partner to Build Underground Small Modular Reactor

New York - New York Hopes To Build New Advanced Nuclear Power Plant

Nation - A safer nuclear fuel is gaining steam — but cost remains a hurdle

Nation - Small Modular (Nuclear) Reactors: is the dream still alive?

Nation - United States and Argentina Co-Host Regional Workshop on Nuclear Energy Technology in Buenos Aires

International - EU Commissioner gives go-ahead for Brabant's molten salt reactor

United Kingdom - UK fusion beam programme established

United Kingdom - Rolls-Royce SMR strengthens supply chain

United Kingdom - Europe struggles to connect €100B worth of renewable projects: Report

United Kingdom - This Nuclear Battery Can Outlive Civilization Without A Single Recharge

Western Europe - IAEA Launches Global Initiative to Advance Nuclear-Powered Shipping and Offshore Energy

Western Europe - Record funding for European fusion

Central Europe - Croatia weighs storage options for the energy transition

Southeastern Europe - Greece Wants to Launch a Floating Nuclear Power Plant

United Arab Emirates - Which Middle East and North Africa countries have nuclear programmes?

East Asia - South Korea, US launch security talks on nuclear-powered submarine

East Asia - Japan begins removing nuclear fuel from Fukushima reactor

Southeast Asia - Singapore and United Kingdom sign nuclear safety information exchange agreement

South Asia - Energy security: Small modular reactors can ensure reliable power supply for defence manufacturing

South Asia - SMRs key to India’s energy security, defence manufacturing and digital infrastructure: Experts

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Washington - GAO: Grouting Hanford tank waste could cost $1.1B

Utah - Blue Castle project to be revived as SMR facility

Colorado - Nuclear’s moment: The ANS Annual Conference opens in the Mile-High City

Tennessee - Breaking ground on a new approach to construction

Nation - We were going to bury 20 tons of nuclear fuel. Finally, we have a way to use it instead.

Nation - Department of Energy Names Five Companies to Manage Surplus U.S. Plutonium

Nation - US Government Plans to Fuel Nuclear Startups With Plutonium

Nation - Some Data Centers Are Doing A Lot More Than Jus Processing & Storing Data

United Kingdom - Second reactor lifted into place at Hinkley Point

United Kingdom - In pictures: Second Hinkley Point C reactor vessel installed

Western Europe - Focused Energy secures USD 240 million for world’s first commercial laser fusion plant

Western Europe - A New Magnet Test Facility Safeguards the Future of Nuclear Fusion

Western Europe - ITER begins operations at its magnet cold test facility

Western Europe - What makes a fast reactor different?

Northwestern Europe - Eindhoven launches test site for reactor that turns nuclear waste into fuel

Northern Europe - Finland opened what’s being billed as the first facility for permanently disposing of spent nuclear fuel, a milestone meant to turn nuclear waste from “temporary storage” into an engineered end state

Central Europe - Kazakhstan partners with Russia for new nuclear power plant

Eastern Europe - Drone Strike Causes Damage To Turbine Building At Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant

Eastern Europe - Belarus identifies three possible sites for radioactive waste storage facility

Southeastern Europe - Floating nuclear barges could be converted into nuclear power plants around these small, remote islands, study finds

East Asia - China Announces Milestones At Two Nuclear Power Plants

East Asia - China brings world’s first 30 MW supercritical CO2 waste heat power plant online

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California - Nuclear fusion durability gets US breakthrough with first-ever hydrogen-uranium scan

Nation - Why Are Nuclear Fuel Rods Thrown Out With 90% Of Their Potential Power Left?

Nation - U.S. Pushing Small Modular Reactors For Commercial Shipping In Major Nuclear Maritime Push

Nation - A Year of Deregulation Ignited an American Nuclear Renaissance

Nation - Video: Skip navigation Search Create Avatar image Senate Hearing Turns Tense Over Cost Of Expanding Plutonium Pit Production

Nation - Trump Offers Weapons-Grade Plutonium to U.S. Nuclear Developers

Nation - Video: Skip navigation Search Create Avatar image 'Can You Provide That?': Reed Asks Wright For Estimate On Cost Of Plutonium Pit Production

Canada - Algonquin community's opposition to planned Chalk River nuclear dump upheld at appeal

United Kingdom - Britain’s Nuclear Renaissance Faces Mounting Cost Pressures

Northern Europe - IAEA Experts Praise Lithuania's Nuclear Safety System After Review Mission

Eastern Europe - Attack on Europe's largest nuclear power plant "playing with fire," UN says

Eastern Europe - Russia warns nuclear disaster looms as Ukraine 'strikes' Europe's largest nuke power plant

East Africa - As Ethiopia expands nuclear power, IAEA warns Africa against becoming a Radioactive Waste dumping ground

East Asia - World's 1st supercritical CO₂ waste heat plant fully online in China

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California - DOE Opens Talks with Oklo About Plutonium Fuels

Kentucky - Rising demand, data centers push Kentucky toward nuclear power

Virginia - US Navy to Power Virginia Base Using Nuclear Aircraft Carrier Reactors

Pennsylvania - US firm to advance nuclear metal powder development with new contract

Nation - Why does Trump want to transfer Cold War-era plutonium to nuclear start-ups?

Nation - Opposition to AI Data Centers Is Exploding Across the Country. This Nuclear Start-up Might Have the Perfect Solution.

Nation - DOE advances plan to supply plutonium fuel to five startups

Nation - States Accelerate Nuclear Planning as Power Demand Reshapes Energy Strategy

Canada - Canada invests more than 2 billion dollars to upgrade an old nuclear laboratory and try to rival the world’s major atomic energy powers.

Canada - Video: Ontario’s plan to build a nuclear power plant

International - World’s largest tokamak cools 330-ton superconducting magnet for fusion plasma

United Kingdom - Decommissioning milestone reached at Trawsfynydd nuclear site

Eastern Europe - Russia Completes First RITM-200 Reactor Unit For Floating Nuclear Power Fleet

Southeastern Europe - Revolutionary shift: tiny floating nuclear plants to supply clean energy and water to Greek islands

East Africa - Ghana's Nuclear Crossroads: Big Reactors or Small Unites - A Decision Policymakers Cannot Delay

East Asia - Korea’s plan for nuclear sub

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Yucca Mountain - America built a nuclear tomb under the Nevada desert, then left it empty while the waste stayed scattered across the country

Utah - Holtec International’s SMR-300 Chosen to Power the Green River Advanced Nuclear Project in Utah

Utah - Green River nuclear project revived with shift to small modular reactors

Tennessee - Knoxville company's Oak Ridge nuclear reactor will be used at UK plant

Michigan - Lawmakers celebrate as judge blocks Manhattan Project waste dumping in Wayne County

Massachusetts - Massachusetts Senate Prepares Energy Bill as Lawmakers Clash Over Nuclear Power, Mass Save Cuts

Nation - Trump Administration Plans to Quadruple US Nuclear Power Capacity by 2050

Nation - U.S. Bets Big on Nuclear to Beat China in AI Race

Nation - Deploying nuclear power: Financing, risk, and execution in the current market environment

Western Europe - A nuclear megaproject meant to attack radioactive waste is standing still, and the clock is now running against the government

East Africa - Kenyan nuclear authority addresses power plant protests

East Asia - China switched on a mini nuclear reactor only 14 meters tall, and the strange part is how many homes it can power

East Asia - China leverages nuclear energy exports to deepen Southeast Asia ties

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Nevada - Mag. 3.7 earthquake - 22 mi southeast of Fernley, Lyon County, Nevada

Washington - Helion begins construction of fusion power plant for Microsoft

Utah - Nuclear energy project resumes in Utah after 19-year struggle

Utah - Proposed Green River nuclear plant returns in new form

Utah - Fulcrum Point Holdings, a Hi Tech Solutions affiliate, announce Joint Venture with Blue Castle to advance nuclear project in Green River

Colorado - National awards to be presented at 2026 ANS Annual Conference

Nebraska - State news: Nebraska, Minnesota assess potential nuclear construction

Wisconsin - Did Wisconsin have a ban on building new nuclear power plants before 2016?

Tennessee - Yager talks landfill, nuclear waste, data centers, and more

Alabama - Marshall County residents push back against proposed quarry

Florida - Private nuclear can solve data center energy crunch

Michigan - Radioactive waste shipments to Wayne County landfill permanently halted

Pennsylvania - Nuclear energy to power data centers in Ohio, Pa.

New Jersey - Thea Energy Raises $100 Million in New Funding to Advance Fusion Technology

New York - Recently Acquired NANO Nuclear Subsidiary Secured Transportation Services (STS) Completes Three DOE and NNSA Aligned Nuclear Materials Transport Missions

Nation - Fusion Energy’s Next Barrier Is Winning Public Trust

Nation - ‘Innovation Café’ focuses on small modular reactors

Nation - Nuclear Power Is the Only Real Answer to AI Electricity Demand and These 3 ETFs Own the Trade

Nation - US plutonium fuel partners in advanced talks

Nation - U.S. Turns Cold War Plutonium Into Nuclear Fuel

Nation - DOE selects five companies to negotiate receipt of surplus U.S. plutonium

Canada - Canada commits $2.2 billion to revitalize Chalk River Laboratories, expand nuclear energy

Canada - Canada’s nuclear ambitions need fuel security, not just new reactors

United Kingdom - Trawsfynydd nuclear site readies for £70m transformation

United Kingdom - Trawsfynydd decommissioning passes major milestone as high-risk waste programme ends

United Kingdom - UK nuclear site completes decommissioning process

United Kingdom - Residents to pick name for Anglesey’s new Wylfa SMR project

Western Europe - Finding practical solutions with feedback, collaboration for safety assessment database projects

Western Europe - Fusion Startup Focused Energy Raises Record $240 Million

Western Europe - Focused Energy secures US$240 million: the world’s first laser fusion power plant is set to be built in Germany

Central Europe - Bohunice decommissioning enters final phase

Central Europe - IAEA Launches Project to Develop Advanced Nuclear Fuels

Northwestern Europe - GRAHAM opens new office to support nuclear growth plans

Northern Europe - Blykalla, Studsvik File for Up to 1.7 GW of New Swedish Nuclear Capacity as Government Proposes $3.7B Capital Commitment to Ringhals SMR Project

Northern Europe - The copper canisters Finland chose to seal its nuclear waste are expected by some scientists to begin corroding within centuries

Northeastern Europe - Russia signs $16.5 billion deal to build first nuclear power plant in Kazakhstan

Southern Europe - Ansaldo Nucleare delivers system for ITER fusion project

East Asia - Doosan Enerbility joins Rolls-Royce SMR projects as strategic partner

East Asia - Škoda JS, Doosan Enerbility get key Rolls-Royce SMR work

East Asia - The Next Front in China’s Indo-Pacific Strategy Is Nuclear Energy

East Asia - China offers to build modular nuclear reactor in Serbia

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Yucca Mountain - Why does Colorado have 33,000 pounds of nuclear waste decaying outside of Denver? And other nuclear power questions, answered.

California - Scientists Create Miniature Fireballs to Study Fallout From Nuclear Accidents

California - Underground nuclear reactor developer goes public

California - Oklo selected for US surplus plutonium programme

Texas - Texas to Host a Hybrid Power Plant Combining Natural Gas and Nuclear Energy

Virginia - Residents wrangle over transmission line proposal for rural Virginia

New York - Judge permanently blocks Manhattan Project radioactive waste from Wayne Disposal landfill

Massachusetts - 5 energy affordability policies to watch right now in Mass.

Massachusetts - After six months, no decision on Pilgrim radioactive water disposal

Nation - US advances plan to convert Cold War plutonium stockpiles into nuclear reactor fuel

Nation - US opens door for companies to turn cold war plutonium into nuclear fuel

Nation - US Govt ask nuclear startups to use plutonium

Nation - U.S.-Japan collaboration turns out “Super Engineers”

Nation - DOE picks 5 companies to negotiate access to Cold War plutonium as reactor fuel

Nation - US Wants Startups to Turn Cold War Plutonium Into Reactor Fuel

Nation - US DOE negotiating with reactor developers to use surplus plutonium for fuel

Nation - Video: US Turning Nuclear Waste Into Reactor Fuel? Breakthrough Tech Could Revolutionize Energy Forever?

Nation - Pentagon spurs US microreactor race but commercial hurdles remain

Nation - Three Reforms to Improve Nuclear Energy’s Economic Outlook

Nation - U.S. Navy to power Norfolk base using aircraft carrier

International - Fast Reactor Technology Moves Toward Global Deployment as Nations Accelerate Next-Generation Nuclear Energy Plans

United Kingdom - Landmark decommissioning milestone reached at Trawsfynydd

Western Europe - Fusion Power Fallacy: Tritium Bottleneck Still Haunts Clean Energy Claims

Western Europe - RWE increases investment in Focused Energy

Western Europe - Focused Energy to establish laser fusion ‘blueprint’ at German power plant

Western Europe - Hesse-based project raises millions for nuclear fusion

Western Europe - France’s lead-cooled fast reactor demonstrator plant completes vessel installation

Northern Europe - Finland Built a Nuclear Waste Tomb 430 Meters Into 1.9-Billion-Year-Old Bedrock, Then Plans to Seal It and Hope Nobody Finds It for 100,000 Years

Eastern Europe - Here comes the next-generation reactor for Arctic floating plants

Eastern Europe - First RITM-200 reactor unit manufactured for floating nuclear plant

East Asia - HD Hyundai Expands into SMR Reactor Manufacturing

East Asia - Two major problems of fusion reactors solved at once

South Asia - Operator Information Support System implemented at Rooppur nuclear plant

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California - How one company plans to put a nuclear microreactor at Buckley

California - TAE, UKAEA joint venture formally established

California - URS bets on nuclear to power AI and lower emissions

California - Reviving Plutonium: The Future of Nuclear Fuel

California - Oklo Selected by US DOE For Advanced Negotiations Under Surplus Plutonium Programme

Minnesota - Minnesota lawmakers agree to study possibility of building new nuclear plants

Illinois - NRC accepts permit application for NANO Nuclear microreactor at University of Illinois

Virginia - Residents Wrangle Over Transmission Line Proposal for Rural Virginia

New York - Nano Nuclear Energy Advances Portable Microreactor Commercialization Plan

New York - US nuclear recycling plant could extract 100 times more energy from uranium fuel

Connecticut - CT to study nuclear industry workforce needs

Nation - US advanced reactor race faces tight deadlines and fuel hurdles

Nation - US picks potential partners for using Cold War-era plutonium as fuel

Nation - NRC rolls out reforms to accelerate small reactor licensing

Nation - Advanced Reactors Hit Key Commercialization Milestones

Northern Europe - Third application lodged for Swedish SMR plant

Eastern Europe - 2 billion kWh electricity: Russia’s most powerful nuclear reactor passes key milestone

Africa - Africa’s Nuclear Energy Ambitions Face Financing Hurdle as IAEA Pushes for New Investment Model

East Africa - Holtec International Brings SMR-300 Technology to Rwanda to Shape Africa’s Nuclear Future

East Asia - China's coastal regions forge new paths for prosperity from the sea

East Asia - Radiation damage in tungsten under high-energy He-ion irradiation

East Asia - Next power move in China’s SE Asia strategy is nuclear

Southeast Asia - AI-driven electricity demand powering hybrid financing for advanced nuclear startups

South Asia - NLC India Signs Key Nuclear Power Agreement With NPCIL

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Nevada - Magnitude 3.8 earthquake strikes near Tonopah, Nye County, Nevada, USA

California - Deep Fission Revives Public Listing Plans, but Questions Around the Nuclear Startup Remain

Oregon - The ghosts of Trojan: 5 ways Oregon’s only nuclear plant still haunts the Northwest

Texas - Powerful Collaboration! Texas Plans to Build a 2.5 Gigawatt Nuclear and Gas Hybrid Power Plant to Address the Surge in AI Energy Demand

Nebraska - Sutherland makes short list for small nuke plant

Missouri - Army Corps expands Coldwater Creek contamination testing to north St. Louis subdivision

Illinois - Unlocking Nuclear’s Potential with AI

Ohio - One of the world’s largest salt mines sits beneath Lake Erie, an underground industrial city that most people living above it never realize exists until they see the depth and scale

Ohio - Engineers just designed a tiny battery that runs on nuclear waste and could power a sensor for decades without a single recharge

New York - New York Company To Develop Pilot Facility For Advanced Nuclear Reactor Fuel

Nation - Federal nuclear waste cleanup office faces 45% vacancy rate, federal watchdog warns

Nation - Energy Dept. Short of Key Employees for Nuclear Waste Cleanup, Says GAO

Nation - Energy Department Awards Funding to Expedite Small Modular Reactor Projects

Canada - The making of a made-in-Canada energy future

Canada - Video: Big nuclear plan leaves small town wrestling with radioactive past

National - Nuclear ETFs to Gain as the Globe Rides the Atomic Wave

Northwestern Europe - Dáil to consider ending Ireland’s ban on nuclear power

Northern Europe - Studsvik applies to build up to 1,400 MW of new nuclear power at its home site in Nyköping

Central Europe - That eerie blue light surrounding nuclear reactors has a fascinating scientific explanation

Eastern Europe - Ukraine probes depleted uranium missile as Russia fires Oreshnik

East Africa - Rwanda Advances Nuclear Energy Plans With Focus On Small Modular Reactors For Future Power Security

West Asia - The only solution: Former Energy Minister Alaboyun on why Türkiye must bet on small nuclear now

West Asia - Unit 1 at Türkiye's 1st nuclear power plant undergoes final checks

Central Asia - Chhattisgarh: Fly Ash Crisis Deepens In Korba; Experts Warn Coal Plant Waste More Dangerous Than Radioactive Waste

Southeast Asia - Cambodia and nuclear power: Can it? Should it?

South Asia - Rooppur’s journey from vision to reality

South Asia - Scientists are turning nuclear waste into batteries that could last for centuries

South Asia - NLC signs MoU with NPCIL for nuclear power projects

South Asia - India's Pivot To Small Nuclear Reactors Is A Win For L&T

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Texas - Hybrid Texas power plant blends the best of gas and nuclear

Michigan - Lessons learned from an Army Corps radioactive waste disposal plan for Michigan that went South

Florida - Private nuclear can solve data center energy crunch | Opinion

New York - Constellation Seeks Early Site Permit at Oswego, NY

Nation - Global warming is ‘nowhere close to the world’s top 5 or 10 problems,’ Energy secretary says

Nation - Nuclear waste decay slashed from 100,000 years to 300 in breakthrough initiative.

Nation - Supercarrier USS Gerald R. Ford To Act As Floating Nuclear Power Plant For Facilities On Land

Nation - Q&A: ‘Slightly used nuclear fuel’. How recycling nuclear waste can address the energy crisis

Nation - Supercarrier USS Gerald R. Ford To Act As Floating Nuclear Power Plant For Facilities On Land

Western Europe - Inside the World's Biggest Bet on Fusion Energy

Western Europe - 10 Times Hotter Than the Sun: Inside World's Largest Fusion Reactor

Eastern Europe - Depleted uranium found in Russian missile recovered in Ukraine

South Asia - India enters advanced nuclear reactor league with PFBR milestone: Report

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California - Controlled experiments reveal how nuclear fallout particles form

California - What began as a bizarre 1959 metal experiment could end up changing how the world reuses heat and generates electricity

California - Deep Fission seeks $157M NASDAQ IPO after previous failed listing

Texas - US firm targets high-energy nuclear fuel for advanced reactors with strategic deal

Texas - US’ nuclear project clears key NRC environmental milestone, to cut emissions by 440,000 tons

Missouri - Callaway County legislator, Ameren respond to solar facility concerns

Massachusetts - Commonwealth Fusion Systems installs a 106,000-pound vessel and hits 75% completion on the SPARC reactor in Massachusetts, a milestone that speeds up America’s fusion timeline

Nation - Nuclear Reactor Decommissioning Market to Reach US$99.50 Billion by 2033 as Aging Reactor Retirements, Waste Management and Robotic Dismantling Redefine Nuclear Cleanup

Nation - Next-Generation Nuclear for a New Golden Age

Nation - U.S. Exploring Small Modular Nuclear Reactors In Marine Transportation

Nation - Advanced Nuclear Fuels Are Critical to America’s Nuclear Revival

Nation - Why Is Fusion Energy Always ’10 Years Away’?

Canada - Push Back on Reduced Assessment of Nuclear Projects

United Kingdom - It’s Time For America To Turn The Page On Its Nuclear Fears

Western Europe - A billion-euro nuclear reactor driven by a particle accelerator is frozen, and a government decision could decide its fate

Northern Europe - Some Data Centers Are Doing A Lot More Than Just Processing & Storing Data

East Africa - Nuclear Agency Reveals Next Move After Residents Oppose Govt's Multi-Billion Project

East Africa - NuPEA: No nuclear project without community consent

South Asia - India enters advanced nuclear reactor league with PFBR milestone: Report

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Nevada - Nevada Newsmakers Friday, Michael Naft, Clark County Commission

Idaho - Mayor's Commentary: Nuclear Innovation Is In Our DNA

Ohio - AEP, other Ohio utilities could own nuclear power plants under state bill

Nation - US nuclear firm advances 4th-gen 45 MWth Kronos modular reactor with key clearance

Nation - How Trump’s Nuclear Orders Fast-Tracked the SMR Era

Nation - DOE allocates more than USD$94 million to accelerate SMR deployment in the U.S.

Nation - Waste of the Day: Radioactive Wasted Money

Nation - Rebuilding America’s Nuclear Fuel Supply Chain: Vulnerabilities and Solutions

Nation - What the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission's new logo says about American energy ambitions

International - Everything to know about nuclear energy in the EU

United Kingdom - Nuclear plant vulnerability

Northern Europe - NNE: Nuclear power plant could be operational in Norway by the 2030s

South Africa - Big shift for nuclear laws in South Africa

West Asia - US and Armenia deepen cooperation on small modular reactors

Southeast Asia - Understanding Advanced Nuclear Energy Technologies: How Singapore Is Assessing Its Potential

South Asia - Modularising PHWR Technology into Bharat Small Reactors in Shorter Timeframe Feasible

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California - Sandy Fire Map: Toxic Waste Site With Nuclear Past in Path of Blaze

California - Sandy fire burns near former nuclear test site, triggering air monitoring efforts

California - Deep Fission: $156 Million IPO Launched For Underground Nuclear Reactor Technology

California - A blueprint for scalable fusion power

Oregon - The ghosts of Trojan: 5 ways Oregon’s only nuclear plant still haunts the Northwest

Washington - U.S. House proposes even deeper Hanford cuts than Trump administration

Washington - GOP budget plan in US House calls for cuts at Hanford nuclear cleanup site

Washington - HD Hyundai joins TerraPower’s Natrium reactor supply chain

Washington - TerraPower and HD Hyundai sign Natrium reactor agreements

Wyoming - Bill Gates-backed TerraPower partners with Hyundai for next-gen 345-MW nuclear reactor

Nebraska - Video: NPPD Narrows Nuclear Reactor sites to Four including Sutherland

Nebraska - Continuing Coverage: Lincoln County leaders push for Sutherland as NPPD Small Modular Reactor search narrows

Illinois - Microreactor application accepted for review by US regulator

Michigan - Michigan environmental news: Small fire triggers Fermi 2 shutdown

Nation - US envoy signals major India-US nuclear energy push

Nation - Maintaining the Credibility and Independence of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Nation - Progress Report: Reclaiming American Nuclear Leadership

Nation - How Trump’s Nuclear Orders Sparked America’s Nuclear Revival

Canada - Government of Canada Announces $2.2 Billion Capital Commitment for Chalk River Laboratories Renewal

Canada - SINUS: Training future experts in nuclear reactor systems simulation

Canada - Canada Is Running Out of Nuclear Engineers — and the Timing Couldn’t Be Worse

Northern Europe - Finland puts the world’s first nuclear waste warehouse into operation

Northern Europe - More Nuclear-Powered District Heating Planned in Finland

Eastern Europe - Russia plans to build nine fast-neutron nuclear power units by 2042

Southeastern Europe - Nuclearelectrica announces that the SMR Doicești project is advancing according to international standards

East Africa - Rwanda expedites its nuclear ambition via a new agreement with a major nuclear agency

East Africa - Tanzania’s nuclear question: Can East Africa afford a dangerous nuclear future?

South Africa - Africa is planning to have its yellowcake and eat it

East Asia - Survey begins to determine remote island’s suitability for nuclear disposal site

East Asia - China and Russia Nuclear MoUs: Strategic Energy Agreements 2026

Southeast Asia - House bill that would help solve flood, garbage woes gets final approval

South Asia - Rooppur NPP: First stage of operational readiness toward the initial 300-350MW electricity supply to the national grid

South Asia - Is Power Generation, Ecosystem Around Small Modular Reactors: India’s Nuclear Objectives For US Talks

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California - Rapidly Growing California Wildfire Threatens Contaminated Nuclear Reactor Site

California - Inside San Diego's fusion lab creating a tiny sun

Washington: Hanford Cleanup: DOE’s Plans to Grout and Dispose of Millions of Gallons of Tank Waste

Washington - Video: 100K gallons of radioactive waste turned to glass

Wyoming - Dow gets EA/FONSI for Seadrift project

Texas - The Nuclear Option: Data Centers and the Responsible Provision of Power

Nebraska - NPPD identifies 4 Nebraska communities as potential small modular reactor sites

Michigan - Better helium reporting to improve fission and fusion materials modeling

Nation - How Trump’s EO 14300 Is Reshaping NRC Nuclear Licensing and Regulation

Nation - Why Is the US Army Leading the Way on Nuclear Microreactors?

Nation - Trump’s Nuclear Executive Orders Set Up the US for Another 250 Years

Nation - Putting a nuclear reactor on the moon: big promise, bigger challenges

Canada - How Prairie pacifists halted a 1976 plan for a Sask. uranium refinery

Canada - Canada funds fusion-based copper-67 production project

United Kingdom - Sellafield pioneers safer, smarter ‘flat pack’ approach

United Kingdom - Sizewell C investors expected to reap £4bn in profit from UK energy bill levy

Western Europe - German government plans first nuclear fusion power plant by the 2040s

Northern Europe - Blykalla submits application for six-SMR site in Sweden

Eastern Europe - Russia strikes Ukraine with radioactive drone carrying uranium-tipped missile

East Africa - Why Africa is turning to small modular reactors for its nuclear future

Middle East - US-Saudi nuclear pact faces scrutiny over safeguards

East Asia - South Korea Unveils Bold Plan For Global Nuclear Leadership

East Asia - Nuclear Waste Site Survey Begins for Remote Tokyo Island

East Asia - Japanese gov't begins nuclear waste site survey on Minamitori Island

Southeast Asia - Singapore emerging as potential regional leader in global fusion energy race

Southeast Asia - World’s largest nuclear fusion firm partners A*STAR to develop commercial power plant tech

South Asia - Power generation, ecosystem around small modular reactors: India's nuclear objectives with US talks

Oceania - Video: Australia ‘demonising’ the nuclear industry despite potential to lower energy costs

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Yucca Mountain - Project Omega’s Spent Fuel Recycling: America’s Hidden Energy Goldmine

California - Wildfire Crews Race to Keep Fierce California Blaze From Former Nuclear Reactor Site

Washington - Helion Energy wants to build fusion power on a start-up timeline

Texas - Licensing milestone for Texas SMR plant

Texas - American fusion highlights commercialization progress for Texatron fusion engine (AMFN)

Texas - Industrial Advanced Nuclear Project in the US Hits Major Milestone

Tennessee - ORNL completes challenging molten salt property measurements

Michigan - Fire at DTE Energy's Fermi 2 nuclear plant leads to temporary shutdown

Massachusetts - CFS reports progress in assembling the SPARC demonstration reactor for net energy

Maine - Maine Maritime Academy to offer nuclear engineering technology major

Nation - How many solar panels would it take to equal one nuclear reactor?

Nation - US nuclear cleanup costs spiral

Nation - US backs advanced SMR supply chain

Nation - Proactive Policy Supports Expanding America’s Nuclear Fuel Supply

Nation - Nuclear Waste Cleanup: DOE Shortages in Mission-Critical Positions Have Continued to Increase

Nation - Nuclear waste oversight at risk as staffing vacancies mount, watchdog warns

International - The return of nuclear energy: Why the world is reconsidering atomic power after years of decline

United Kingdom - Video: A reactor made 69 megajoules from almost nothing - then scientists faced the real problem

United Kingdom - Rolls-Royce seeks local apprentices for UK’s first SMR

United Kingdom - Power from Sizewell C will be more expensive than Hinkley Point, says UK watchdog

Western Europe - Germany promotes fusion technology

Central Asia - Kazakhstan bans foreign nuclear waste

East Asia - Ministry of Science and ICT launches 2031 nuclear strategy with SMRs and AI

Southeast Asia - How will S’pore be assessed for its ability to make an informed choice on deploying nuclear energy?

Southeast Asia - Singapore to undergo 2027 int’l review on advanced nuclear readiness

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Washington - TerraPower Buys South Korea’s Sodium Reactor Safety-Test IP as Seoul’s Own Program Lost a Year to Budget Cuts

Washington - Major cleanup milestone reached at Hanford Waste Treatment Plant

Washington - 100,000 gallons of radioactive nuclear waste made safer in Eastern WA

Idaho - Idaho National Laboratory opens Structural Properties Laboratory for advanced nuclear research

Wyoming - Bill Gates Pushes New Nuclear Energy Vision

Wyoming - Bill Gates Wants To Reinvent Nuclear Power Completely

New Mexico - Calling nuclear weapons immoral, Archbishop Wester urges halt to

Texas - NRC Clears Long Mott’s Environmental Review on a Faster Path—Another Milestone for Commercial Advanced Nuclear

Wisconsin - Kewaunee County on the cusp of a nuclear power revival

Missouri - NEA head gives talk about growing global interest in nuclear energy

Kentucky - Kentucky Legislative Leaders Continue Push To Advance Nuclear Energy Development

South Carolina - Savannah River marks the closure of another legacy waste tank

Virginia - Small nuclear power projects will be subject of 2 public meetings in Wise County

Maryland - X-energy gets federal environmental approval for Texas nuclear reactors

Delaware - BLSK Energy to Produce Advanced Reactor Fuel

New York - NY nuclear operator will seek site approval for new nuke plant in Oswego County

New York - Federal grant awarded to nuclear operators gets Oswego County one step closer to building additional reactors

Nation - Small modular nuclear reactors are a dead end

Nation - US DOE Awards Over $94MM to Light Water SMR Advancement Projects

Nation - US Awards $94 Million to Accelerate SMR Development

Nation - NRC Finalizes Generic Environmental Impact Statement for New Nuclear Reactors

Nation - How Trump’s Nuclear Executive Orders Jump-Started the US Nuclear Revival

United Kingdom - Have your say on proposed change to permit at Hinkley Point C

Western Europe - Germany: Research Minister Rejects Use of Mini Nuclear Power Plants

Western Europe - Three fusion ‘hubs’ to be established in Germany

Northwestern Europe - Build a nuclear power plant in Aghada? Forget this pipedream

Northern Europe - Blykalla applies to build Swedish SMR plant

Southeastern Europe - Concrete pouring completed for first part of Cernavoda refurb project

Southeastern Europe - Romanian PM questions viability of Nuclearelectrica’s SMR project

Southeastern Europe - Nuclearelectrica completes first continuous concrete pour for the permanent structures of the Cernavoda NPP Unit 1 refurbishment project

East Africa - Inside Rwanda’s Plan to Break Past Its 1,000 MW Energy Limit with Nuclear Power

United Arab Emirates - IAEA concern after drone strike close to Barakah nuclear power plant

United Arab Emirates - How Barakah Nuclear Power Plant made the UAE a global clean energy leader

East Asia - Inside the Power Core of the AI Era: A Visit to the Shinhanul Nuclear Power Plant [Report]

South Asia - "SHANTI Act has opened door for new day": Nuclear Energy Institute chief on India-US civil nuclear ties

South Asia - US nuclear industry delegation visiting India to explore opportunities

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Nevada - Opinion: Candidates aren't talking about data centers. They'll regret their silence.

Washington - DOE Awards $94 Million for Light Water SMRs

Idaho - NRC Approves Oklo Key Nuclear Design Criteria for Aurora Powerhouse

Wyoming - Bill Gates-backed TerraPower taps Korean nuclear tech

Wyoming - Developing advanced reactor technology: Bill Gates’ Company Buys Rights to Korea’s STELLA Nuclear System

Wisconsin - Wisconsin leaders push for state role in growing nuclear fusion industry

Tennessee - Molten Salt Reactors Move Closer to Reality After Breakthrough at U.S. Lab

Kentucky - A nuclear power future has bipartisan backing in Kentucky. But not everyone is sold.

Virginia - Feds award Framatome $8.8 million to expand production

Massachusetts - Commonwealth Fusion Systems installs a 48-ton vessel and reaches 75% of the SPARC reactor in Massachusetts

National - Powering Future Conflicts: The Case for Going Nuclear

International - Nuclear Making a Comeback but Uranium Supply Squeezed

United Kingdom - The UK just committed £2 billion to quantum computing and £2.5 billion to nuclear fusion — a national bet on energy independence

United Arab Emirates - UAE reports drone strike near Abu Dhabi nuclear power plant

East Asia - China offers Southeast Asia clear nuclear power advantages

East Asia - Scientists May Have Solved Two of Fusion Energy’s Biggest Problems at Once

East Asia - Japanese nuclear municipalities tax spent fuel and multiply revenue

Southeast Asia - First CEO of NUS nuclear institute aims to lead with a realistic eye on energy shift challenges

South Asia - Uranium Recovery Revolution: UCIL and Hindustan Copper's Strategic Partnership

South Asia - US nuclear industry delegation visiting India to explore opportunities

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California - Deep Isolation Expands Borehole Demo Program as R&D Spend Widens Losses and Investor Outreach Ramps Up

Washington - TerraPower progresses deployment of sodium fast reactor platform after receiving U.S. regulatory clearance

Utah - Utah State to advance nuclear energy research, partnering with INL

South Carolina - Practice run for Iran? US carts off Venezuelan uranium — with British help

Pennsylvania - Environmental groups disagree with landfill leachate study findings

New York - Goldman Sees 17% Rise in Uranium Demand with SMR Growth

New York - Nano Nuclear Advances Kronos Reactor as UIUC Files NRC Application

Nation - Trump administration readying a plan to impose Colorado River water cuts on Western states

Nation - Can US nuclear expansion accommodate thorium reactors?

Nation - US nuclear buildout prioritizes uranium despite thorium advances abroad

International - World’s largest operating tokamak begins commissioning with major 8-meter coils upgrade

Northern Europe - Sweden is relying on nuclear power

Eastern Europe - Global nuclear output hits record as US funds SMRs, Zaporizhzhia risk grows

East Africa - Russia To Build Nuclear Power Plant In Rwanda

East Africa - Opinion | France’s Nuclear Lessons: Can Kenya Finally Get Reliable, Affordable Power Without Repeating Costly Mistakes?

East Asia - On the 13th, the first stage of the radioactive waste (protective waste) cave disposal facility

East Asia - Feature: Remote Japanese island draws scrutiny over nuclear waste, rare earth plans

East Asia - Japan nuclear plant to halt reactor following radioactive steam leak

South Asia - UCIL to extract uranium from Hindustan Copper's tailings, to set up recovery plant in Jharkhand: CMD

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Nevada - Nuclear commissioner says small reactors could power TRI

New Mexico - New Mexico Uranium ISR Projects: Geology, Permitting & Potential

Kentucky - A nuclear power future has bipartisan backing in Kentucky. But not everyone is sold.

Virginia - The future of nuclear fusion energy could be at Jefferson Lab

Massachusetts - US nuclear fusion firm begins installing final 48-ton vacuum vessel half for net energy

Nation - Republicans Move Forward with Energy and Water Funding Bill that Raises Costs and Leaves Americans More Vulnerable to Nuclear Threats

Nation - DOE awards $94m to accelerate light-water SMRs deployment in the US

Nation - US DOE awards $94m to eight American companies to speed up SMR implementation

Nation - US federal funds awarded to spur SMR deployment

United Kingdom - Rolls-Royce SMR secures GBE-N SMR Technical Partner contract

United Kingdom - Small reactors with a big range of use cases

Northwestern Europe - John Dolan: Imagine the blowback if they built a nuclear plant in Cork...

Northern Europe - Lightbridge, Studsvik advance fuel tech

Central Europe - Croatia's Energy Minister: "Nuclear power should meet a third of energy needs by 2040."

Eastern Europe - Russia makes first 175 MW output reactor unit to power Leningrad nuclear icebreaker

Southeastern Europe - Greece has cheap green energy in abundance. So why are electricity bills still so high?

Africa - Nuclear Power in Africa: Opportunities for the Future

South Asia - Are small modular reactors India’s nuclear future?

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Nevada - The Other Side of the Nuclear Renaissance: How Domestic Uranium Lands on the Pre-Feasibility Calendar

California - Deep Isolation Launches Texas Demonstration as R&D Spend Widens Losses in First Quarter 2026

California - Deep Isolation Nuclear, Inc. Reports Operational and Financial Results for the First Quarter of 2026

California - US nuclear firm deploys ‘Prometheus’ to design advanced reactors and next-gen fuel systems

California - TAE Technologies, UKAEA Advance Development of Core Fusion Technology

New Mexico - Hearing to address possible plutonium pit production expansion

Texas - Fervo becomes clean energy’s biggest-ever IPO with $10B valuation—powered by the earth’s heat and AI’s hunger

Tennessee - Oak Ridge hails demolition of two enrichment buildings in single year

Kentucky - A nuclear power future has bipartisan backing in Kentucky. But not everyone is sold.

Indiana - FANCO and AtkinsRéalis form strategic alliance for SMR deployment

Indiana - US firm’s 240 MWe nuclear reactor with first closed-fuel-cycle gets new deal boost

Nation - Republican Energy and Water Development Funding Bill Increases Costs, Weakens National Security

Nation - Nuclear Cleanup Costs Continue to Spiral as Deferred Maintenance and Repair Needs Grow

Nation - The State of Fusion Energy in 2026: Real Reactors, Real Grids, Real Caveats

Nation - Future of Nuclear Reactor Decommissioning Market 2026

Canada - Canada aims to double electricity grid capacity by 2050 as demand soars

International - Nuclear-Powered AI: The Risks of De-Regulation

United Kingdom - Labour accused of making nuclear sector ‘more dangerous’ after capture by ‘vested interests’

United Kingdom - New video opens the lid on Hinkley Point C’s first reactor

Western Europe - Belgium and the Netherlands to enhance nuclear cooperation

Western Europe - The power to change

Central Europe - The end of the Russian era: Visegrad Group nations forge a new nuclear future

Southcentral Europe - Italy Plans to Legalize Nuclear Power This Summer

Eastern Europe - How Russia signals nuclear resolve with civilian nuclear energy infrastructure

East Asia - Disposal Facility Built on Land Instead of a Cave... Goal to Process 4,000 Drums of Radioactive Waste This Year

South Asia - Tata Power CEO confirms interest in small modular reactors

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California - AtkinsRéalis signs 20-year agreement for engineering services with First American Nuclear

California - First American Nuclear and AtkinsRéalis Announce Strategic Alliance to Develop Advanced Reactor and Fuel Reprocessing Energy Parks

Washington - WSU has funds for its ‘Reactor Ready’ initiative

Wyoming - Lummis reflects on future of nuclear power in Wyoming

Maryland - Maryland enacts Utility Relief Act amid rising energy costs

New York - NANO explores nuclear powered AI

Massachusetts - Nuclear fusion reactors gain real-time AI shield to tackle plasma collapse risk

Nation - Nuclear Power’s Second Revolution Needs More Fuel

Canada - Chief challenges NWMO claims on responsiveness

Canada - UKAEA and Stellarex Energy to advance fusion power development

Oceania - Lawmakers want answers about micro-nuclear reactors on Guam

Western Europe - Belgium and the Netherlands to enhance nuclear cooperation

Western Europe - Belgium and the Netherlands agree closer nuclear cooperation

Western Europe - Framatome to develop innovative fuels for Czech research reactors

Southwestern Europe - Terra Innovatum and Sant’Anna Partner on Micro Modular Reactor AI

Iberian Peninsula - Russian cargo ship sunk off Spain carried nuclear reactors for North Korea, probe reveals

Central Europe - Kazakhstan eyes establishing national operator to handle radioactive waste

Central Europe - Kazakhstan to Ban Storage of Foreign Radioactive Waste

East Asia - Korea Completes Surface Disposal Facility for Low-Level Radioactive Waste

East Asia - Shanghai JetLab Power Technology: Plasma Thrusters Bring Nuclear Fusion Tech to Space

South Asia - Tata Power CEO confirms interest in small modular reactors

South Asia - Atoms for net-zero: A 100 GW bet on India’s nuclear expansion

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Nevada - Dark Nevada tourist spot that captivated Americans for decades just canceled all future tours

Missouri - Missouri nuclear power plant debate stalls over funding question

Connecticut - CT will face higher power needs and one source is called ‘transformational.’ Not everyone agrees.

Nation - We Found Billions in Potential Savings Possible if Federal Government Acts Now

Nation - Energy and Water Development: FY2027 Appropriations

Western Pacific - Lawmakers want answers about micro-nuclear reactors on Guam

South America - NNSA removes HEU from legacy Venezuelan research reactor

United Kingdom - Nuclear isn’t ‘special’, it’s a delivery challenge

Northern Europe - Finland has cut power sector emissions by 80 percent in a decade

Northern Europe - Norway emerges as testing ground for nuclear-powered vessels

Central Europe - Work Starts on First SMR Power Project in Czech Republic

East Asia - Taiwan, Wyoming sign MOUs on nuclear reactors, carbon capture

South Asia - India’s nuclear gamble meets institutional reality

South Asia - India to halve nuclear plant safety zones amid expansion push

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Nevada - In future, small nuclear reactors could power TRI, other major data centers, U.S. nuclear commissioner says

California - NRC Approves Nuclear Design Criteria for Oklo Aurora Powerhouse

Washington - WSU lands $1.4M DOE grant to train next wave of nuclear workers

Texas - Quantum Leap Energy Enters into Memorandum of Understanding with European Nuclear Technology Company for Advanced Nuclear Fuel Supply Collaboration

Texas - ASP Isotopes spikes after signing MoU for enriched uranium supply

Illinois - Clean Core’s fuel test complete at INL’s ATR

Virginia - Bechtel Boosts Role in Nuclear Power Resurgence With New Union Apprenticeship Pact

New York - Small Modular Reactors still face big doubts

Nation - USA To Examine SMRs For Commercial Shipping

Nation - The Many Shapes of Nuclear Power’s Revival

Canada - Bruce Power, Ontario reach $300M predevelopment agreement on Bruce C

United Kingdom - New Research will Use Sustainable Smouldering Technology to Tackle Nuclear Waste

United Kingdom - LLW Repository 2026 Environmental Safety Case Submission - Guide to the Key Points

United Kingdom - A private fusion consortium wants to bring stellarator power to the UK grid by the 2030s

Northwest Europe - Norwegian state expedites Kjeller licence transfer

Central Europe - Poland Site Suitable For Nuclear Project, Says National Atomic Energy Agency

West Africa - Togo Moves to Operationalize Nuclear Safety Authority

East Asia - First Hualong One nuclear power project in the GBA begins construction of a new reactor unit

Southeast Asia - US tech giant explores small-scale nuclear power deployment in Vietnam

South Asia - India to shrink zones around nuclear reactors to free up land, says report

South Asia - India weighs smaller nuclear buffer zones to accelerate 100 GW target

South Asia - India to shrink zones around nuclear reactors to free up land, sources say

South Asia - Government Weighs Smaller Nuclear Safety Zones To Support Expansion

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Nevada - Mag. 4.1 earthquake - Lyon County, 37 mi east of Carson City

Iowa - Next-gen nuclear fusion alloy discovery reduced from months to hours with new US tool

North Carolina - Terrestrial Energy and Riot Platforms Join Forces to Power Data Centers with Advanced Nuclear Technology

Massachusetts - Fusion firm seeks first-ever US grid connection

Nation - The Timeline and Potential of Nuclear Energy Development

Nation - A New Regulatory Paradigm for Advanced Nuclear Energy

Canada - Yukonomist: Going nuclear

Western Europe - This 1,000 ton magnet can lift an aircraft carrier and drive the future of fusion

East Asia - Japan faces tough road ahead over nuclear-fuel reprocessing plant

South Asia - India’s Tiny Nuclear Power Share Could Trigger Massive Energy Expansion

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California - Deep Isolation – Weekly Recap

Idaho - What is ANEEL and why thorium could change nuclear energy

Kentucky - Brookfield Corporation and The Nuclear Company Partner to Advance Nuclear Development in the United States

Nation - U.S. government increases backing for advanced reactor deployment and capacity enhancement technologies

Canada - 'It's not a done deal': Community nearest nuclear waste site to hire lawyer

Northeastern Europe - Russia and US achieve nuclear firsts in waste reduction and AI power

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California - Should this water desalination project be linked to a nuclear plant?

Texas - Blue Energy and GE Vernova plan gas-plus-nuclear plant in Texas

Texas - Hybrid Gas & Nuclear Plant Aims to Quickly Deliver Power to Data Centers

Minnesota - Support Grows For Nuclear Energy Expansion In Northern Minnesota

Kentucky - Kentucky data center operator eyes small nuclear reactors to power next project

Florida - 2 challenges for nuclear power startup Ampera

North Carolina - US nuclear firm to deploy multiple 390 MW reactors for 4 GW power under new deal

Nation - Plutonium Pit Bomb Production: the Beginning of the End

Nation - Trump wants shipping to go nuclear

Canada - Saskatchewan's plan to extend life of coal power to cost $26B over 25 years

United Kingdom - Designing the End of Nuclear

United Kingdom - NSW Upper House vote signals shift in Australia’s nuclear debate

United Kingdom - The People Powering Nuclear's Future

United Kingdom - Government nearing decision to select site for nuclear waste facility

United Kingdom - Aecom forms partnership with two nuclear fusion organisations to develop UK’s first private power plant

Western Europe - Merz unveils Germany’s fusion energy ambitions

Western Europe - ITER Magnet Milestone Tests Fusion’s Construction Supply Chain

South Africa - Opinion | Why the Digital Savannah Needs a Nuclear-Powered Silicon Savannah

East Asia - How China uses the Non-Aligned Movement to avoid nuclear accountability

South Asia - India opens the door to private investment in nuclear energy, raising liability concerns

South Asia - India’s nuclear breakthrough strengthens its energy security ambitions05.07.26 - California - Questions Emerge over Infant Health near Diablo Canyon as Nuclear Plant Gets 20-Year Extension

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California - Questions Emerge over Infant Health near Diablo Canyon as Nuclear Plant Gets 20-Year Extension

California - Should Water Desalination Project Be Linked to Diablo Canyon Nuclear Plant?

Oregon - Oregon may boost fees for moving radioactive material through state

Washington - In a first, US nuclear fusion firm adds fission tech using 10MW underground microreactors

Washington - Murray, union leaders warn of layoffs under Trump proposed Hanford budget

Colorado - Military’s selection of Buckley base as possible site for nuclear microreactor spurs questions in Aurora

Washington - Zap Energy becomes the first fusion company to add traditional nuclear fission to its business — a move that stunned the industry

Iowa - New AI tool to identify materials for plasma-facing components

Nation - The Climate Reckoning That the Nuclear Arms Control Can’t Ignore

Nation - Video: The US Government Secretly Dumped 47,800 Barrels of Nuclear Waste in the Pacific

Nation - How come we have nuclear ships but not small nuclear power plants?

Nation - MARAD launches initiative to develop Small Modular Nuclear Reactors

Nation - NASA takes step toward ion engines powered by fission reactors

Nation - U.S. Secures Largest-Ever HALEU Shipment to Power American Nuclear Industry

Nation - US receives record 1.7 metric tons of HALEU uranium shipment for advanced reactors

Canada - World’s largest nuclear facility could be built in Ontario with new $300M deal

Canada - OGP’s first SMR hit construction milestone

Canada - Ontario advances first major nuclear project in three decades

Canada - Saskatchewan's plan to extend life of coal power to cost $26B over 25 years

International - World’s Largest Fusion Reactor Achieves Key Milestone

International - Why history should tell us the future is not nuclear

International - SMRs v renewables: mini nuclear's costs judgement day is coming

United Kingdom - UK-US consortium unveils plan for UK’s first commercial fusion power plant

United Kingdom - UK Infinity Fusion Consortium launches

United Kingdom - Tokamak Energy, AECOM Join 400 MWe Fusion Power Project

United Kingdom - Video: Type One Energy, Tokamak Energy, and AECOM Form the UK Infinity Fusion Consortium to Accelerate

United Kingdom - Fusion consortium established to advance private-sector fusion

Western Europe - World's largest fusion reactor nears reality, to replicate Sun's energy

Central Europe - Cooling without pumps: New measurement data for modular reactors

Central Europe - Passive Cooling Advances: New Measurement Data for Modular Reactors

Southwestern Europe - Sogin signs graphite decomm collab

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California - Should this water desalination project be linked to a nuclear plant?

Washington - Zap Energy expands into fission

New Mexico - Navajo Advances Cleanup at Old Church Rock Mine with New Technology

Missouri - Public hearings come to Kansas City as US ramps up plutonium production for nuclear weapons

Tennessee - US fast-tracks licensing for 50-unit-per-year microreactor factory in Tennessee

North Carolina - Terrestrial Energy and Riot Platforms Launch Collaboration to Develop Nuclear-Powered Large-Scale Data Center Projects

New Jersey - This N.J. county could be home to the state’s next nuclear reactor, governor says

Massachusetts - ‘All kinds of cancer’: New study will assess radiation risk from old nuclear plant in Plymouth

Nation - What goes around comes around: The revival of Toshiba’s 4S?

Nation - NRC to review Radiant R-50 Part 70 license application

United Kingdom - Bill Gates-backed Type One Energy joins UK push for commercial fusion plant

United Kingdom - Urenco produces Europe’s first batch of longer-lasting nuclear fuel in UK

United Kingdom - UK fusion consortium to develop power plant projects

United Kingdom - UK Infinity Fusion Consortium launches private fusion initiative

Western Europe - Belgium moves to nationalise nuclear

Western Europe - Belgium in talks to acquire country’s nuclear power facilities

Eastern Europe - Belarus plans to build radioactive waste disposal facility

South Asia - India licences NFC-Kota fuel plant

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California - US turns to AI to fast-track nuclear fuel testing for future reactor rollout

California - Inside California’s last nuclear power plant — as locals fear it’ll have catastrophic meltdown

Oregon - Why Industries Are Moving to Behind-the-Meter Power

Texas - Private Energy Company Withdraws Its Interest In Building Nuclear Reactors Next To A BTU Power Plant

Texas - Blue Energy and GE Vernova Plan Hybrid Nuclear-Gas Power Plant in Texas

Texas - Giant power plant in Texas will combine gas and nuclear power to feed AI data centers and promises to deliver electricity even before the reactors are ready.

Illinois - CCTE Successfully Concludes Thorium Fuel Irradiation, Surpasses 60GWd/MTU Burnup in INL Reactor

Tennessee - Oak Ridge groundbreaking for reactor celebrates partnerships

Tennessee - America’s nuclear dry spell is over

Tennessee - Radiant on Track to Build the First Commercial Nuclear Microreactors Factory in America

Kentucky - Joint venture formed with a focus on finishing Summer-2 and -3

Kentucky - KY's largest utilities are eyeing small nuclear reactors to power data centers

Georgia - North Augusta meets to discuss plutonium pit production at SRS

South Carolina - The first—and maybe last—peek inside a plutonium pit facility

Nation - US turns to AI to fast-track nuclear fuel testing for future reactor rollout

Nation - Better Data and Project Prioritization Vital to Managing Aging Infrastructure and Communicating Needs

Nation - Key Takeaways From The U.S. Department Of Energy's FY 2027 Budget Hearings

Nation - U.S. Nuclear Renaissance Enters Steel-in-Ground Phase

Nation - Nuclear Power Is Becoming Part of the AI Infrastructure Supply Chain

Canada - Final Trio of Workshops to Support Public Comments in Review of Nuclear Waste Plan by May 10th

Canada - Canada Unleashes Massive Nuclear and Climate Financing to Accelerate Clean Energy Push

Canada - Ontario marks SMR milestone with installation of 2.1M-pound reactor foundation at Darlington

Western Europe - Ship modified for transport of used MOX fuel

Western Europe - Third nuclear waste shipment arrives in Germany's Ahaus

Northwestern Europe - Norwegian municipalities initiate investigation work

Northern Europe - Blykalla and ABB enhance cooperation

Central Europe - CODAP explores AI applications and database expansion

South Asia - Environmental Cost of War in Nuclear South Asia

Southeast Asia - PHL may turn to other countries’ nuclear waste disposal methods

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Nevada - Earthquakes in Nevada sparks rumors of military testing at Area 51

Nevada - Quake strikes area northwest of Las Vegas

Nevada - Earthquake swarm rattles Nevada where ground has been slowly ripping apart for third week

California - A rare look inside California’s last nuclear power plant

Oregon - Investors Eye NuScale Power Advantage in Small Modular Reactor Market

Washington - Another Hanford Tank Emptied, 41K Gallons of Waste Transferred

Washington - Zap Energy: The First Fission-Fusion Company

Arizona - NuCube Energy Opens Phoenix Office and Names Michael Green Chief Legal Officer Amid Arizona Expansion

Pennsylvania - Electricity grid manager PJM says developers are proposing 800+ new power projects

Nation - DOE announces 10-year partnership on W7-X stellarator

Nation - Are Advanced Nuclear Reactors As Good As They’re Promoted To Be

Nation - NRC Proposes New Framework to Enable High-Volume Microreactor Deployment

Nation - Top US nuclear regulator is rewriting its rules for new era of reactors

Nation - US Air Force selects three firms for nuclear microreactors

Canada - A small northern Ontario town refused radioactive waste. It’s gone to Sarnia instead

Canada - Work on Darlington Nuclear’s 1st small modular reactor progressing well, energy minister says

National - Industry Update—May 2026

United Kingdom - AI Tools Advance Fusion Energy on Three Fronts Simultaneously

East Asia - 10-MW nuclear reactor on truck bed: Power bank for AI data centres

South Asia - Nuclear scaling challenge

South Asia - Nuclear Milestone: Kalpakkam 500 MWe PFBR achieves first criticality

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Nevada - Mag. 2.5 quake - Esmeralda County, 33 mi west of Tonopah, Nye County

Nevada - Magnitude 3.5 earthquake reported near Yerington

Idaho - NRIC Launch Pad Selects Four Startups

Kentucky - X-Energy And Kentucky Utilities Test Xe 100 Path To First Projects

Kentucky - LG&E and KU Evaluate Small Modular Reactors to Support Kentucky Energy Needs

Connecticut - CT eyes more nuclear energy capabilities for future. Here’s what that could mean

Nation - Why the US must deliver full US nuclear propulsion and fuel cycle technology to South Korea now

International - Europe's First Small Modular Nuclear Reactor Project Using NuScale Technology

Western Europe - Belgium Plans to Nationalize Nuclear Power Plants

Western Europe - Instead of a closed nuclear power plant in France, a radioactive metal recycling plant

Eastern Europe - Should Lithuania re-embrace nuclear energy with small modular reactors?

East Asia - South Korea eyes offshore nuclear reactors amid global race

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Nevada - 5.2 magnitude earthquake in Nevada reportedly felt as far as Sacramento

Nevada - Magnitude 5.2 Earthquake Rattles Western Nevada and Lake Tahoe

Wyoming - Wyoming celebrates 'nuclear renaissance' as feds approve license for a new reactor

Texas - Human-guided AI system could strengthen advanced reactor monitoring and control

Massachusetts - Commonwealth Fusion Systems requests connection of its ARC plant to the PJM market

Nation - The Next-Generation Of Nuclear Power Is About To Take A Big Step Forward

Canada - Ontario marks major milestone on Darlington small modular reactor project

Western Europe - World first: Particle polarization survived laser-plasma acceleration for nuclear fusion

Northern Europe - Nuclear Waste Repository: Sweden’s Nuclear Industry Bets on Its Own Method

South Asia - India's latest nuclear reactor win can lead to 700 years of energy security

South Asia - India Clears Key Milestone for Kudankulam Units 5 & 6, Boosting Nuclear Expansion

South Asia - India's latest nuclear reactor win can lead to 700 years of energy security

South Asia - Kudankulam project: AERB permits equipment erection for units 5, 6

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Nevada - Area 51 earthquake swarm sparks nuclear test fears at secret base

Nevada - Series of earthquakes, including a Magnitude 4.9 quake, rattle western Nevada

Nevada - Rapid-fire earthquakes rattle Nevada region slowly tearing apart as strongest nears 5.0 magnitude

California - Solstice Advanced Materials Ties Halo Micro Reactor Fuel To Valuation Story

California - Oklo continues plutonium fuel development with LANL and Nvidia partnership

California - Deep Isolation Announces Timing of First Quarter 2026 Earnings Release and Conference Call Details

Washington - Radioactive waste emptied from aging, leak-prone tank in Eastern WA

Utah - In a first, US university’s nuclear reactor to power a high-performance GPU node

Utah - US Reactor Switches On For First Time in 50 Years to Power Data Centers

New Mexico - Nukes and AI Deepen New Mexico’s Water Crisis

Texas - ZettaJoule Pursues a Second Act for Japan’s High-Temperature Nuclear Reactor

Kentucky - Kentucky’s largest utility to ‘explore’ bringing small nuclear reactors to the state

Florida - NRC approves St. Lucie SLRs

Maryland – ‘Long-anticipated’ refresh of nuclear regulatory guidance welcomed

Massachusetts - Meta looks to novel technologies to power AI data centres

Nation - DOE issues call for private sector to restart spent nuclear fuel reprocessing

Canada - Nuclear Energy Strategy announced at CNA2026

Canada - Darlington SMR project's foundation module milestone

Canada - Marking an SMR milestone: Massive crawler crane installs 2.1-million-pound basemat

Canada - Ontario Darlington SMR project reaches construction milestone

National - Fusion Won’t Replace Energy Policy

International - Europe's fusion lead at risk without EU strategy warn CEOs

United Kingdom - ‘Long-anticipated’ refresh of nuclear regulatory guidance welcomed

Northern Europe - SDE wants Riigikogu to have final say on nuclear power plant

Northeastern Europe - Russia’s 820 MW sodium-cooled reactor ‘burns’ next-gen actinide nuclear fuel successfully

Northeastern Europe - Russia and US achieve nuclear firsts in waste reduction and AI power

Eastern Europe - Global nuclear advances mark breakthroughs in waste, power, and space

Eastern Europe - 40 years later: The changing future of nuclear energy after Chernobyl

East Asia - Inner Containment Dome Installed At China’s Shidaowan-1 Nuclear Plant

East Asia - China warns over Japan’s alleged nuclear ambitions

East Asia - Gyeongnam moves to become global export hub for nuclear power and SMR industries

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Yucca Mountain - What America Owes The Nuclear Future

Nevada - Area 51 struck by 17 earthquakes in 24 hours as 4.4 magnitude quake hits Nevada base

California - Diablo Canyon advocacy, Midwest nuclear legislation among April state news items

California - Hadron Energy Secures U.S. Uranium Conversion Agreement with ConverDyn, Locking In Domestic Fuel Supply for the Halo Micro-Modular Reactor

Washington - ZAP Energy Doubles Down on Fission and Fusion

New Mexico - Nukes and AI require 1.4 million gallons of water a day at New Mexico lab

Texas - A Modular AI-Digital Twin Framework for Advanced Nuclear Operations

Tennessee - ORNL Wins Award for Using 3D Printing to Build Nuclear Infrastructure

Ohio - US backs small modular reactors for cheaper, faster nuclear power

Ohio - US companies developing small modular reactors to cut costs, boost flexibility in nuclear power: Report

Massachusetts - This company says nuclear fusion could finally power the grid — and soon

Nation - Linda Pentz Gunter on the Case Against Nuclear Power

Nation - DOE Opens Nuclear Energy Launch Pad and DOME Test Bed to Industry Applicants, Sets July 8 Deadline

Nation - Deployable Energy Selected for DOE's Nuclear Energy Launch Pad Program

Canada - First new nuclear reactor in 30 years moves forward in Ontario town

International - Europe’s energy security demands nuclear on land and at sea

International - Energy: ENEA studies safety of fast modular reactors

Western Europe - Belgium seeks nationalization of nuclear power plants

Western Europe - Belgium takes over entire nuclear fleet from Engie in surprise move

Northeastern Europe - Pilot operation completed of fuel with minor actinides

East Asia - Thermonuclear fusion in a reactor successfully sustained for more than one minute for the first time

East Asia - China's 'Artificial Sun' Advances Toward Fusion Energy Breakthrough

South Asia - AERB grants operating license to Nuclear Fuel Complex-Kota

South Asia - AERB grants licence to NFC-Kota to fuel 700 MWe nuclear reactors

South Asia - Towards a secure nuclear future

South Asia - Why Pakistan Cannot Replace Fossil Fuel Power Generation With Nuclear Power

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Nevada - Mag. 4.4 earthquake - Lincoln County, 65 mi north of Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada

Nevada - Magnitude 4.7 earthquake shakes Las Vegas

Washington - Scientists leverage AI to optimize glass formulas for liquid radioactive waste

Washington - How to Build a Better Kind of Nuclear Power? This Side Hustle Might Help.

Washington - Zap Energy’s nuclear double play: Fusion startup adds traditional fission to its lineup, in industry first

Washington - TerraPower starts building 345 MW nuclear plant in US using advanced Natrium technology

Wyoming - Bill Gates’ nuclear bet just cleared a U.S. construction permit, and the real shock is how this Wyoming reactor could power the AI boom

Utah - US research reactor first to produce electricity

Colorado - Colorado’s legislature is preparing to jump start nuclear power. Green advocates want to pull the plug.

New Mexico - New Mexico comes after DOE again on WIPP waste

New Mexico - Oklo launches nuclear AI partnership

Texas - US makes room-temp material with 100x stronger electric control for low-power computing

Iowa - What restarting the Duane Arnold power plant tells us about nuclear energy under the Trump administration

Louisiana - Turner Industries to build nuclear fabrication facilities in New Iberia and Port Allen

Georgia - Georgia Tech Alumni Fuel Nation’s Largest Nuclear Plant

Florida - St. Lucie Nuclear Extensions Shape NextEra Energy Cash Flow Outlook

Virginia - Virginia Tech, SURA partner up to manage nuclear research facility

Nation - US Iter Completes Final Deliveries For Nuclear Fusion Project’s Central Solenoid Magnet

Nation - US delivers 135-ton ‘beating heart’ magnet for world’s largest nuclear fusion reactor

Canada - Canada Launches New Nuclear Energy Strategy to Secure Power Grid

International - EU energy mix: Crisis pushes balance on nuclear, renewables and security

Northern Europe - 13 Things Worth Knowing About Finland’s Nuclear Expansion

Northeastern Europe - BN-800 actinide trial complete

Eastern Europe - Statement by the Commission and the High Representative ahead of the 40 years since the Chornobyl disaster

Southeastern Europe - Radiation Levels 70 Times Above Normal Found in Sofia Neighborhood

South Africa - The dawn of South Africa’s second nuclear age

East Asia - Senator sounding an alarm on Japan nuclear waste plan

East Asia - Korea Targets 2035 Launch of SMR-Powered Ships Combining Nuclear and Shipbuilding

South Asia - How Uranium Will Generate Electricity at Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant

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California - The View Inside California’s Last Nuclear Power Plant

California - Meta Signs a Deal to Secure 1GW of Power

California - Environmental Groups Celebrate Defeat of AB 2647

South Carolina - In quickest review, NRC approves 20-year renewal for Robinson

Pennsylvania - A Tiny Town Is Building So Many Data Centers That There’ll Be Almost Nothing Else Left

Massachusetts - Commonwealth announces new step toward making U.S. fusion real

Massachusetts - Fusion Energy Group Seeks PJM Connection for First Commercial Power Plant

Massachusetts - Commonwealth becomes first fusion energy firm trying to connect to major US grid

Nation - Trump's Triumph: Nuclear Fusion Roadmap, the Next Breakthrough in America's 'Tech Revolution'

Canada - ARC Clean Technology Commends DOE Effort to Expand Used Nuclear Fuel Recycling

International - EU energy mix: Crisis pushes balance on nuclear, renewables and security

United Kingdom - Early market engagement sought on £40M Dounreay decommissioning tender

United Kingdom - Unlocking the potential of modular reactors

Western Europe - France’s Stellaria Signs LOI On Feasibility Studies For Key Reactor Facilities

Eastern Europe - Chernobyl 40 years later: Learning from the past

Southern Europe - Terra Innovatum Poised for Accelerated, Scalable Deployment as NRC Advances Draft Part 57 Microreactor Rulemaking

South Africa - NRWDI moves into delivery phase on radioactive waste projects

East Asia - 228-tonne inner safety dome installed at China’s 1100 MW nuclear power plant site

East Asia - Helical Fusion Launches Helix Program “Official Partners” to Build Japan’s Industrial Coalition for Commercial Fusion Energy

East Asia - Taipower eyes nuclear restart amid safety and waste concerns

South Asia - India's Invisible Hand In Bangladesh’s Atomic Energy Debut As Dhaka Loads Nuclear Fuel At Rooppur Unit-1

South Asia - How fuel loading will be carried out at Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant

South Asia - How power is generated at a nuclear plant

Australia - Scientists use sunlight to turn problematic plastic waste into clean hydrogen fuel

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Yucca Mountain - Five "Pro-Nuclear But" Myths

Utah - Utah wants a new nuclear sector to rise in Brigham City. What will it take to pull it off?

Wyoming - TerraPower begins construction of its 345 MW Natrium reactor project (US)

Colorado - EDITORIAL: Colorado’s next step toward nuclear

Texas - Pfluger Spotlights NRC Approval of West Texas Molten Salt Reactor

Massachusetts - Fusion energy just changed forever

New Hampshire - Governor Ayotte mistaken about nuclear power: Commentary

New Hampshire - House defeats advanced nuclear proposal from Senate

Nation - Return of the Yellow Monster of the Diné: Uranium Mining on the Big Rez

Nation - The POWER Interview: Solving the Problem of Fuel for Nuclear Reactors

Nation - NRC introduces microreactor regulatory framework

Nation - Nuclear Fusion’s Funding Rush Comes With a Catch

Nation - As the Trump administration and major tech companies promote nuclear energy, is the industry making a comeback?

Nation - Small modular reactors and microreactors under development in the United States

Nation - Should you be worried about nuclear reactors in your neighborhood?

Canada - Ontario, Yukon partner on Small Modular Reactor development

United Kingdom - FLARE concept attracts major investment

United Kingdom - UKAEA backs Oxford fusion energy project

Central Europe - Czech SMR project - early works contract signed

South Africa - South Africa hunts for nuclear talent abroad as new reactor plans advance

South Asia - India Set to Become Second Nation to Operate Commercial Fast Breeder Reactor

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California - The United States has never built anything like this before: now a startup wants to bury a small nuclear reactor 6,000 feet underground, with a target date of July 2026

Washington - What is nuclear fusion — and can it power WA’s data centers?

Idaho - Idaho National Laboratory unveils DOME facility ahead of America’s 250th birthday

Kansas - Kansas Department of Commerce formalizes agreement with TerraPower to support Natrium reactor deployment

Michigan - Fermi Nuclear chief hails Korea work ethic, partners on US reactor build

Massachusetts - A major milestone has just been achieved in harnessing unlimited nuclear fusion energy

Nation - Nuclear Stockpile Funding Decision Shapes National Security

Nation - Another US Airbase Is Getting a Nuclear Microreactor

Nation - How The Trump Administration Is Fast-Tracking Nuclear Microreactors

Nation - French firm’s high burnup nuclear fuel secures key approval for US reactor fleet

Canada - Is Canada interested in nuclear energy again? | Heather Exner-Pirot

Northeastern Europe - Russia Just Burned the World’s Most Dangerous Nuclear Waste—Here’s Why It Matters

East Asia - Inside the municipal scramble for Seoul’s nuclear future

South Asia - PM Modi calls Kalpakkam fast breeder reactor criticality ‘historic milestone’ in nuclear journey

South Asia - Rosatom Receives Bangladesh NPP Operating Licence

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Wyoming - Wyoming communities want time to consider embracing nuclear energy, as feds rush to expand industry

Virginia - Jefferson Lab awarded $8M for accelerator technology to enable transmutation

New Jersey - A return to nuclear energy? Some in NJ are pushing for it as others say not so fast.

Nation - NRC introduces accelerated licensing framework incorporating DOE data for reactor evaluations

Nation - Why militaries are eyeing nuclear reactors to power future operations?

South America - Brazil has just taken the first step to bring small modular nuclear reactors to the country, with the Ministry of Mines and Energy establishing a working group that will define where to build, how to finance, and who will operate this new energy technology.

United Kingdom - Rolls-Royce Holdings plc Wins Fresh Europe SMR Deal as Czech Nuclear Bet Moves Forward

Western Europe - Scientists chase limitless energy with complex new machine

Central Europe - Czech Republic plans to build its first mini nuclear power plant

Eastern Europe - Inside the abandoned city reclaimed by nature after world's worst nuclear disaster

Eastern Europe - Nuclear energy makes a comeback amid new energy crisis

East Asia - FEATURE / 'Non-nuclear' homeland revisited: Lai remarks raise questions

South Asia - Bangladesh clears first nuclear unit for operation

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Wyoming - TerraPower begins construction on Natrium power plant in Kemmerer

Wyoming - Let’s consider the consequences of a nuclear Wyoming

Wyoming - TerraPower Announces Official Start Of Construction For Natrium Nuclear Plant In Wyoming

New Mexico - New Mexico environment officials mandate more legacy nuclear waste at WIPP

Maryland - Amazon-backed nuclear reactor developer X-Energy raises over $1 billion in IPO

Vermont - This Day in History: A fight to stop radioactive waste in Vermont

Nation - Goodbye to 100,000 years of nuclear waste: a project using particle accelerators promises to reduce the radioactive nightmare to just a few centuries

Canada - Frontier Nuclear affiliate starts small modular reactor commercialisation work in US

Canada - Ontario, Yukon Sign Pact to Explore Small Modular Reactors for Northern Energy Needs

Canada - Alberta panel report supports leaning into nuclear power, but province won't commit

United Kingdom - Russian oilman tried to buy golf course on railway to British nuclear site

Northwestern Europe - Thorizon broadens MSR coalition

Central Europe - First SMR in the Czech Republic advances into early works as Rolls-Royce signs contract

Eastern Europe - Chernobyl at 40

Eastern Europe - Chernobyl 40 years later: Learning from the past

East Asia - Japan injects new life into Fukushima with nuclear plant ‘hope tourism’

Southeast Asia - Can Cebu host nuclear power plants?

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California - Committee to Bridge the Gap Supports California Nuclear Moratorium After AB 2647 Defeat

Wyoming - TerraPower’s Kemmerer 1 Enters Construction: Timeline of the Natrium Project’s Road to First Power

Wyoming - TerraPower starts construction of 'first US utility-scale advanced nuclear plant'

Wyoming - TerraPower breaks ground on a rarity: A nuclear reactor, Wyoming’s first

Colorado - Could nuclear power come to Colorado Springs? New research with national labs will examine the potential

Colorado - Colorado's Buckley Space Force picked to have nuclear microreactor on base

New Mexico - Tighter regs for nuclear storage

New Mexico - State environment secretary claims DOE is ‘walking away’ from nuclear waste cleanup

Texas - Joint Base San Antonio Selected for Pilot Micro Nuclear Reactor Program

Texas - Experts warn of risks involved in welcoming nuclear reactor at San Antonio Air Force base

Texas - US Air Force selects third base for housing nuclear reactor to power military missions

Tennessee - Taming Chaos: The Frontier Supercomputer Unveils the Secrets of the Impossible

Ohio - Scientists realize high hopes at Ohio nuclear-site-turned-nature-preserve

Maryland - 'IKEA kit' nuclear power plant startup gets $380 million to build reactors in shipyards

Massachusetts - A Case For American Nuclear Energy

Tennessee - First 4th Generation Nuclear Reactor Foundation Laid in the US

Vermont - Dean criticizes nuclear, data centers in Vermont energy debate

Nation - DOE Secretary Wright Outlines $53.9 Billion FY 2027 Energy Budget

Nation - Air Force selects three microreactor developers for ANPI

Nation - House defeats advanced nuclear proposal from Senate

Nation - DOE offices issue nuclear recycling solicitations

Canada - Ontario, Yukon team up on nuclear energy

Canada - Ontario and Yukon Working Together for Small Modular Reactor Development

United Kingdom - The UK fires up a fusion rocket for the first time and accelerates the race to conquer Mars before anyone else

Western Europe - ITER vacuum vessel exempted from fission-based regulation

Central Europe - Uzbekistan’s first two small reactors estimated at $1bn

East Asia - Daewoo E&C expands into full nuclear value chain

East Asia - Nuclear Leaders Highlight Power Needs for AI Era

East Asia - Japan Considers Storing Nuclear Waste on a Remote, Uninhabited Island

South Asia - World's first nuclear waste vault: Why Finland is burying radioactive waste 400 metres underground

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Yucca Mountain - Northern Nevada at center of proposed uranium project

Yucca Mountain - Trump's Nuclear Push Meets Reality As GE Vernova Targets Power By 2030

Nevada - Magnitude 4.8 earthquake rattles parts of Silver Springs

Nevada - 4.8 quake rattles northwestern Nevada on Wednesday

California - US firm to scale laser-based nuclear fusion 'breakthrough' with new partnership

California - Hadron Energy Submits Principal Design Criteria Whitepaper to U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Marking Pivotal Licensing Milestone for Halo Microreactor

Idaho - America’s New Nuclear Era Starts in Idaho

Idaho - DOME test bed at Idaho National Laboratory opens for advanced nuclear reactors

Colorado - Air Force Selects Radiant to Deliver Microreactors to Buckley Space Force Base

New Mexico - New Mexicans over nuclear: Demand a governor that stands for us

Texas - Nuclear microreactor coming to San Antonio to back military missions

Texas - Air Force selects Joint Base San Antonio for nuclear microreactor program

Tennessee - Kairos Power Breaks Ground On Hermes 2 Demonstration Plant In Tennessee

Kentucky - Kentucky General Assembly Lends Support for Nuclear Development with Senate Bill 57

Illinois - World’s Fastest Supercomputer Creates Supernova, Fusion Power AI Models

Indiana - Indiana's nuclear energy exploration leaves locals questioning the future of LEAP

Indiana - Indiana pharma company explores nuclear energy options

Indiana - When it comes to small modular nukes, caution, skepticism are justified

South Carolina - Debate heats up in South Carolina over plutonium pit plant at Savannah River Site

South Carolina - Nuclear watchdogs toured a planned SC plutonium plant. Here’s what they saw.

South Carolina - Federal review outlines plutonium pit production plan for Savannah River Site

Virginia - World’s First Commercial Fusion Plant Planned for Virginia by Developer Commonwealth

Nation - Chairman Latta Delivers Opening Statement at Subcommittee on Energy Hearing Conducting Oversight of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Canada - Alberta goverment shares possible vision for nuclear energy in the province

Canada - Alberta panel report supports leaning into nuclear power, but province won't commit

Canada - Report shows Albertans open to nuclear energy but have questions, concerns

United Kingdom - UKAEA backs First Light Fusion in £25m funding round

United Kingdom - New technology, new training

United Kingdom - UK fusion energy strategy sets out commercial pathway

United Kingdom - "The future of space will look less like single-use expeditionary missions and more like a transport network": Pulsar Fusion's quest to build a nuclear fusion exhaust system for deep-space travel hits "first plasma" milestone

Western Europe - World’s first non-nuclear lead-cooled reactor to generate electricity begins installation

Eastern Europe - Nuclear energy is having a global revival 40 years after Chernobyl

Central Asia - Uzbek State Uranium Company Begins Mining At Qizilkok Deposit

Central Asia - Uzbekistan Plans $1 Billion for First Two Small Nuclear Reactors

East Asia - China's nuclear energy industry progressing rapidly, expert says

East Asia - The world’s largest nuclear reactor is back online, and its reopening raises an uncomfortable question about the world’s energy future

South Asia - India To Invite Bids For 220 MW Small Modular Reactor

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Nevada - Area residents feel rattled

California - Cal Poly Humboldt’s Vincent Ialenti Presents on Nuclear Waste Storage in Humboldt Bay and Beyond April 30th

California - Construction Starts on First Commercial-Scale Gen IV Nuclear Reactor

Idaho - Idaho to receive spent TRIGA fuel from Penn State

New Mexico - Carlsbad ready to sue New Mexico

Texas - The AI Power Surge: Why Energy Infrastructure Is Becoming the Next Critical Bottleneck

Tennessee - Kairos breaks ground for first 4th-gen nuclear reactor in US to power Google data centers

Massachusetts - Harnessing the Star's Power: Fusion Energy Revolution Set to Begin

Massachusetts - First commercial fusion plant nears construction in US, Commonwealth CEO says

Massachusetts - PSFC showcases technologies applicable to both fusion and geothermal energy during representative’s visit

New England - Northeastern U.S. States Finally Embrace Nuclear Energy

Nation - Reprocessing Gamble Could Drain Nuclear Waste Fund, Raise Electricity Prices

Nation - Nuclear cleanup enables a brighter nuclear future

Nation - U.S.-based nuclear startup reaches key milestone in development of demonstration microreactor

Nation - US targets 5 GW more nuclear power through low-cost finance

Nation - US military airlifts small reactor as Trump pushes to quickly deploy nuclear power

International - Surging AI needs and geopolitical supply shocks herald nuclear energy revival

United Kingdom - Oxford spin-out eyes fusion energy development in £25m investment boost

United Kingdom - Fusion firm raises £25m in first close to develop pioneering tech

Central Europe - Kazakhstan sets nuclear build plan

Central Europe - Poland advances Stalowa Wola SMRs

Southeastern Europe - Europe Opens State Aid Investigation Into Romania’s Plans For Cernavodă-1 Lifetime Extension

West Asia - Turkish firms in talks with Rosatom for Akkuyu nuclear plant stakes

East Asia - Japan to carry out study on remote Pacific island for its fourth nuclear waste site

Southeast Asia - Chulalongkorn University's Engineering Prepares for "SMRs"--Newer, Safer Small Nuclear Power Plants for Clean Energy in Thailand

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Oregon - Upstart company plans to fuel 'Nuclear Renaissance' by mining massive uranium deposit

Washington - FANCO’s EAGL‑1 enters review

Washington - Feds want to cut Hanford cleanup budget

Wyoming - Wyoming communities want time to consider embracing nuclear energy, as feds rush to expand industry

South Carolina - Impacts of plutonium pit production at Savannah River Site unveiled

New Jersey - Fusion Mystery Solved: Researchers Decode Why Plasma Hits Tokamaks Unevenly

Vermont - Vermont is being sold two bad ideas on energy

Nation - NNSA Charts Buildup as Delays Mount

Nation - Mike Levin Presses Chris Wright On DoE's 'Decades-Long Failure' To Address Nuclear Waste Storage

Nation - NRC Struggles to Keep Pace With Nuclear Boom

Nation - Generative model explores tungsten microstructure under fusion conditions

Nation - Where are the AUKUS nuclear waste costings (let alone the dump sites)?

Nation - Why the US Should Recycle Its Used Nuclear Fuel

Canada - Bruce Power To Share Nuclear Expertise As SaskPower Evaluates Reactor Technologies

Canada - CNL to manufacture test bundles of thorium-based fuel

Canada - Federal reviewers seek more input into proposed nuclear waste site

Canada - Nuclear waste transportation tour features 12 stops

United Kingdom - STEP fusion digital backbone expands

Western Europe - Merz: Germany will build first thermonuclear reactor

Western Europe - The 'dumb machine' promising a clean energy breakthrough

Western Europe - Key ruling on ITER vessel strengthens fit-for-purpose fusion regulatory approach

Northwestern Europe - The Netherlands to build first commercial molten salt reactor

Central Europe - Fusion power may struggle to compete with renewables on cost

Central Asia - Kazakhstan Plans to Build at Least Three Nuclear Power Plants by 2050

Central Asia - Kazakhstan strategy considers four nuclear power plants

East Asia - Japan’s TEPCO resumes operations; Monday earthquake triggers response

East Asia - Japan approves survey for construction of radioactive waste disposal site

East Asia - Japan warns of slightly increased risk of mega-quake after a 7.7-magnitude one

East Asia - China May Overtake US as World’s Top Nuclear Power Operator by 2030, CNEA Says

East Asia - China's Artificial Sun

South Asia - India’s nuclear breakthrough lights path to energy independence

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Nevada - More earthquakes rattle region Sunday morning southeast of Silver Springs

California - BT Explainer: Why Reliance, Adani are banking on nuclear fusion reactors over thorium

Washington - U.S. energy secretary defends Snake River dams, criticizes environmentalists

Idaho - Test facility for mini nuclear reactors – USA launches DOME in Idaho

Wyoming - Kemmerer Races To Build Homes As TerraPower Nuclear Plant On Fast Track

Colorado - Nuclear reactor planned at Buckley amid rush to develop more power

Illinois - US firm’s thorium nuclear fuel bundles move to manufacturing for commercial reactors

New Jersey - Q&A with Tim Judson: Why New Jersey’s nuclear energy revival could prove costly

Nation - Let’s Make Space Nuclear Again

Canada - Thunderbird Reactor: New room-temperature fusion reactor that fits on a tabletop

International - Fusion power may never be cost-competitive with renewables, study warns

International - Cracks are starting to form on fusion energy’s funding boom

United Kingdom - UK & Rolls Royce Sign Deal for Three SMRS at Wylfa

United Kingdom - Government signs deal for three modular nuclear reactors for energy for 3 million homes

South Africa - Thyspunt recommended for Eskom’s new Eastern Cape nuclear power plant

South Asia - Operating nuclear plants is ‘lifetime commitment’: Experts

South Asia - India Adds a new Nuke To Its Fleet

South Asia - Operating nuclear plants is ‘lifetime commitment’: Experts

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Wisconsin - Manitowoc letter urges nuclear option for data center power

South Carolina - Rising costs, environmental impact of SC nuclear bomb factory sparks rare tour

New Hampshire - New Hampshire and nuclear waste have a fraught history. The path ahead is still unclear.

Nation - New Bill: Senator Mike Lee introduces S. 4284: Nuclear Energy Innovation and Deployment Act of 2026

Nation - Physicists uncover quantum states that quietly govern muon-catalyzed fusion

Canada - SaskPower, Bruce Power team up to explore large-scale nuclear reactors in Saskatchewan

United Kingdom - Nuclear engineers near Peterborough secure orders worth £10 million plus as concerns grow over energy security

Northern Europe - Laser pulses reveal secret ‘rugby ball’ shape of Universe’s heaviest atoms

Northern Europe - Sweden Backs Nuclear Expansion Plan

Eastern Europe - Chernobyl disaster zone - four decades on: Inside abandoned town sealed off from the world

South Africa - Eskom’s nuclear power plan faces a challenge

Central Asia - Kazakhstan to Launch 3 Nuclear Power Plants By 2050

East Asia - As wars throttle gas, Japan is embracing nuclear

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Yucca Mountain - Wright: DOE got responses from 28 states for nuclear hubs

Nevada - Aftershocks occurring in area near Monday’s 5.7 quake

Washington - FANCO EAGL-1 SMR Regulatory Engagement Advances Construction Pathway in US Nuclear Project

Wyoming - Wyoming communities want time to consider embracing nuclear energy, as feds rush to expand industry

Wyoming - Wyoming Faces Critical Decisions on Nuclear Waste Storage as Industry Expands

Tennessee - Next-generation ‘salt-cooled’ nuclear plant breaks ground in Oak Ridge

Tennessee - Kairos Power breaks ground on nuclear reactor to bring more electricity to Tennessee's power grid

Indiana - Eli Lilly signs LOI with Indiana on nuclear power projects

Indiana - Braun, Eli Lilly enter agreement to add nuclear energy to IN grid

Virginia - Scientists Test Specialized Fuel For Nuclear Fusion Energy

Pennsylvania - US dumping ground that stores hundreds of drums with nuclear waste set to be cleaned up

New York - Eastman Business Park on state’s list for possible small nuclear power plant

Massachusetts - Nuclear debate heats up on Beacon Hill

Nation - NASA Plans Lunar Nuclear Reactors To Power Long-Term Moon Missions: Report

Canada - Have a say on nuclear waste transportation and burial

Canada - Clean Core And CNL To Manufacture Demonstration Aneel Nuclear Fuel Bundles

United Kingdom - JET uses robot workforce to undertake world-first decommissioning of a fusion plant

United Kingdom - UK’s first small modular reactor plant to be rolled out by Rolls-Royce

United Kingdom - Northern Ireland 'should consider small nuclear reactors' says MP - but UK government says Executive against it

United Kingdom - Rolls-Royce SMR secures contract to build fleet of small modular reactors.

Western Europe - EU seeks input in evaluating waste management policy

Western Europe - Research on the storage and disposal of radioactive waste

Northwestern Europe - Mammoet partners for Dutch SMRs

Northern Europe - The case for new nuclear power in Sweden, examined

East Asia - China’s Nuclear Power Boom Is Accelerating Faster Than Expected

Southeast Asia - Proponents push nuclear energy as safest option

South Asia - Nuclear power key to India’s energy independence: Former US Energy Secretary (IANS interview)

South Asia - Accelerate Clean, Modular, Nuclear Reactor Design with AI Physics

South Asia - India to open bidding for indigenous small nuclear reactor project

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Washington - US nuclear firm submits plan for 240 MW small modular reactor to power 1.5 million homes

Washington - First American Nuclear files NRC engagement plan for EAGL-1 lead-bismuth small modular reactor

Idaho - Secretary of Energy makes promises for America's 'nuclear renaissance'

Utah - EnergySolutions Acquires WMG Expanding Radioactive Management Capabilities for Nuclear Industry

Wyoming - Uranium makes resurgence, as wind and solar added to the mix

Wyoming - Wyoming communities want time to consider embracing nuclear energy, as feds rush to expand industry

Iowa - Iowa House passes sales tax break for nuclear facility restart

Illinois - Application lodged to build microreactor at US university

Virginia - US tests spin-polarized fuel in 180-million-degree Fahrenheit tokamaks for fusion power

Maryland - X-Energy Nuclear IPO Seeks $814M Backed by Amazon

Pennsylvania - Giant nuclear waste dump in Pennsylvania set to be dug up after decades of lawsuits and public outcry

Pennslvania - Editorial: Nuclear decay, bureaucratic delay

Nation - First new planned US nuclear reactors likely to get government loans, energy chief says

Nation - States are overturning nuclear power bans amid energy crunch

Nation - Spent fuel solutions

Nation - NRC Finalizes New Optional Licensing Framework for Advanced Reactors

Nation - Military Goes Nuclear: Tiny Reactors Power the Future of U.S. Bases

Nation - Waste management systems aboard nuclear-powered supercarrier examined fully

Canada - Bruce Power to share large reactor experience with SaskPower

International - EU opens in-depth investigation into Romanian state aid for Cernavoda 1 nuclear reactor

United Kingdom - GBE‑N awards £300m owner’s engineer contract for UK SMR project

United Kingdom - UK government unveils five-year plan to boost country’s nuclear fusion industry

Western Europe - Grohnde NPP is defueled

Northern Europe - Finland's plan to bury spent nuclear waste carries risk to future generations

Central Europe - Merz says nuclear power will not solve Germany's energy problems

Eastern Europe - The nuclear renaissance is real in politics. It doesn’t exist as construction

Southeast Europe - Bulgaria launches LLW/ILW repository

East Asia - South Korea’s SMART SMR Export to Canada Faces Major Setbacks

East Asia - TEPCO resumes commercial operations at world's largest nuclear plant

South Asia - India To Launch Bids For Bharat Small Modular Reactor, Setting Template For Future Nuclear Projects

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Yucca Mountain - Achieving the U.S. Nuclear Fuel Independence Through Strategic Infrastructure Development

California - The Trump/Newsom Push for Nuclear Power and Against Renewables

Indiana - First American Nuclear Submits Regulatory Engagement Plan for Fast-Spectrum Small Modular Reactor (SMR)

Ohio - Nuclear workforce expansion gets $20 million boost

Pennsylvania - Giant nuclear waste dump in Armstrong County set to be dug up

Pennsylvania - Crews Finally Tear Into Apollo’s Long-Hidden Nuclear Dump

Pennsylvania - 6K Additive showcases US refractory metal powder production

Pennsylvania - U.S. Army Corps of Engineers begins excavation at SLDA

New York - New York Considers Moratorium on New Nuclear Power

Nation - Integrating Waste Management for Advanced Reactors: The Universal Canister System and Project UPWARDS

Nation - USS Colorado: Nuclear-Powered STEALTH Submarine

Nation - Nuclear in space: US plans mid-power reactor with lunar fission surface power

United Kingdom - Cheques, not chat: Britain finally builds its nuclear future

United Kingdom - Rolls-Royce, GBE-N contract kickstarts U.K.’s SMR plans for Wylfa site

United Kingdom - £1.3bn UK fusion strategy sets out path ‘from lab to grid’

United Kingdom - Britain's atomic brain trust gives itself till 2030 to unpick fusion challenges

Northern Europe - Sweden's bold plan for nuclear waste

Southeast Europe - Bulgarian repository officially opened

East Africa - Siaya Tipped for Kenya’s First Nuclear Plant in Sh500 Billion Energy Plan

East Asia - Remote island eyed for HLW

East Asia - Japan to survey Pacific island for potential HLW repository

South Asia - India’s nuclear breakthrough lights path to energy independence

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Nevada - Magnitude 5.68 earthquake hits near Lahontan Reservoir

Nevada - Nevada Officials Report Damage After 5.7-Magnitude Earthquake

Nevada - Dozens of earthquakes strike Nevada where the ground is slowly splitting apart after 5.7 magnitude shockwave

Nevada - Security Camera Captures Moment 5.7-Magnitude Earthquake Rocks Nevada

California - Inertia moves to commercialize one of the world’s most elaborate science experiments

Idaho - Little pitches Idaho to lead America’s nuclear future. Critics fear a ‘waste dump’

Utah - Here’s how much money companies helping Utah court a nuclear campus gave elected officials

Wisconsin - Conditional funding announced for US fusion-based isotope facility

Michigan - Quantum Computing Speeds Nuclear Calculations

Virginia - Spin-Polarized Fusion Fuel Project Gets a Boost

Pennsylvania - Long-awaited remediation work at Parks Township nuclear dump begins

Massachusetts - Opponents defend barrier to nuclear power development

New Hampshire - Op-Ed: Gov. Ayotte Mistaken About Nuclear Power

Nation - Why “Mini” Nuclear Reactors Might Not Fix Our Climate Crisis

United Kingdom - Rolls-Royce to build 470-megawatt nuclear reactors to power 3 million UK homes

United Kingdom - UK advances small modular reactors to strengthen energy security

United Kingdom - UKAEA unveils 2026-2030 fusion roadmap

United Kingdom - Five year plan to make fusion a reality

United Kingdom - Tokamak Energy Named as Magnet Systems Partner for STEP Fusion Programme

Western Europe - Dutch nuclear new-build partnership announced

Northern Europe - Swedish state to take stake in nuclear development firm

Central Europe - The units at Czech nuclear power plant Dukovany could operate for up to 80 years

Eastern Europe - Greenpeace warns of potential 'catastrophic' Chernobyl collapse

West Africa - Ghana and Rwanda Sign Nuclear Safety Regulation Pact

East Asia - Govt Seeks to Goose Stagnant Debate on Radioactive Waste Final Disposal Site

Southeast Asia - National Repository for Radioactive Waste Unveiled at Kozloduy Plant

Southeast Asia - Vietnam reaffirms commitment to peaceful nuclear energy development

United Kingdom - $95M Tokamak Energy deal moves UK closer to building a fusion power plant

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Nevada - Rosen visits Nevada nuclear site, pushes against resuming explosive testing

Washington - Hanford Begins Permanent Disposal of Vitrified Radioactive Waste

Washington - Hanford places first vitrified waste canisters in disposal cell

Idaho - First-of-a-kind microreactor test bed open for business

Idaho -World’s First Nuclear Reactor Test Bed is Ready For Advanced Reactors

Utah - Amid ‘nuclear renaissance,’ Idaho worries about job demands coming to the Intermountain West

Colorado - Colorado, Montana bases selected for DOD microreactor program

Tennessee - ORNL puts Curtiss-Wright’s next-gen fission chamber through high-heat evaluation

New York - This Battery Uses Radioactive Decay to Deliver 100 Years of Power

New York - Claim to release radioactive waster in Hudson River for 60 years

Nation - New Jersey, Kentucky and Texas Clear the Way for Advanced Nuclear Power

Nation - US Air Force picks two bases for tiny nuclear reactors to boost power security

Canada - City residents leave nuclear open house with mixed bag of opinions

International - Modular nuclear reactors are the solution to energy problems?

United Kingdom - Green light to build nuclear power station that promises 8,000 jobs

United Kingdom - Rolls-Royce snub for British steel after signing contract to build UK's first mini nuclear reactor

United Kingdom - Rolls-Royce signs landmark contract that paves way for UK’s first small modular reactors

East Asia - Japan eyes remote Pacific island for nuclear waste storage: Report

East Asia - Mayor signals willingness for nuclear waste site survey on Minamitori Island

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California - Nuclear waste is a ‘problem from hell.’ California should keep banning new reactors | Opinion

Washington - Hanford radioactive waste disposal site hits new milestone

Utah - Utah Announces Plans for Nuclear Fuel Recycling Facility

Iowa - Small Modular Reactors And Iowa

Illinois - After Trump’s EPA’s reversal of landmark climate change ruling, what does it mean for Illinois?

Michigan - Inside the nuclear weapons research Los Alamos will conduct with University of Michigan

New Jersey - NJ Advances Nuclear Expansion

Nation - There’s a Glaring Safety Problem With Nuclear Energy Startups

Colorado - An entrepreneur is transforming a Cold War-era nuclear silo into an underground data center. Look inside.

International - Modern nuclear technologies gain traction as EU reassesses energy strategy

Central Europe - AfD: Reopen Nuclear Plants and Repeal ‘Green’ Energy Laws

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Yucca Mountain - Deep borehole nuclear waste disposal gains validation from new tests

Idaho - Idaho Lab Opens Its DOME Nuclear Test Bed

Colorado - Buckley Space Force Base in Colorado selected as preferred site of nuclear microreactor

Colorado - Pentagon approves nuclear microreactors for missile and space warning bases

Iowa - Governor’s Task Force Gets Estimate Of Small-Scale Nuclear Plant Costs

Missouri - Tests confirm more radioactive contamination in Missouri tied to atomic bomb waste disposal

Florida - Advanced Nuclear Company Opens World Headquarters in Florida

New York - The Push to Get a Fourth Nuclear Power Plant

Northern Europe - First Deep-Underground Nuclear Waste Storage Facility Nears Launch

Northern Europe - Buried in Bedrock: The Underground Site Designed to Outlast Civilisation

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California - Intel, Google partner to advance AI infrastructure with Xeon CPUs and IPUs

Washington - World’s first commercial-ready deep borehole nuclear waste disposal inches closer to reality

Utah - Moab celebrates end of uranium tailings pile after decades of work

New Mexico - Feds release draft of environmental review on pit production

New Mexico - Fuse to open Albuquerque facility, adding to state’s nuclear fusion push

Texas - Largest US uranium discovery in decade begins production with 6-million-pound resource

Oklahoma - Oklahoma Senate passes bill to create nuclear energy office

Louisiana -Jeff Landry, Entergy want more nuclear power in Louisiana. Here's why.

West Virginia - Plan to increase energy production in W.Va.

New York - How AI Is Reshaping Nuclear Energy And Nuclear Medicine

Nation - Navy takes nuclear-powered sub offline after $800 million cost run-up

Nation - Every fusion startup that has raised over $100M

Nation - Big Tech Puts Financial Heft Behind Next-Gen Nuclear Power as AI Demand Surges

South America - U.S. firm to invest $230 million-plus in Argentine nuclear fuel plant

International - EU Commission unveils plan for small nuclear reactors by early 2030s

South Asia - India to delay maintenance shut down of 10,000 MW coal-fired power capacity to July

South Asia - India says it will surge nuclear energy capacity by more than 1,000% in next 21 years

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Yucca Mountain - US Nuclear Pitch to States Complicated by Spent Fuel Storage Ask

Yucca Mountain - New Jersey lifts de-facto moratorium on new nuclear facilities in effort to tackle affordability crisis

California - Deep Isolation selected for DOE SCALEUP

California - Deep Isolation Approved For Testing of Underground Nuclear Waste Disposal

Washington - US’ nuclear fusion startup to build radioactive batteries for use in space

Idaho - 100-foot tall US nuclear DOME launched for advanced 20 MW microreactor testing

New Mexico - NM congressional delegation registers opposition to uranium mining in Carson National Forest

Texas - Texas governor to attend Entergy groundbreaking ceremony in Port Arthur Thursday for two natural gas power stations

Texas - Fluor joins Seadrift SMR project

Oklahoma - Senate to consider creation of Nuclear Energy Office

Wisconsin - Dept. of Energy commits $263M to Janesville fusion facility for medical isotope production

Kentucky - Gov. Beshear signs bill aiming to lower utility costs through nuclear energy

Tennessee - US scientists turn plastic waste into fuel with 60% gasoline yield at 392°F

Florida - Ampera opens Palm Beach Gardens facility to build compact, 'ultra-safe' mobile nuclear power reactors

New Jersey - New Jersey Lifts Radioactive Waste Rule to Spur Nuclear Plant Construction

New Jersey - New Jersey lifts 40-year nuclear power moratorium

New Jersey - NJ lifts 50-year block on new nuclear power plants

New York - Nuclear proposal stirs Schuyler debate

New York - Nuclear power plant was proposed at Camp Monterey prison. Where it stands

New Hampshire - New Hampshire answers Trump administration’s call for potential nuclear ‘lifecycle’ campus

Nation - Air Force names 2 bases that could host nuclear ‘microreactors’

Nation - As Trump throws lifeline to coal plants, critics warn of higher costs and health risks

Nation - NRC moves forward with sunset of aircraft impact assessment rule

International - IAEA flags leading SMR projects

United Kingdom - New fusion research at Sheffield

United Kingdom - £85m funding boost announced for green energy firm

Northwestern Europe - How Europe Can Build Without Breaking Its Cities

Northern Europe - A 1.9 billion-year-old bedrock will soon house the world’s first permanent nuclear waste site

Central Europe - US to Build Small Nuclear Reactors in Hungary

Central Europe - Czechs extend lifespan of major nuclear plant by 20 years, second plant under review

South Africa - New Nuclear Frontier: South Africa investigating advanced nuclear fission reactor technology

East Asia - Radify’s sci-fi plasma reactors could break China’s dominance of rare earth elements

East Asia - Korean scientists develop eco-friendly thermoelectric material to turn heat into electricity

East Asia - SMRs not viable short-term, Taiwan must plan early: Expert

South Asia - Explainer: Why Kalpakkam’s criticality is India’s big nuclear moment

Mississippi - Groups appeal permit allowing 41 gas turbines at xAI Southaven data center

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Yucca Mountain - Permanent disposal of radioactive waste started at Eastern WA site

Yucca Mountain - New Jersey becomes second state this year to lift its nuclear moratorium

Nevada - States are struggling to meet their clean energy goals. Data centers are to blame

California - Deep Isolation Nuclear Selected for ARPA-E SCALEUP Program

California - Deep Isolation selected for new US federal support

Washington - How nuclear batteries could speed the race to fusion power

Washington - Hanford starts disposing vitrified tank waste in Richland

Washington - ‘A slap in the face’: Sen. Patty Murray slams proposed $400M Hanford budget cut

Colorado - Finding the balance between water and energy for a more sustainable future

Texas - Google deviates from clean energy pledges with plans to use gas plant to power AI data centers in Texas

Missouri - Missouri residents would pay for utilities to build nuclear power plants under bill passed by House

Missouri - Jeff City House Backs Plan To Bill Customers For Nuclear Plants Still Under Construction

Illinois - US lab’s 60-ton ‘giant cage’ detector filters ‘fake’ cosmic noise with 99.99% accuracy

Florida - US firm’s micro nuclear reactor could make vessels cruise for decades without refueling

Ohio - Davis-Besse gets new funding to train next generation of nuclear energy workers

Ohio - U.S. Department of Energy investing $50 million in nuclear energy education in Great Lakes region

Tennessee - 100 violations, $3.1M fine issued in Tennessee plant blast that killed 16

North Carolina - Improving Safety When Transporting Radioactive Material Using Composite Metal Foam

New Jersey - Mikie Sherrill pares back de facto New Jersey nuclear energy moratorium

Nation - GAIN vouchers go to Constellation, Nano Nuclear, and NuCube

Nation - Solar-Plus-Storage Systems: Trends And Considerations For Hyperscale Data Centers

Nation - Cloudflare races to secure internet before quantum breakthrough

International - The ongoing progress of deep geological repositories

International - Can small nuclear reactors solve EU’s energy woes?

United Kingdom - Minister declares Ireland needs to start talking about going nuclear

Western Europe- Norway should not work towards nuclear power generation now, commission finds

Western Europe - Commission calls for Norway to prepare for nuclear energy

Northern Europe - GE Vernova Hitachi, AFRY to collaborate on SMR deployment

South Asia - India Hails ‘Defining Step’ In Nuclear Programme As Fast Breeder Reactor Reaches First Criticality

South Asia - India approves over $4 billion investment for two hydro-electric projects in Arunachal Pradesh

South Asia - India says it has enough coal stocks to meet power demand

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California - US nuclear startup Antares gets DOE approval for its Mark-0 reactor demonstrator

California - TAE Technologies Completes Multi-State Site Evaluation Tour for First Fusion Power Plant

California - Nuclear start-up Oklo just scored key regulatory approvals. Why hasn't the stock gone up?

California - Deep Isolation Nuclear Selected for ARPA-E SCALEUP Award to Advance Universal Canister System and Deep Borehole Disposal

California - Nuclear Innovator Deep Isolation to Display Full-Size Universal Canister System at the 2026 ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit in San Diego, California

New Mexico - Federal budget could mean nearly $1.7B more for Los Alamos lab

Texas - Texas Bets on Advanced Nuclear: What It Means for Industrial Energy Security

Texas - Fluor Wins SMR Contract for Dow Texas Project

Texas - X-Energy selects Fluor for nuclear project at Dow site in Texas

Iowa - Iowa considers new nuclear reactor project

Tennessee - TOSHA issues record $3.1M fine after deadly explosion at McEwen plant

Massachusetts - Lauren Fortier: Automating Nuclear Plant Operations for Clean Energy Viability

Massachusetts - MassDEP fines Springfield factory for hazardous waste, air pollution

Nation - NASA Can Design a Nuclear Reactor for the Moon But Can’t Build a Modern Database to Manage It

Nation - Commercial nuclear fuel recycling key to a sustainable supply: report

Nation - What happened to atomic trains? - The nuclear locomotive that never needed fuel stops

Nation - NRC proposes new rule for DOE, Pentagon-authorized reactors

Nation - Nuclear energy regulators roll back security drill requirements

International - Can small nuclear reactors solve EU's energy woes?

United Kingdom - Cavendish Nuclear Wins SMR Role

Western Europe - Europe's Energy Crossroads: Can Small Modular Reactors Power a Sustainable Future?

West Asia - Russia evacuates 175 Rosatom staff from Iran's Bushehr nuclear plant via Armenia

Central Asia - 23 radioactive ponds loom over this town - and one could collapse

East Asia - China Announces Start Of Construction At Jinqimen-2 Nuclear Plant

East Asia - Change Under Pressure: Taiwan Moves To Sustainable Energy Independence

South Asia - First criticality for Indian fast breeder reactor

South Asia - India’s fast breeder reactor just went critical and it could power the country for centuries

South Asia - India's Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor Goes Critical, Boosting Nuclear Energy Vision

South Asia - Kalpakkam nuclear reactor reflects India’s engineering enterprise: PM Modi

South Asia - Nuclear fuel self-reliance is now within India's reach

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California - Op-Ed: Reprocessing San Onofre’s nuclear waste is a risky bet

Washington - Hanford Tank Waste Matrix Impact on Ion Exchange Performance Using Crystalline Silicotitanate

Washington - VIDEO: WA Premier Mark McGowan and Federal Defence Minister Richard Marles discuss nuclear waste storage.

New Mexico - WIPP one of few EM sites selected for more money in DOE 2027 request

Texas - Financial Solutions Electric Sector Research Transportation Research Energy Texas opens $350M advanced nuclear grant program

Texas - Texas launches historic energy plan to lead construction of advanced nuclear reactors

Iowa - Iowa’s Nuclear Energy Task Force gets report on costs

Iowa - Iowa governor’s Nuclear Energy Task Force meets today

New Hampshire - New Hampshire and nuclear waste have a fraught history. The path ahead is still unclear.

Nation - Trump budget hikes nuclear warhead spending, cuts nuclear cleanup

Nation - Scaling Advanced Nuclear Power: Picking Winners Now

Northern Europe - Can we store nuclear waste safety?

South Asia - India's First Indigenous Fast Breeder Reactor Attains Criticality

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Yucca Mountain - Flow and transport in fractured tuff at Yucca Mountain: numerical experiments on fast preferential flow mechanisms

Virginia - Private Company Achieves Breakthrough in Fusion Energy with Record Net Power Gain

Nation - DOE FY27 Budget Requests $45 Billion in Nuclear Funding

Nation - Designing a Safer Nuclear Future

United Kingdom - This changes everything: nuclear waste becomes tritium, the American innovation that could reboot global fusion

Southeast Asia - Thailand Prepares for Nuclear Energy Expansion

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Washington - Trump admin proposes $400M cut at Hanford nuclear site. ‘Slap in the face’

Oklahoma - Oklahoma Study Finds Nuclear Power Feasible But Challenges Remain

Michigan - Prep work for new small modular reactors at Palisades now underway

Nation - Nuclear Waste Storage and Transport Containers Market Growth Analysis, Dynamics, Key Players and Innovations, Outlook and Forecast 2026-2034

Nation - Working To Advance Nuclear Renaissance

Nation - Nuclear fusion reactor for cleaner energy

International - Five Countries Reversed Their Nuclear Policies This Year. The First New Reactor Is 15 Years Away

International - Chernobyl: the nuclear legacy that continues to divide Europe

United Kingdom - PhD Saturn CDT Mechanistic Influence of Chloride on Magnox Metal Corrosion in Encapsulated Nuclear Waste Products

Western Europe - German scientists develop electrochemical method to coat fusion reactors with pure tungsten

Northern Europe - Finland joins U.S. FIRST program as contributing partner for small modular reactor technology

Southeast Asia - Former Official Advocates for Small Nuclear Plants in Thailand

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Yucca Mountain - Diablo Canyon, California’s last nuclear power plant, wins final approval to keep operating

Nevada - Engineering Ph.D. student aims to monitor nuclear waste canisters from the inside

Utah - Inside Utah’s pitch for a federal nuclear hub. It’s bigger than you think.

Utah - Gov. Cox bids for a nuclear campus in Tooele

Utah - Utah Pitches Massive Federal Nuclear Hub Across the State

Colorado - The Centennial State’s nuclear energy opportunity | OPINION

Texas - City of Bryan joins Texas Nuclear Alliance, signaling commitment to nuclear energy future

Tennessee - Containerized nuclear power: Ampera challenges bureaucracy with its TRISO particle-based thorium micro-reactor.

Tennessee - Oak Ridge bids for DOE Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campus

Indiana - Small modular reactors can help reduce the cost of nuclear

Michigan - Michigan is a target for Small Nuclear Reactors

Delaware - Could the Indian River power plant be restarted?

New Jersey - US plasma breakthrough resolves decades-old heat load mystery in nuclear fusion reactors

New York - US firm’s 15 MW micro nuclear reactor advances toward deployment with landmark filing

Massachusetts - MIT Researcher Builds Simulations to Unlock Next-Gen Nuclear Reactors

Massachusetts - MIT Professor Sees AI as Key to Nuclear Power's Future

Massachusetts - Working to advance the nuclear renaissance

Maine - Maine Set to be the First State to Ban Data Centers

Maine - Hazardous Waste Guide: Radioactive Materials

Nation - Budget of the U.S. Government

Nation - The President’s Budget For FY2027 Has Been Released: Requests $53.9 Billion In Discretionary Budget Authority For Department Of Energy, $386 Million Cut To Environmental Management

Nation - Fast-tracking nuclear facilities raises worker safety concerns

Nation - NRC Publishes Historic Part 53 Rule, Creating First New Reactor Licensing Framework Since 1989

International - Nuclear energy: how PWRs, EPRs and SMRs work, costs, safety and the future of civil nuclear power

International - Under Construction

International - Intercooling in Fusion Reactors: Thermal Stability

International - The race between France and Finland begins for control of a new generation of nuclear reactors that will not produce a single watt of electricity

United Kingdom - Nuclear News Weekly Summary w/e 3rd April 2026

Western Europe - French nuclear power: Blue Origin start-up confirms France’s push into small modular reactors for industrial heat

Western Europe - Deuterium Tritium Fusion Reactors in ITER Tokamaks Achieving Net Energy Gain Through Plasma Confinement

West Asia - The future of nuclear energy in Armenia: debate, risks and strategic choices around the Metsamor Nuclear Power Plant

East Asia - Japan invests up to $40B in Tennessee and Alabama nuclear reactors

Southeast Asia - Former Official Advocates for Small Nuclear Plants in Thailand

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Nevada - Air Resources Laboratory / Special Operations And Research Division (SORD)

California - Transporting Spent Nuclear Fuel Focus of SONGS Engagement Panel

Tennessee - NashVillager Podcast: Nuclear waste in Tennessee

Florida - US firm making thorium-fueled nuclear reactors to file for NRC license under new regulations

Virginia - US firm advances nuclear fuel design with new assembly patent for next-gen reactors

Nation - How Should Nuclear Power Plant Waste Be Managed?

Nation - The Leaking Underground Storage Tank Cleanup Process

Nation - Risk Mitigation in Progressive Cavity Pump Designs for Hazardous Material Handling

Canada - OPG applies for operating licence for BWRX-300 SMR

Central Europe - What you need to know about SMRs – small modular reactors

Central Europe - Polish companies team up for regional SMR deployment

Eastern Europe - Ukraine Approves Plans For Nuclear Fuel Assembly Production Facility

East Asia - Ogasawara chief to clarify stance on nuclear waste site survey

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California - A 27-year-old just raised $450 million to bet that AI’s future runs on nuclear power

Texas - Texas Launches $350M Nuclear Fund—$280M for Reactor Construction Reimbursements Across ERCOT

Texas - Exclusive: Texas Opens $350M Advanced Nuclear Grant Programs to Spur Reactor Buildout, Supply Chain

Minnesota - Minnesota inches closer to lifting nuclear energy ban

Tennessee - Tennessee could take more nuclear waste through federal partnership

Tennessee - Tennessee Considers Hosting More Nuclear Waste

Tennessee - How Small Modular Reactors Move From Concept to Construction in the U.S.

New Hampshire - U.S. Looks to Deploy Advanced Nuclear Reactors Across States

New York - Gray: New York needs a backbone, and advanced nuclear is it

Nation - Unlocking U.S. Nuclear Growth Requires a Waste Strategy

Nation - Who’s in the running for DOE Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campuses?

Nation - IG cites DOE oversight ‘failures’ on NuScale nuclear project

International - The world's smallest nuclear reactor explained

International - The military use of Small Modular Nuclear Reactors

United Kingdom - UK Awards £300 Million Contract For Flagship Reactor Project At Wylfa

United Kingdom - Nuclear Power in the United Kingdom

United Kingdom - Next-gen nuclear reactor clears key hurdle to resurrect former coal-fired power plant

United Kingdom - Amentum JV Wins $406 Million Contract for UK's First Small Modular Reactor Program

United Kingdom - Radioactive nuclear waste challenge fails in Manchester

Western Europe - France plans inquiry as cost of nuclear waste project hits €33bn

Eastern Europe - Fuel That Refuses to Die: Russia’s REMIX Breakthrough Reshapes Nuclear Power

East Asia - Nuclear power and the energy transition, where costs, timelines, safety and waste really stand

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Washington - GAO Report Says Redefining Nuclear Waste Could Save Tens of Billions

Washington - Echoes from the deep: A scuba diver’s ocean footprint and his path to protecting the Columbia River at Hanford

Washington - Digital twin for Natrium reactor

Idaho - Idaho aims to anchor new nuclear innovation campus in Idaho

Texas - Texas outlines $350M advanced nuclear funding programs

Wisconsin - The safety breakthrough behind tomorrow’s compact nuclear reactors

Michigan - Site preparations beginning for new small modular reactors planned at Palisades

Massachusetts - MIT and Commonwealth Fusion Systems Set Record With 20-Tesla Superconducting Magnet

Massachusetts - MIT Spin-off Achieves Net Energy Gain in Compact Fusion Reactor

New England - New England Governors Announce Commitment to Explore Advanced Nuclear Energy

New England - New England Governors Direct Agencies to Explore Advanced Nuclear Energy, Support Continued Operation of Existing Nuclear Resources

Nation - DOE AI accelerates licensing

Nation - NRC Finalizes Part 53 Rule, Creating New Voluntary Licensing Path for Nuclear Plants

Nation - Video shows how one small mistake triggered a nuclear disaster

Nation - New Technology May Reduce Timeline for Storage of Nuclear Waste

Nation - GAO: Clarification of HLW definition could save DOE billions

Nation - How Small Modular Reactors Are Changing U.S. Nuclear Energy

Nation - NRC unveils new licensing rule

Nation - Tiny Nuclear Reactors Could Power America

Nation - Why America Should Lead on Floating Nuclear

Nation - Securing the Future: Building the US Nuclear Security Workforce Pipeline

Nation - Stellarators are among the leading fusion energy candidates

Marshall Islands - There’s a radioactive time bomb in the Pacific Ocean

International - AI just solved a major fusion problem that humans could not

United Kingdom - Holtec SMR design clears key UK regulatory stage

United Kingdom - Holtec small modular reactor completes nuclear regulators’ design assessment

South Africa - Necsa launches an expression of interest into Small Modular Reactor technologies

South Africa - South Africa's Necsa seeks SMR partnership

East Asia - China begins fusion reactor tests and enters race for almost unlimited clean energy

East Asia - Nuclear Power in Taiwan

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California - Deep Isolation Validates Borehole Disposal for Recycled Nuclear Fuel Waste

California - California's last nuclear power plant has turned to AI to solve its big paperwork problem

Alaska - U.S. Air Force opens power reactor RFI

Texas - New US company plans uranium conversion facility

North Dakota - North Dakota Lawmakers Study Nuclear Feasibility, Weigh Radioactive Waste Storage Options

Kentucky - Kentucky Legislature Approves Nuclear Energy Development Program

Kentucky - Kentucky Passes Nuclear Site Readiness Bill, Authorizes $25 Million Per Project

Michigan - Palisades Nuclear Plant another step closer to restarting

New Hampshire - New Hampshire to assess deployment of advanced reactors

Nation - New Process Shortens Nuclear Waste Timeline From 100,000 Years To Only Hundreds

Nation - Trump’s Weakening Of Nuclear Reactor Regulations Sparks Opposition

Nation - NRC Streamlines Reactor Oversight Process to Focus on High-Risk Safety Areas

Nation - Nuclear Power in the USA

Nation - The Nuclear Regulatory Commission Bets on AI to Tame a Mountain of Licensing Paperwork

Nation - How next-gen nuclear could help meet energy demands

Nation - Safety of Nuclear Power Reactors

National - World Nuclear Power Reactors & Uranium Requirements

Canada - Small modular reactors too risky, but consider another ‘large-scale’ nuclear plant: NB Power review

Southeast Europe - Bulgarian repository moves closer to commissioning

East Asia - Japan eyes remote island for nuclear waste storage, sparks safety fears among critics

East Asia - Where can Japan store its nuclear waste? Island plan raises alarm

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Wyoming - Wyoming Poised To Be A Nuclear Leader As Industry Reaches U.S. Tipping Point

Nation - Nuclear Charges Ahead with New Opportunities in AI and Outer Space

Nation - US uses AI to boost efficiency, accuracy of nuclear technology licensing applications

Nation - NRC considers eliminating half-century-old radiation standard

Nation - Why this nuclear fusion breakthrough matters

United Kingdom - US-UK Nuclear Deal: Unlocking the Power of Advanced Reactors (2026)

South Africa - Africa's nuclear power push faces big obstacles

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California - DOGE goes nuclear: How Trump invited Silicon Valley into America’s nuclear power regulator

Utah - Utah Bids for Nuclear Fuel 'Lifecycle' Campus in Tooele County

Texas - Fermi America plans massive AI complex powered by nuclear in Amarillo

South Carolina - Yucca Mountain and the Ethics of Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage

Nation - Nuclear Microreactors: Breakthrough Power or Serious Risk?

Nation - Using AI to Reduce Reactor Licensing Timelines

International - Nuclear Renaissance: Why Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) are the Mining Industry’s Next Power Play

United Kingdom - Scientists make breakthrough with magnets in pursuit of limitless energy source

Southern Europe - Designing a nuclear fusion reactor for tomorrow’s electricity generating plants

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Washington - US firm validates safe disposal of radioactive waste from nuclear reactor using borehole tech

Washington - Worker at Hanford nuclear site dies on the job

Washington - A Faster Path to Power: What Natrium’s NRC Approval Means for AI Infrastructure

Utah - Utah wants to turn nuclear waste into a new energy source

Utah - Nuclear Waste Management in the United States

Utah - Utah wants to build a massive federal nuclear facility near Great Salt Lake

Texas - First US uranium conversion plant in 70 years to fuel next-gen nuclear reactors

Texas - State officials outline funding, strategy for $350M advanced nuclear energy expansion

Alabama - North Alabama’s Bellefonte site eyed for revival as $40 billion U.S.-Japan deal brings small modular reactors

Pennsylvania - $6M Department of Energy grant supports workforce development in nuclear energy

Nation - U.S. To Revamp Nuclear Reactor Licensing In First Overhaul Since 1956

Nation - US Power Shortage: How Small Modular Nuclear Reactors Could Fill the Gap

Nation - NRC issues new final rule setting licensing regs for advanced nuclear reactors

Nation - Beyond the NRC: Deploying Nuclear Reactors under DOE and DOW Oversight Authority

Nation - Status of the DoE Reactor Pilot Project

Nation and International - Nuclear Power in the World Today

Eastern Europe - First 10 years of Russian final waste repository reviewed

West Asia - Nuclear Power in Armenia

East Asia - Japan's Nuclear Fuel Cycle

East Asia - China's artificial sun

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Yucca Mountain - The state and future of nuclear waste

California - Deep Isolation validates borehole disposal for recycled SNF waste

Washington - Worker at Hanford nuclear site dies on the job

Washington - Big announcement could help make new WA modular nuclear reactor a reality

Alaska - Air Force Seeks Suppliers to Deliver on Nuclear Micro-Reactor Goals

Idaho - Aalo Atomics Completes Construction Of Critical Test Reactor In Idaho

Wyoming - Marsh Risk Secures Insurance for Construction of Nuclear Power Plant in Wyoming

North Dakota - North Dakota lawmakers study nuclear waste storage

Tennessee - Tennessee wants to bury the nation’s nuclear trash. Here’s what to know

Kentucky - Kentucky Nuclear Energy Bill Passes Legislature, Heads to Governor

Alabama - Alabama set to get small modular nuclear reactors under $40 billion U.S.-Japan deal

New Hampshire - In executive order, Ayotte reiterates commitment to ‘advanced nuclear’

Nation - Department of Energy Unleashes AI to Reduce Reactor Licensing Timelines

Nation - NRC Unveils First New Reactor Licensing Process in Decades to Speed Deployment While Maintaining Safety

Nation - U.S. Advanced Nuclear Supply Chain Faces Market Paralysis, Russian and Chinese Dependencies

Canada - Chiefs implored to 'stand firm' against nuclear waste project

Canada - Does SMR stand for spending money recklessly?

United Kingdom - Advanced Nuclear Framework

West Asia - Global demand for this industrial stock may be about to soar

Southeast Asia - Singapore to bolster nuclear safety capabilities

South Asia - BARC Finds Thorium Fuel Concept Incompatible with India's Three-Stage Nuclear Programme

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Yucca Mountain - Storage options for waste key as North Dakota lawmakers study nuclear energy

California - Deep Isolation further validates borehole technology

Washington - Big announcement could help make new WA modular nuclear reactor a reality

Texas - NRC seeks public comments on Project Matador environmental review

North Dakota - Storage options for waste key as North Dakota lawmakers study nuclear energy

Louisiana - Louisiana unveils nuclear framework, announces $45M grant

Alabama - New Nuclear Reactors Planned for North Alabama Under $40 Billion U.S.–Japan Deal

Alabama - US-Japan energy deal potentially targets North Alabama in $40 billion nuclear power project

Virginia - Lightbridge advances LWR fuel tests

Delaware - Understanding Low-Level Nuclear Waste: A Comprehensive Guide

Massachusetts - Are nuclear power plants too expensive to build?

Nation - Safety meltdown: Trump’s weakening of nuclear reactor regulations sparks opposition

Nation - GAO again says DOE could save money by tweaking HLW definition

Nation - Advanced Nuclear Tech Developer Aims to Deploy Multiple SMR Plants

Nation - Nuclear Waste Cleanup

Nation - States are lifting bans on nuclear power

Nation - Abandoned Uranium Mine Waste Remediation

Nation - The top 3 nuclear energy stocks to buy right now

International - Waste and recycling

United Kingdom - Rolls-Royce SMR, Studsvik enhance collaboration

United Kingdom - Newcleo kicks off US regulatory interactions

United Kingdom - UK partnership supports ODIN deployment

Western Europe - Discussing nuclear liability and radioactive waste disposal facilities

Northern Europe - SMR permit filed in Sweden

Southeast Asia - Nuclear Power in Vietnam

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California - Nuclear Waste Innovator Deep Isolation Further Validates Borehole Technology for Safe Disposal of Recycled Fuel Waste

Washington - ‘The opportunity is here’: TerraPower CEO credits NRC for moving quickly on projects

Utah - Utah Republicans see storing nuclear waste as a ‘once in a lifetime opportunity’

Utah - Utah may turn IPP area into a special district to accelerate sale of coal generators there

Nebraska - Huskers Go Nuclear conference includes industry leaders, researchers

Alabama - U.S.-Japan deal expected to bring nuclear power, lower energy costs to Alabama

Wisconsin - New tool boosts safety checks for compact heat exchangers in nuclear reactors

South Carolina - NNSA announces construction of specialized training facility for plutonium pit production at SRS

Virginia - Nuclear Power Plants Near Major US Cities

Maryland - Amazon-backed nuclear SMR firm X-energy files for IPO

Nation - Low enriched uranium could offer faster deployment of small reactors

Canada - First Nations and allies rally in Winnipeg against proposed nuclear waste site

United Kingdom - U.K. government to take over Hunterston B for decommissioning

United Kingdom - Storage facility for nuclear submarine waste gets go-ahead at Rosyth

United Kingdom - Surrey researchers boost performance of flexible thermoelectrics

United Kingdom - Third and final shipment of vitrified waste from the UK to Germany

United Kingdom - Hunterston B power station moves to NDA group as decommissioning gears up

United Kingdom - U.K. government to take over Hunterston B for decommissioning

Western Europe - EU to invest €330 million to accelerate fusion energy and support nuclear technologies and skills

Northern Europe - Blykalla advances Swedish SMR park

Central Europe - IAEA Warns Majority of Nuclear Material Thefts Occur During Transport

Central Asia - Uzbekistan Nuclear Project To Become “Global Showcase”

East Asia - Radiation-resistant chip could boost nuclear decommissioning

South Asia - Pranos Fusion Raises $6.8 Mn to Power India’s Nuclear Fusion Dreams

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Yucca Mountain - Trump killed Yucca Mountain — now AI is driving America’s nuclear comeback

Washington - OpenAI in Talks With Helion to Secure Fusion Energy

Washington - VIDEO: WA Premier Mark McGowan and Federal Defence Minister Richard Marles discuss nuclear waste storage.

Maryland - NSI report addresses supply chain bottlenecks

Maryland - Amazon-backed X-Energy files for IPO hot on the heels of $1.4B raise to scale small modular nuclear reactors

Nation - Fusion developers go public as AI boom widens funding sources

Canada - ‘We will not be poisoned again’: Environmental advocates protest proposed nuclear waste dump site

Canada - Canadian, Turkish firms ink partnership deals to develop SMRs in Türkiye

International - Nuclear energyEU to invest €330 million to accelerate fusion energy and support nuclear technologies and skills

United Kingdom - Scientists make breakthrough with magnets in pursuit of limitless energy source

United Kingdom - UK Reviews Nuclear Liability Rules for New Reactor Designs

Central Europe - Fusion power experience rates are overestimated

Central Europe - IAEA Hosts Conference on the Safe and Secure Transport of Nuclear and Radioactive Material

East Africa - Rwanda's First SMR by the 2030s

East Asia - South Korea to open new surface facility for low-level radioactive waste

East Asia - South Korea expands radioactive waste disposal and storage under new plan

East Asia - Japan and South Korea Accelerate Nuclear Growth in 2026

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Nation - AI data centers eye nuclear lifeline

Nation - AI power demand is driving new bets on nuclear fusion

National - Energy crisis fuels nuclear power surge

Marshall Island - An infamous “nuclear sarcophagus” is leaking – and there is cause for concern

Canada - Community braces for impact as nuclear repository project looms over Grassy Narrows First Nation

Canada - Meet the watercolor painting community Skip navigation Search Create Avatar image Community braces for impact as nuclear repository project looms over Grassy Narrows First Nation

United Kingdom - TerraPower files Natrium reactor application with UK nuclear regulators

Eastern Europe - Public discussion of choice of radioactive waste burial site to begin in Belarus in August

West Africa - Significance Of Small Modular Reactors Investment To Nigeria’s Energy Security

West Asia - Thorium key to India's energy self-reliance amid global LPG crisis

East Asia - Lai reveals nuclear power revival plan

East Asia - Lai says nuclear restart won't change Taiwan's push for green energy

East Asia - Taiwan president says Taiwan could restart two nuclear power plants

Southeast Asia - Lt. Governor Advocates Small Modular Reactors for Select Andaman & Nicobar Locations at Bharat Electricity Summit 2026

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Marshall Island - Runit Dome at risk: 120,000 tons of radioactive waste from nuclear explosion threaten the Pacific

National - US-Japan To Go Nuclear With $40B SMR Initiative

United Kingdom - Build nuclear reactors with British-made steel

Iberian Peninsula - From small reactors in series to thorium fuel: innovation in nuclear power

Iberian Peninsula - What if we need to take another look at nuclear power?

East Asia - US races to lock SMR deal with Korea

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Idaho - Idaho Researchers Build First Microreactor Control System in Decades

Idaho - Scientists unveil game-changing tech set to revolutionize nuclear power: 'It reduces all the hazards'

Texas - Aalo completes assembly of experimental reactor

Maryland - X-energy, Talen to assess deployment of multiple SMR plants

Nation - Next-gen nuclear has a chicken-and-egg problem

Nation - Multiple Bottlenecks Face New Nuclear Builds

Nation - Trump, Takaichi unveil $40 billion US nuclear project

Nation - US, Japan unveil nuclear deal, bet $40B on small modular reactors in next gen energy push after Trump-Takaichi meet

Nation - Europe Leads Waste to Energy Market While Asia-Pacific Shows Fastest Growth

United Kingdom - Hunterston B nuclear plant handed over as major decomissioning under way

United Kingdom - Huge Scottish nuclear power station to begin decommissioning process

Western Europe - Why Brussels is betting on nuclear fusion now

Western Europe - EU nuclear energy plan commits €330M to fusion power and reactor research

Northern Europe - Estonian government greenlights nuclear energy bill

Middle East - Making the Case for Fusion Energy in the Middle East

West Asia - Turkey intensifies talks to build 2 more nuclear power plants

East Asia - Lai signals openness to nuclear energy for AI development

East Asia - Footage from Drones Reveals Significant Damage Inside Fukushima Reactor After 15 Years

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Oregon - NuScale Power and Ebara Elliott Energy Announce a Strategic Partnership to Showcase Use of Advanced Nuclear Technology to Power Petrochemical Plants

Washington - New nuclear race takes shape in Washington

Minnesota - The Great Lakes Are Wasting a Massive Source of Clean Energy

Minnesota - With 2040 carbon-free deadline looming, bipartisan legislators look to overturn nuke moratorium

Maryland - X-energy, Talen Energy to Evaluate Gigawatt-Scale Xe-100 SMR Deployment

New York - US: NANO’s advanced nuclear fuel transportation solution achieves design milestone

Nation - The U.S. Plan to Pull Helium Out of the Moon, Bring it to Earth

Nation - Trump, Takaichi to announce $40B GE Vernova Hitachi reactor project

Canada - Canada Signals Interest in Ethiopia’s Nuclear Plans with Focus on Small Modular Reactors

United Kingdom - Overhaul of safety and environment rules will make UK ‘nuclear nation’ - Starmer

United Kingdom - From Heritage Care to Energy Insight: The Evolving Role of Dalkia UK at Parliament

United Kingdom - AI, uncertainty and fusion

United Kingdom - Rolls-Royce Charts a New Course: Powering Sustainable Aviation from Within

United Kingdom - Second-generation nuclear reactor demolition era begins

Western Europe - France and Greece Move Toward Nuclear Cooperation in the Eastern Mediterranean

Western Europe - EU to invest €330 million to accelerate fusion energy and support nuclear technologies and skills

Western Europe - EU commits €330M to fusion energy, nuclear technology

Western Europe - Thorizon and Hyundai back MSR

Western Europe - Nuclear's cleanup cost threatens the expansion dream

Northern Europe - Planning for Swedish SMR plant proceeds

Northern Europe - Swedish Nuclear Company Blykalla To Proceed With Planning For Small Modular Reactor Park

East Asia - Returning to Fukushima 15 Years After the Great East Japan Disaster

East Asia - Japan Set to Invest ¥11.5 Trillion in U.S. Energy Sector, Including Next-Generation Small Nuclear Reactors

East Asia - Japan to Invest $40 Billion in US Small Modular Reactors

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California - US’ nuclear firm gets safety design approval for isotope reactor initiative

California - Licensing of Oklo pilot reactor facilities advances

Oregon - Can AI Data Center Demand Drive NuScale Power's Revenue Growth?

Utah - Voices: I grew up on contaminated land without knowing it. Utah must protect its future families.

Wyoming - NRC Approves Natrium Reactor Construction Permit

Illinois - US 3D printing breakthrough could speed approval of next-gen nuclear reactor parts

Georgia - KSU researchers approaching disaster cleanup from different angles

Florida - Laser Photonics Attends WM Symposia to Present Custom Nuclear Decontamination Solution

Massachusetts - What do new nuclear reactors mean for waste?

Nation - The Nuclear ETFs Powering AI Data Centers and Posting Triple-Digit Returns

Nation - The 5 States Where The Most People Rely On Nuclear Power

Nation - Significant U.S. Uranium Deposit Advances with Permitting Team NUCL, CCJ, UEC, SMR, and NXE as Uranium Demand Meets Domestic Supply Urgency

Nation - RIC session addresses reactor restarts—and lessons learned at Palisades

Canada - Atomic Advantage: Canada's generational opportunity in a new Nuclear Age

National - From Uranium to Thorium: The New Equation Driving Global Nuclear Innovation

United Kingdom - Bringing together the UK’s expertise in radioactive waste management

United Kingdom - ONR oversees first relicensing of an EDF Advanced Gas-Cooled reactor site

United Kingdom - Two weeks to go: Hunterston B achieves licence milestone

United Kingdom - 'Plymouth dodged a nuclear power station bullet once - we must stop it happening again'

United Kingdom - AL_A to design UK's first government-backed fusion power plant

United Kingdom - From concept to delivery - exciting development for Bassetlaw’s groundbreaking fusion power plant

United Kingdom - “World’s most powerful AI supercomputer” launched to accelerate fusion energy

United Kingdom - The U.K. Will Turn Old Coal Facility Into its First Fusion Power Plant

Northern Europe - Energy Commissioner: Latvia’s energy sector is more vulnerable than it appears

Central Europe - How Is Radioactive Material Transported Safely and Securely?

East Africa - Siaya Nuclear Plant: Progress & Safety Concerns | Francis Agar

Middle East - No impact on Iran’s Bushehr nuclear reactor after projectile strikes: UN watchdog

West Asia - West Asia conflict sends energy jitters across Asia, revives nuclear ambitions in Japan, South Korea

Southeast Asia - GE Vernova and Hitachi partner to deploy BWRX-300 reactors in Southeast Asia

South Asia - The rise of Bangladesh’s nuclear diplomacy

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California - Oklo Gets Its First NRC License

Idaho - Oklo’s Atomic Alchemy Granted U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission License for Isotope Material

Idaho - Oklo Announces U.S. Department of Energy Approval for Nuclear Safety Design Agreement of Aurora Powerhouse at Idaho National Laboratory

Texas - Natura Resources Advances Reactor Physics and Safety Analysis Through High-Performance Computing Collaboration with University of Texas at Austin

Louisiana - Louisiana preparing nuclear energy framework as power demand grows

Virginia - Lightbridge Receives Notice of Allowance on New Patent from the Canadian Intellectual Property Office

Pennsylvania - Pennsylvania publishes long-awaited study on radioactivity in landfill runoff

Pennsylvania - Department of Environmental Protection Study Shows No Radiation Risk From Leachate in PA’s Landfills

New Jersey - New Jersey Assembly Advances Nuclear Energy Bill—What It Means For Your Wallet

New Jersey - Assembly bill supporting nuclear energy expansion in N.J. advances

Rhode Island - The Pentagon is looking to nuclear waste for power

Nation - NRC considers eliminating half-century-old radiation standard

Nation - Fusion Update: NRC Publishes Proposed Regulatory Framework For Fusion Machines

Nation - RIC session focuses on interagency collaboration

Canada - Carney Government in Talks with Saskatchewan to Fast-Track Uranium Mining and Nuclear Energy Projects

United Kingdom - Multibillion-pound project to produce almost limitless low carbon energy in the Midlands is ‘the most exciting engineering scheme in the world’

United Kingdom - Councillors set to hear Sellafield site update report

United Kingdom - AWI Secures Nuclear Quality Accreditation to Unlock Global Growth

United Kingdom - AL_A to design pioneering £200m fusion power plant

United Kingdom - UK fusion boom with Kier JV on £200M plant, £45M supercomputer and tritium facility supplier

United Kingdom - UK accelerates fusion research

United Kingdom - £200m contract awarded for Nottinghamshire fusion energy prototype project

United Kingdom - World’s most powerful AI supercomputer dedicated to fusion energy begins work

United Kingdom - Nuclear waste project progress report to councillors

Northwest Europe - Flanders looking for four sites to install four nuclear reactors

East Africa - Harnessing nuclear energy for Africa’s development

East Asia - TEPCO delays commercial operation of recently restarted nuclear reactor

East Asia - China plans to put a new type of reactor into operation in 2027 that uses nuclear waste as fuel

Southeast Asia - Indonesia-Japan Cooperation Opens the Way for Green Energy, a Perfect Momentum to Strengthen National Energy Resilience

South Asia - Emerging Sub-Segments Transforming the Digital Twin Nuclear Decommissioning Market Landscape

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California - Deep Fission Begins Drilling For Underground Nuclear Reactor Project

Louisiana - Louisiana preparing nuclear energy framework as power demand grows

New Hampshire - As state eyes new nuclear, Seabrook’s neighbors offer insight formed over decades

Nation - Nuclear, fusion companies sign deals with Japanese counterparts

Canada - AECL funding to dip to $1.7 billion

United Kingdom - UK splashes £45M on AI supercomputer to help crack fusion power

United Kingdom - UK to invest £2.5bn into ‘holy grail’ nuclear fusion energy

United Kingdom - Construction partner named to £200m West Burton fusion energy plant - “this is the moment we move from research to delivery”

United Kingdom - Britain on course to lead global race for fusion energy as STEP project moves from research to delivery

United Kingdom - Kier-led consortium lands £200m fusion energy plant

United Kingdom - ILIOS appointment speeds delivery of STEP Fusion at West Burton

Central Europe - Studsvik signs cooperation agreement in fusion energy

East Africa - Rwanda readies for first SMR

East Asia - Nuclear fusion reactor completion targeted for 2038 in Japan

East Asia - Japan’s nuclear fusion firm begins construction of first demonstration device

East Asia - Helical Fusion Announces Construction Site for Phase 1 of “Helix HARUKA,” Marking Transition to Manufacturing and Assembly of Fusion Hardware

East Asia - Singapore's nuclear pivot is not a question — it has already been answered

Southeast Asia - Nuclear Power and Aluminium Investment Transforms West Kalimantan’s Future

South Asia - Thorium Strategy Gains Focus in India’s 100 GWe Nuclear Power Roadmap

Marshall Island - A Cold War Nuclear Waste Dome Is Cracking Open over a Disaster the U.S. Buried in the Pacific

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Oregon - NuScale highlights role of its small modular reactor technology in supplying dependable industrial nuclear energy

Idaho - Trump initiative speeds up nuclear tech

Texas - Fort Hood looking at potential nuclear reactor — a small one — as well as other improvements

Ohio - Nuclear Fuel Deals Take Center Stage for SMRs

Nation - Trucker Awarded $20,000 for Hauling a Massive Amount of Nuclear Waste

Nation - The invisible technology that could finally make commercial fusion possible

Nation - AI comes with a hefty charge. Are you the one who gets stuck with the bill?

United Kingdom - The troubled search for Britain’s deep sea nuclear waste graveyard

United Kingdom - Britain investing £2.5 BILLION in 'holy grail' of energy in bid to make UK 'completely independent' from price shocks

Southwestern Europe - Italy considers returning to nuclear energy after decades of ban

Northern Europe - Leningrad-2 Nuclear Power Plant

East Africa - Rwanda plans to introduce nuclear energy into the mix - IAEA confirms infrastructure progress

South Africa - Russia, South Africa Sign Nuclear Power MoU

East Asia - Japan government briefs Ogasawara islanders on nuclear waste plan

East Asia - Police seize ₱19.5M hazardous materials

East Asia - China Nears Completion of World’s First Waste-Burning Nuclear Reactor

East Asia - China builds the first commercial ADS reactor: generating green energy from nuclear waste

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Washington - Is nuclear power making a comeback in Washington state?

Idaho - U.S. Advanced Reactor is a Step Closer to Criticality Following Safety Approval

Wyoming - Officials spark backlash with controversial decision impacting nuclear waste: 'Very problematic for the future'

Kansas - Deep Fission drills its first underground nuclear borehole in Kansas

Wisconsin - Lawmakers push ambitious nuclear plan

Nation - Scientists push for hidden technology that could unlock clean power sources of the future

United Kingdom - Government plans nuclear overhaul to speed up new reactors

United Kingdom - Global Leaders Back Nuclear Power Expansion at 2026 Paris Summit

Western Europe - Start of radioactive waste removal from Germany’s Asse mine postponed indefinitely

Iberian Peninsula - Portugal’s Nuclear Void: Energy Crisis Oversight?

East Asia - Japan Govt Briefs Locals on Nuclear Waste Plan on Tokyo Island

Southeast Asia - GE Vernova And Hitachi Explore Small Modular Reactor Deployment Across Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia - Nuclear power back on Southeast Asia’s agenda – the opportunity for Small Modular Reactors

South Asia - Government Allocates ₹20,000 Crore for Small Modular Reactor Development

Marshall Islands - Cracks appear in Runit Dome amid sea level rise in Marshall Islands

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California - Opinion: Why reprocessing San Onofre’s nuclear waste is a bad idea

Indiana - First time in US: Alpha-E tabletop nuclear fusion device installed at Purdue University

Alabama - Alabama A&M University to Participate in Nuclear Fuel Recycling Research

Nation - The Importance of an Independent Nuclear Safety Regulator: Roundtable Summary

Nation - Big Tech’s Nuclear Energy Investment Surge Transforms 2026 Market

United Kingdom - Overhaul of nuclear system to speed up building and cut costs

United Kingdom - UK says to speed up nuclear power development

United Kingdom - European Commission sets course for SMR deployment in early 2030s

United Kingdom - Arup appointed for Wylfa nuclear power plant project on Anglesey - will support delivery of the UK’s first SMR

United Kingdom - LDA Design joins pathfinder GBE-N project

Central Europe - The upper house of the Swiss Parliament voted to amend the nuclear energy law.

Southeast Europe - Earthquake-prone Greece long shunned nuclear power. Could that be about to change?

South Africa - HALEU-Thorium Fuel

South Asia - Govt Allocates Rs 20,000 Crore For Small Modular Reactor Development Under Nuclear Energy Mission

South Africa - ‘Zombie’ nuclear project: Nuclear-1 environmental authorisation faces legal battle

Southeast Asia - Singapore to have a nuclear power plant? Here’s what the government has to say

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California - World’s first underground nuclear borehole drilling starts for US firm’s Gravity reactor

Washington - Project Omega’s nuclear tech gets scientific boost from PNNL collaboration

Arizona - One year after federal layoffs, WMS has more upbeat vibe

Arizona - KORAD Brings Korean Radioactive Waste Technology to the World Stage in the United States

Arizona - N3B Intern Paul Alcazar Claims Best Undergraduate Poster At 52nd Annual Waste Management Symposia In Phoenix, Ariz.

Wyoming - Meta partners with TerraPower to deploy eight Natrium advanced nuclear reactors

Idaho - MARVEL PDSA approval could serve as blueprint

Wyoming - U.S. Approves Wyoming Nuclear Reactor Project

Illinois - World’s most advanced supercomputers decode nuclear reactor turbulence to advance safety

Illinois - Argonne receives DOE funding to advance AI for science

Tennessee - US scientists reach milestone in imaging nuclear fuel under extreme accident stress

Ohio - Draft bill would let utilities own nuclear plants in Ohio

New Jersey - Scientists team up with AI in project to design limitless energy devices: 'Excited about the possibility'

Nation - GAO says DOE unable to 'fully analyze' why cost increases, delays occur with nuclear waste cleanup

Nation - US: MARVEL nuclear reactor closer to achieving ‘criticality’ with key safety approval

Nation - Nuclear Power at a Crossroads: How Regulatory Shifts Could Redefine America’s Energy Future

Nation - Small Modular Reactors & Microreactors

Nation - Uranium Needs to be Discussed: Big tech demand meets structural deficit

International - Amentum JV wins decommissioning deals

United Kingdom - Arup to support delivery of the UK's first SMR

United Kingdom - Rolls-Royce: Is Nuclear Energy the Key to SAF Production?

United Kingdom - European Commission backs homegrown Small Modular Reactors to boost EU energy security

United Kingdom - Parliament Question: Deployment Of Small Modular Reactors (SMRs)

United Kingdom - Great British Energy-Nuclear selects Arup to support delivery of the UK’s first SMR

Western Europe - EDF Launches Advisory Board To Support Financing Of New Nuclear Projects

Western Europe - Uzbekistan to Engage France’s Framatome in Nuclear Power Plant Projects

Northwest Europe - Labour would stage nuclear power investment summit days after Holyrood election

Central Europe - Switzerland edges toward lifting ban on new nuclear plants

Southwest Europe - Portugal has no nuclear power plants. Is this a 'strategic mistake' in light of the energy crisis?

East Africa - Rwanda plans up to $6billion investment in nuclear power as Kagame targets high-income economy by 2050

East Asia - China to launch world’s first accelerator-driven nuclear reactor in 2027

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Yucca Mountain - Hanford's legacy looms over Washington nuclear debate

California - Deep Fission begins drilling first data acquisition well

Washington - Why adding new nuclear power in Washington will take time

Washington - Washington nuclear comeback gains steam

Washington - Washington's nuclear push revives the waste question

Minnesota - 200 gallons of oil leak detected at US nuclear plant that powers 500,000 homes

Illinois - Multiple people hospitalized after chemical exposure at Byron nuclear plant in Illinois

Illinois - 350 feet underground US lab helps turn qubits into sensors for dark matter research

Tennessee - Like Trump, TVA has touted 'beautiful clean coal.' How clean is it?

Tennessee - Touring Oak Ridge’s future nuclear energy hub: TVA and Kairos Power

Massachusetts - Healey’s shift toward nuclear energy raises affordability, feasibility questions

Massachusetts - YOUR VIEW: Town should join effort for ‘Small Nuclear Units’

Nation - DOE clears key safety step for MARVEL, a test case for next-generation microreactors

Nation - DOE unveils nuclear Launch Pad

Nation - How the Pentagon Is Fumbling the Nuclear Energy Renaissance

International - Europe's dash to scrap nuclear power plants was 'a mistake' EU chief admits amid rising energy bills

International - Amentum-led Joint Venture selected for $112 Million Clean-up at Four European Nuclear Research Sites

United Kingdom - Energy generating waste site set to expand

United Kingdom - Next stage for nuclear and clean energy site

United Kingdom - EU unveils strategy to rapidly deploy small and advanced modular reactors

United Kingdom - Licence unlocks UK SMR rollout

Western Europe - World's largest nuclear reactor aims to power Earth with virtually unlimited energy: 'The most complex machine ever designed'

Western Europe - Merz says Germany won't join EU return to nuclear energy

Northern Europe - Finland’s FiR1 reactor land released

South Africa - Nuclear energy: A solution for South Africa's economic revival

East Asia - Japan Marks 15 Years Since Tsunami Disaster As Prime Minister Pushes More Nuclear Energy Use

East Asia - Fukushima expert warns Taiwan against restarting nuclear power plants

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Wyoming - Nuclear reactor to be built in Wyoming

New Mexico - LANL, Sandia contractors earn high marks from Department of Energy reviews

Minnesota - About 200 gallons of oil leaked from equipment at Monticello nuclear plant

Arkansas - Entergy Arkansas to host Ironwood power plant vendor fair for local contractors

Illinois - First proton beams circulate in US test accelerator built to shape future colliders

Illinois - 8 Injured In Chemical Exposure At IL Nuclear Plant: Reports

Tennessee - Land transfer marks next step in making Oak Ridge a nuclear industry hotbed

Ohio - Ohio corruption trial traces tactics to prop up nuclear and coal plants

Maryland - Maryland's main energy producer is growing -- but concerns about nuclear energy remain

New York - Despite Trump push, New York opposes reopening Indian Point nuclear power plant

New York - Protesters call out officials for high utility bills after crucial power plant shutdown: 'We're paying the price'

Connecticut - CT must act now if it wants new nuclear power by 2035, state official says

Nation - U.S. power use to beat record highs in 2026 and 2027 as AI use surges

Nation - DOE announces decision to restart SRS facility that recycles plutonium

Nation - Trump has undermined the agency tasked with making sure America never has another nuclear meltdown

Nation - Trump Is Bringing Historic Changes to the U.S. Energy Sector

Nation - Nuclear Regulatory Commission plans inspection time cuts

South Pacific - Supreme Court to hear Guam hazardous waste explosions case

United Kingdom - Next stage for nuclear and clean energy site

United Kingdom - Sellafield Ltd floats streamlined £90m IT and hosting plan

United Kingdom - Rolls-Royce eyes nuclear reactor heat to power sustainable jet fuel production

United Kingdom - EU Commission unveils plan for small nuclear reactors by early 2030s

United Kingdom - EU chief, Macron say Mideast war exposes Europe’s energy vulnerability

Western Europe - France to harness nuclear power for AI data centres, says Macron

Western Europe - Greenpeace activists storm stage at France's nuclear summit, confront Macron

Northwestern Europe - Brussels backs mini-nuclear power plants to secure low-carbon power

Central Europe - Germany's phase-out of nuclear energy 'irreversible,' says Merz

Southern Europe - Terra Innovatum secures nuclear-grade graphite for planned micro-reactor in US

West Asia - Engineers combine 222 laser modes into one fiber using tiny photonic lantern

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California - Deep Isolation Leadership to Present Innovations in Nuclear Waste Disposal at Waste Management 2026 in Phoenix, Arizona

Oregon - Oregon lawmakers consider nuclear power study as energy shortages loom

Wyoming - Wyoming nuclear power plant receives federal approval for reactor construction

Wisconsin - Effort to revive Kewaunee County site comes amid rising interest in nuclear energy

Tennessee - Nuclear graphite company won’t seek to build facility in Claiborne County

Ohio - One dead after incident at industrial waste disposal facility; HAZMAT called

South Carolina - Antares executive describes nuclear microreactors for military and other applications

New Hampshire - Ayotte is eyeing a nuclear future, but New Hampshire should watch its step

Nation - DOE-backed project aims to cut nuclear waste hazard to 300 years

Nation - US Supreme Court to hear Guam hazardous waste explosions case

Nation - US military airlifts crucial technology in push to test burgeoning energy source: 'Today is history'

United Kingdom - Rolls-Royce SMR launches nuclear safety graduate programme

United Kingdom - Equilibrion and Rolls-Royce SMR announce collaboration to advance the development of Sustainable Aviation Fuel using nuclear energy

Northern Europe - Studsvik acquires Swedish SMR project development firm

Central Europe - IAEA details fusion waste strategies

Eastern Europe - Ukraine's power import rises amid repairs at nuclear plant, ExPro consultancy says

East Asia - Helsinki energy group plans large investment in small nuclear reactors

East Asia - Busan Breaks Ground on Nation's First SMR Manufacturing Support Center

East Asia - Fukishima at 15: The Fallout Continues

East Asia - Fukushima at 15: Living with radioactive hot spots and stigma as Japan’s government pushes for more reactors

East Asia - World’s most complex nuclear clean-up operation plans first large-scale fuel sample

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Yucca Mountain - It Takes Weeks To Refuel A Nuclear Power Plant - Here's Why

Washington - US lab’s high-purity gas conversion, purification systems to boost quantum material production

Washington - Washington State University celebrating milestone of nuclear research reactor

Idaho - Nuclear Power from Thorium: No Hallelujah Moment Yet for HALEU as Fuel

Wyoming - US advances nuclear revival with approval of Natrium Gen IV reactor

Tennessee - Community members raise concerns over proposed nuclear graphite facility in Claiborne County

Nation - DOE flips nuclear waste debate upside down because 100,000-year risk falls to 300

Nation - The Hidden Technology That Could Finally Make Fusion Power Work

Nation - US advances nuclear revival with approval of Natrium Gen IV reactor

Nation - Sen. John Kennedy: Iran had taken ‘baby steps’ to restart nuclear program

Canada - Officials spark backlash with controversial nuclear power plans: 'Irresponsible'

Western Europe - Startup achieves breakthrough to unlock next-gen energy

Western Europe - SMR reactors as a brake on electricity prices – government argues over nuclear option

Middle East - How Giant Freakin’ Lasers Could Cut Our Reliance On Oil

East Asia - Tokyo rally marks 15 years since the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster

East Asia - China's new nuclear reactor could transform waste into clean energy

East Asia - Japan’s Fukushima clean-up offers a blueprint for nuclear recovery

East Asia - As Fukushima memories fade, Japan embraces a nuclear-powered future

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Wyoming - Bill Gates-Backed TerraPower Wins Historic US Approval For Natrium Reactor As Trump Pushes Nuclear Power Expansion

Wyoming - US Approves TerraPower Nuclear Reactor Project in Wyoming

Wyoming - TerraPower Wins Approval to Construct New Nuclear Reactor

Wisconsin - Lawmakers propose bold action to stabilize electricity prices: 'We could be the powerhouse'

Tennessee - America’s Nuclear Energy Renaissance: Reviving Oak Ridge’s Legacy for a Clean, Secure Future

Pennsylvania - Emergency management officials tour Three Mile Island plant as restart plans progress

New York - Upstate New York Communities Eye Nuclear Power

Nation - Scientists team up with AI in project to design limitless energy devices: 'Excited about the possibility'

Nation - Congressman Mike Lawler, Energy Secretary Chris Wright Visit Indian Point, Call For Rebuilding And Reopening Nuclear Facilities

Nation - Fusion Reactors Can Hold a Star: So Why Do They Struggle at the Wall?

Canada - Canada-India nuclear deal

East Asia - ‘1,000-year source’: China plans to fire up world-first accelerator-driven nuclear reactor

East Asia - China Cracked a Fusion Barrier That Was Never Supposed to Break, and the Race to Build a Star on Earth Is Now Very Real

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Nevada - Update: Earthquake of 3.1 magnitude recorded close to Beatty, NV on March 5

California - Trump era rules juice nuclear power industry, downplay safety concerns

Washington - Hanford nuclear site contractor pays $5M to settle fraud claims

Idaho - Custom 10 MWe Steam Turbine Will Power Modular Nuclear Reactors

Arizona - Uranium exploration returns to Lucky Boy site between Globe and El Capitan

Utah - Utah is interested in recycling nuclear fuel. Here are the basics to know

Wyoming - NRC issues construction permit for TerraPower’s Wyoming reactor

Wyoming - US Grants Bill Gates-Backed Company First Permit To Construct Commercial Nuclear Reactor In 8 Years

Wyoming - The NRC OKs TerraPower’s advanced-reactor construction permit

Wyoming - Nuclear power plant receives federal approval for reactor construction

Texas - Companies Rush SMR Nuclear Reactor Designs To Market As Revival Begins

Texas - Quantum Leap Energy Enters into Memorandum of Understanding with a Large U.S. Energy Company Regarding Evaluation of Support to Advance Domestic Enriched Uranium Fuel Supply Chain

Kentucky - Nuclear energy grants aim to grow Kentucky jobs, training

Nation - NNSA issues RFP for Savannah River Site; pit plant tour set

Nation - DOE Fusion Roadmap: Path to Commercial Fusion Power

Nation - Lifecycle hub RFI highlights importance of back-end of the fuel cycle, panelists say

Nation - US establishes Nuclear Energy Launch Pad

United Kingdom - Standardising containers for the UK's nuclear waste

United Kingdom - GBE-N granted licence to generate electricity

Central Europe - Swiss Companies Eye Transport and Infrastructure Cooperation with Kazakhstan

East Asia - ‘World-first accelerator-driven nuclear reactor’ nears as China eyes ‘1000-year’ energy source

East Asia - Unification minister points to N Korea's Kusong as 3rd site hosting uranium enrichment facility

East Asia - Scientists make AI-powered breakthrough that could unlock next-gen energy source: 'Represents an evolution'

East Asia - Fast-Tracking Nuclear Energy: A US-South Korea Partnership

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Nevada - US nuclear weapons testing facilities rattled by more than 100 mysterious earthquakes

Utah - US military airlifts crucial technology in push to test burgeoning energy source: 'Today is history'

Colorado - New bipartisan bill would keep Grand Junction uranium disposal site open longer

Wyoming - NRC approves TerraPower construction permit

Texas - 10 MWe steam turbine to boost next-gen sodium-cooled US nuclear reactor’s efficiency

Wisconsin - Wisconsin bets big on nuclear through university-state partnership

Nation - America's Nine Largest Nuclear Waste Sites

United Kingdom - Research aims to bring MSRs closer to commercialisation

United Kingdom - New standardised container initiative to provide safety and cost benefits for generations to come

United Kingdom - How the SNP's pig-headed nuclear policy has cost Scotland billions of pounds and thousands of new jobs

Western Europe - Advancing fusion energy: Innovative breeding blanket designs at KIT

Southeast Asia - America Backs First Manila SMR Study: The New Nuclear Roadmap for Philippine Power

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Nevada - Earthquake swarm near Tonopah, Nevada

Idaho - U.S. Nuclear Plant Makes High-Precision Swap in Microreactor Production

Utah - Utah lawmaker wants his district to store and recycle nuclear waste

Wyoming - US issues first commercial construction permit for a nuclear reactor in years to a Wyoming project

Wyoming - A Nuclear Reactor Backed by Bill Gates Gets Federal Approval to Start Building

Wyoming - Bill Gates-backed TerraPower begins nuclear reactor construction

Wyoming - A Historic First: NRC Clears TerraPower’s Natrium Nuclear Reactor for Construction

Texas - Aalo secures fuel and turbine for experimental reactor

Texas - Aalo Atomics Signs Contract to Secure Fabricated Fuel Rods From Global Nuclear Fuel

Alabama - Researchers make groundbreaking discovery in pursuit of near-limitless energy device: 'It may be possible'

Illinois - How Argonne's Aurora Supercomputer is Opening New Horizons for Fusion Energy Research

Nation - NRC Proposes Regulatory Framework for Fusion

Canada - Nuclear powerhouse

Canada - Canada’s resource future runs on nuclear

United Kingdom - First Light validates tritium breeding

Western Europe - Proxima signs stellarator roadmap

Western Europe - The Dark Horse That Could Deliver the World's First Fusion Reactor

Central Europe - Scientists drill into 175-million-year-old clay rock to solve nuclear waste storage problem

East Asia - Japan eyes remote Pacific island for nuclear waste

East Asia - Standard design approval sought for i-SMR

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Nevada - Magnitude 3.9 earthquake strikes near Pahrump, Nye County, Nevada, USA

Nevada - Nevada-California Border Earthquake: 4.0 Magnitude Shakes Area South of Creech Air Force Base Tuesday

Nevada - 44 tremors in 24 hours? What's happening in Nevada's 'Area 52'?

Texas - Texas becomes first state to test uncommon energy source: 'There are a lot of indications that we are [ready]'

Texas - Texas A&M partners with start-up for potential HTGR research reactor

Texas - Aalo Atomics Signs Contract to Secure Fabricated Fuel Rods From Global Nuclear Fuel

Wisconsin - Shine Raises $240 Million to Commercialize Fusion

Illinois - ANL supports nuclear materials science

Illinois - How Argonne’s Aurora supercomputer is opening up new horizons for fusion energy research

Tennessee - Tennessee’s terrible power choices

Nation - Navigating Nuclear- Unused Combined Licenses Provide a Shortcut to New Builds

Nation - Digital Test Bed Could Accelerate Advanced Reactor Development

Nation - New National Report: Pushing for commercial fusion energy and new plasma technologies

International - The role of nuclear energy in the global power mix

International - Should Europe place big bets on small modular reactors?

Western Europe - EU Industry Group Urges Stable Market Rules To Cut Energy System Costs

East Asia - Japan Govt Asks Tokyo Island to Accept N-Waste Site Survey

East Asia - KHNP, EMA to cooperate on Singapore SMR study

East Asia - Singapore targets SMRs as South Korea formalises nuclear ties

East Asia - South Korea, Singapore sign pact to study small modular reactors

02

California - Why California is Reconsidering Nuclear Energy After 50-Year Ban

Idaho - Idaho Project Advances Cleanup With Expanded Storage

Idaho - INL opens $15M molten salt testing facility to advance nuclear reactor technologies

Wyoming - Will Wyoming enter the microreactor race?

Texas - University Signs Deal For Modular High-Temperature Gas Reactor Tests

Tennessee - Costs rise for every TVA energy source but small modular nuclear, wind

Ohio - An Ohio lawmaker wants the state to make way for nuclear fusion regulations

South Carolina - Savannah River Slashes Waste as Costs Surge

Virginia - Scientists Don't Just Want to Neutralize Radioactive Waste—They Want It to Power Our Future

Nation - Sam Cardwell: Tech companies lead the way with new nuclear contracts

Nation - Oak Ridge’s UCOR expands collaboration with UT

Nation - Nuclear Reactor Decommissioning Market (2026): Amazon-Backed Company Firm Achieves First US Fuel License in 50 Years

Nation - Highlights from the 2025 ANS State of the Nuclear Workforce survey

Nation - How an Amended DOE Contract for Nuclear Waste Will Affect New Reactors: Considerations for Policymakers

Western Europe - World’s First Commercialized Fusion Power Plant Dream is Close to Reality

East Asia - Japanese delegation visit the UK to get the inside track on innovation in decommissioning

East Asia - Where will Fukushima’s nuclear waste go? Japanese governors reject tainted soil

East Asia - Korea and Singapore launch FTA upgrade talks, deepen SMR and AI cooperation

Southeast Asia - Malaysia renews Lynas Rare Earths' license for 10 years, orders end to radioactive waste by 2031

South Asia - Small nuclear reactors in your town? It could be reality soon

Middle East - IAEA Reports No Radiation Increase After Strikes In Iran

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Nevada - Mag. 4.2 earthquake - 49 mi northeast of Tonopah, Nye County, Nevada

Nevada - Mag. 3.9 earthquake - 48 mi northeast of Tonopah, Nye County, Nevada

Arizona - Arizona Eyes Small Nuclear Reactors to Meet Growing Energy Demand

New Mexico - Federal memo urges increased plutonium pit production at LANL

Texas - Extreme high-temperature small modular reactor to be built at US’ experiment station

Nation - Radioactive Waste from Nuclear Energy Lasts for 100,000 Years but Particle Accelerators Could Slash That Timeline to a Few Centuries

Nation - Soaring costs imperil US nuclear revival

Canada - India Canada Uranium Supply Agreement: Strategic 10-Year Nuclear Partnership

United Kingdom - UK firm overcomes key barrier to fusion energy scale-up, validates new nuclear fuel concept

Western Europe - ‘World’s first commercial fusion power plant’ development to get boost with new agreement

Western Europe - Proxima Fusion: $2 Billion Alpha Project Anchors Plan For Europe’s First Commercial Stellarator Power Plant

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Idaho - Why NVIDIA Is Now a Major Player in Nuclear Energy Development

Arizona - Arizona House kills nuclear reactor bill, then passes nearly identical one hours later

Massachusetts - Mass. House passes bill aimed at taming spiraling utility costs; Senate fate unclear

Maryland - X-energy launches construction of its TX-1 advanced nuclear fuel fabrication complex

Nation - U.S. Developing Fusion Energy Regulations To Advance Nuclear Power

Nation - Experts raise concerns about US officials' nuclear power plans: 'We're going to have to have some things figured out'

International - The Global Race to Unlock Nuclear Fusion

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California - Deep Fission to Host Public Meeting in Parsons, Kansas on March 12

California - US labs map liquid metal path to future fusion power plants

California - Silicon Valley’s Hard Pivot , From Apps to Atoms

Washington - WA lawmakers push for state to embrace nuclear energy

Arizona - Arizona House kills nuclear reactor bill, then passes nearly identical one hours later

Utah - Valar Atomics hosts community open house, giving a public glimpse at its Ward-250 test reactor

Utah - Pioneering AI for Science: Why UT is a Digital Twin Powerhouse

Wisconsin - From Decommissioning to Data Centers: The Bold Plan to Rebuild Kewaunee Power Station

Massachusetts - Bill aims to lower utility bills by cutting back Mass Save program

Nation - US-built nuclear reactor simulator to power cheaper microreactors and space tech

Nation - Griffin in the loop: A digital multiphysics test bed for next-gen reactors

Nation - US Takes Step to Solidify Rules on Nuclear Fusion Energy

Nation - Nuclear Power Needs Realism, Freedom

Nation - Nuclear Power is All the Rage

Canada - Officials spark backlash with concerning plan for nuclear waste: 'Will change dramatically'

Canada - Small modular reactors, big dreams: Ontario’s nuclear pitch

Canada - Federal Court of Appeal upholds interpretation of nuclear safety regulations as reasonable

Western Europe - First Light Fusion validates tritium breeding concept

Western Europe - Proxima targets grid-connected fusion in 2030s

Western Europe - Proxima Fusion Signs MoU With RWE And Bavaria To Develop Fusion Power

Central Europe - Lithuania assessing potential for BWRX-300 deployment

Northeastern Europe -Researchers achieve major breakthrough in effort to build limitless energy device: 'This milestone marks a key step'

Eastern Europe - Potential sites identified for SMRs in Chernobyl exclusion zone

West Asia - Armenia Considers Options for Modular Nuclear Power Plant, Says PM

East Asia - South Korean Catholics call for denuclearization ahead of Fukushima anniversary

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Eagle Nuclear’s $30M SPAC Merger Fuels Uranium and SMR Integration

Washington legislators look to nuclear

Rural Utah hopes for a piece of the state’s nuclear ambitions

Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, ZettaJoule Sign Landmark U.S. Agreement (MOU) to Explore Building Transformative Very-High-Temperature Gas Research Reactor

Deep Fission in Urenco fuel deal

SHINE Technologies: $240 Million Raised For Nuclear Fusion And Medical Isotope Expansion

SHINE Raises $240 Million in Funding to Advance Commercial Fusion Technology

Indiana’s Odd Priorities: Weaken Water Protections, Increase Energy Production

Illinois goes all-in on more nuclear power

Lockheed Martin plans to deploy 5 to 10 kilowatt nuclear fission system for lunar base

Mission Possible: The NRC’s Shift Is More Than Symbolic

Is Trump making nuclear great again?

ONR introduces new regulatory approach for former Magnox nuclear sites

Welsh Government wants Rolls Royce nuclear component factory built on Deeside

A Swarm of Brainless Creatures Shut Down a Nuclear Power Plant—and They Did It by Liquefying

Decommissioning: The last stage in the life of a nuclear power plant

Agreement to build German nuclear fusion power plant

Proxima Fusion seeks €2 Billion to build a nuclear fusion test facility

Ukraine Allocates €31M For Repairs At Chernobyl Confinement Following 2025 Drone Hit

Ukraine allocates $37 million to strengthen safety at Chornobyl plant

Third unit for Belarus NPP planned

Government allocates more than 1.6 billion hryvnia to repair and protect Chornobyl shelter, damaged by Russian drone

UNODC Labels Toxic Waste Environmental Crime

About 880 tons of hazardous materials inside the plant/ A snake-shaped robot will remove radioactive waste in Fukushima

New world record – fusion reactor held plasma stable for 22 minutes

Myanmar to join Joint Convention on Safety of Spent Fuel and Radioactive Waste Management soon, says Permanent Representative to UN on small nuclear power plant project

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California bill looks to craft advanced nuclear exception to moratorium

Oregon bill would create new feasibility study

INL opens molten salt testing facility

Griffin in the loop: A digital multiphysics test bed for next-gen reactors

Mile-deep underground ‘Gravity’ nuclear reactors to get uranium from Urenco

Phillipsburg Council Votes Unanimously to Shut the Door on Data Centers

The hidden health crisis tied to America's nuclear arsenal: How Native American families suffer the grisly side-effects from uranium mines

Governor visits UW–Madison nuclear energy research

New approach to qualifying nuclear reactor components rolling out

EDF Energy improvement notice after Hunterston B incident

Holtec explains clearing trees along Blue Star Highway

Touring the Oak Ridge sites of TRISO-X, Standard Nuclear, Radiant Nuclear

Is South Korean Capital the Missing Ingredient in America’s Nuclear Comeback?

Court dismisses appeal in Elliot Lake case where radioactive waste used as backfill

Waste plan concerns go to NWMO

NDA unveils decommissioning roadmap

Nuclear can: UK firm’s 100-year shield lands deal for plutonium, special materials mission

GE Vernova And OSGE Sign Polish Generic Design Agreement For BWRX-300

OSGE signs contract for Polish modular reactor design

Romania’s Coal-to-NuScale SMR Conversion Secures FID, Moves Into Implementation With Caveats

Understanding the debate around Armenia’s next nuclear plant

Solar-powered ‘biohybrid system’ offers 94% uranium cleanup efficiency in water

Chinese hydrogen tech firm touts nuclear fusion as new revenue driver

Philippines Establishes Licensing Roadmap For Nuclear Power Projects

Novel Joule heating process produces graphene from waste peanut shells

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Yucca Mountain - Scientists Develop Accelerator That Could Slash Nuclear Waste Lifespan by 99%

Video: 175-foot Cold War-era nuclear exhaust tower demolished at Hanford Site

To power Utah’s data center boom, companies are turning to fossil fuels

Advanced nuclear reactors and data centers support rural economic development

The Microreactor Race Is On

Small modular reactors, big dreams: Ontario’s nuclear pitch

Blue Capsule starts ELISE project

NDA publishes latest nuclear decommissioning strategy

This major European power ditched nuclear energy - now it wants it back

Pentagon Plans 300 MW Floating Nuclear Power Plant for U.S. Military Base by 2028.

Digital Instrumentation and Control Systems and Other Advanced Digital Technologies for Enhancing Nuclear Power Plant Performance

NANO Nuclear Energy Signs Memorandum of Understanding with EHC Investment L.L.C to Advance Micro Modular Reactor Deployment in the UAE

Kazakhstan Uranium Supply to India Expands with Strategic 2026 Agreement

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Yucca Mountain - Learning to Love the Atom Again Why the Future of Artificial Intelligence is Nuclear

Small magnitude 3.7 quake hits 20 miles southwest of Alamo, Nevada, United States early evening

Kairos, DOE enhance collaboration on advanced reactor design

New milestone – Private company Helion reaches 150 million degrees in nuclear fusion

National lab in WA has key role in Trump AI mission to transform science

NuScale launches AI fuel study

INL teams with Nvidia in Prometheus project to accelerate nuclear deployment

Nuclear Regulatory Commission panel hears worries, but mostly support for Three Mile Island restart

Federal court to hear appeal of ruling in connection with uranium waste rock used as fill in Elliot Lake

Elliot Lake resident's appeal could redefine uranium waste cleanup in Canada

Bill Gates is building an 'artificial sun' that could replace coal in the US

US Plans To Deploy Massive 300MW Floating Nuclear Power Plant By 2028

Hinkley Point C delayed by a year

NDA publishes latest nuclear decommissioning strategy

Nuclear equipment plant in Gujarat, tie-ups to manufacture 200 SMRs—Holtec’s ambitious plans for India

Japan's nuclear policy needs scientific verification

US supports Philippines SMRs

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Yucca Mountain - The U.S. Is Asking States to Volunteer to Store Nuclear Waste, Offering Billions to Keep It Forever

California Needs to End Its Outdated Nuclear Power Plant Moratorium to Survive

Pentagon and Energy Department Successfully Airlift Small Nuclear Reactor from California to Utah

Officials spark backlash with concerning plan for nuclear waste: 'Will change dramatically'

Public comment period opens on advanced nuclear reactors as Paducah region eyes future energy development

Scientists achieve breakthrough that could unlock nearly limitless energy source: 'Advantages over other designs'

Energy firms chase a mind-blowing new power source that could fuel a global fleet

SMR supply chain, labour force provide much discussion

UK Consortium Proposes Floating Nuclear Plant for U.S. Military

UK Innovators Reveal Portable Fusion Reactor Prototype Next Decade

Norway greenlights assessment for nuclear SMR project

Collaboration critical as fusion developers push toward MW-scale pilots

Researchers achieve major breakthrough in effort to build limitless energy device: 'This milestone marks a key step'

India’s Small Reactor, Large Ambition

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How America Quietly Made Nuclear Power Great Again

Pentagon Airlifts Microreactor to Utah, Paving Way for Nuclear Power Renaissance

Pentagon and Energy Department Airlift Small Nuclear Reactor to Utah, Promoting Rapid Deployment of Nuclear Power

INL Partners with NVIDIA on Nuclear AI Apps

Manhattan Project National Historical Park Tours At Los Alamos National Laboratory Set For May 5, 6, And 7.

Bill Gates-backed fusion startup begins licensing for futuristic reactor in Tennessee

US government scientists make game-changing nuclear breakthrough: 'Strategic resources for the nation'

Judge Allows Nuclear Waste Dump Into Hudson River

Officials spark backlash with project that could pose nuclear threat: 'Irradiated particles'

Spinning Plasma Solves a Long-Standing Fusion Reactor Mystery

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Americium, curium and californium—crystallizing the rarest elements

Sam Altman’s Fusion Power Bet Just Got Hotter Than The Sun

NRC board to hear challenges to Dow’s Long Mott application

Bill Gates Is Backing A Fusion Site To Build An Artificial Sun And Power The World

States reviewing DOE nuclear lifecycle hub inquiry

Nuclear Safety Commission greenlights Wheeler River uranium mine

Digital twin strengthens SMRs by reducing failures and costs

Advanced Molten Salt Reactors Are Pushing Towards Deployment

The Trump administration is powering the nuclear renaissance

US advanced molten salt reactors move closer to deployment with new nuclear fuel

Nuclear power safety challenges: The role of silicones in extreme environments

Fueling the Future: South Korea’s Capital and America’s Nuclear Reboot

Second round of projects under consideration for Japan’s $550 billion pledge

Canada Regulator Issues Licence For Site Preparation At Wheeler River

EDF pushes back Hinkley Point C start-up by another year

CEO Statement: Natrium Reactor Accepted into UK Regulatory Process

Copenhagen Atomics secures thorium supply from Norway

Huge advanced computer to model ground chemistry for nuclear-disposal project

Russia’s Nuclear Regulator Issues 10-Year Operating Licence For Zaporizhzhia-2

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Feds exclude untested nuclear reactors from environmental review

State issues nearly $16M in fines over legacy waste at LANL

Wisconsin and UW-Madison partner to study future of nuclear energy

Wisconsin PSC, UW-Madison partner to identify possible nuclear plant sites

Palisades Nuclear Plant Restart Approved in Michigan

Clayco backs historic DOE bid for nuclear-powered data center campus

US particle accelerators turn nuclear waste into electricity, cut radioactive life by 99.7%

Gen IV Nuclear Reactors and Their Role in Future Energy

Nuclear energy revival fueled by growing embrace by the Left

US seeks to boost nuclear energy ties in Slovakia, Hungary

Nuclear Power in the U.S.: Part 2. Technologies and Projects That Are Shaping the Industry

Sellafield awards contract to support plutonium repackaging

French firm’s sodium test rig to replicate nuclear reactor’s temperatures reaching 1,382°F

FID for Doicești SMR

Cernavodă nuclear plant upgrade more feasible than SMR project in Doicești – Romania’s PM

Japan Considers Investing in Nuclear Reactor Development in the US

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Yucca Mountain - Advanced nuclear reactors can recycle spent nuclear fuel

Oregon lawmakers consider nuclear power study as energy shortages loom

OR Nuclear Energy Feasibility Study bill moves forward

Ward250 reactor rides cargo to Utah

Momentum is building to meet electricity demand in Texas with small nuclear reactors

Elon Musk’s Starbase targets protected Texas coastal lands for expansion

New Mexico Fines DOE Los Alamos Nuclear Complex $16M for Delayed Waste Cleanup

Gov. Evers, Public Service Commission: Announce partnership to study future of nuclear energy in Wisconsin

Feds Exclude Untested Nuclear Reactors From Environmental Review

Governor Pritzker takes important step toward advancing nuclear energy in Illinois

A nuclear shift buoyed by billions — and the waters of the Great Lakes

Developing a national research program on liquid metals for fusion

NSI argues for direct disposal as quickest path to nuclear scaling

'Enough to power city of 100,000 people': How A1B reactor is heart of Gerald R. Ford-Class Supercarrier

Nuclear waste heat can turn deserts into farmland

The $ Billion Nuclear Comeback: Are We Ready?

World-first plasma confinement via levitated magnet achieved to unlock nuclear fusion

Blue Capsule begins building sodium test loop

Sellafield awards contract to support plutonium repackaging

Romania Leads Europe In Next-Generation Nuclear Energy

Jeonbuk National University researchers develop an innovative prussian-blue based electrode for effective and efficient cesium removal

Jeonbuk National University Innovates Prussian Blue Electrode for Advanced Cesium Removal

Researchers make major breakthrough in pursuit of nearly limitless energy source: 'Addresses a central challenge'

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Idaho National Laboratory to accelerate nuclear energy deployment with NVIDIA AI through the Genesis Mission

Here are the companies that have offered to run the idled Intermountain Power Plant’s coal units

New Mexico holds DOE’s feet to fire in removal of LANL waste

New Mexico LANL Waste Disposal Faces $15.8 Million Penalty

ASP Isotopes Announces Quantum Leap Energy to Establish Global Headquarters in Austin, TX

US Regulator Grants Licence To Triso-X For Haleu Fuel Production In Tennessee

Florida House committee moves proposal that could add more nuclear power to state’s energy resources

Giant X-Rays Deliver the Sharpest View Yet of Fusion Plasma Gone Haywire

Small modular nuclear reactors: What are the issues?

Construction of Steady Energy pilot plant begins

Paducah mayor urges public input on federal nuclear reactor proposal

Deep Fission Wins Fresh Investor Backing for Nuclear Reactor Burial

The Geopolitical Bull Case for Nuclear

Technical Considerations of Subsurface Placement of Small Modular Reactors (SMRs)

Concerns mount about growing stockpiles of radioactive waste next to Ottawa River

Rolls-Royce leads Europe’s SMR push

NEA Agreement Boosts Africa’s Push Towards Nuclear Energy

Finnish firm to advise Estonia on its nuclear power station project

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‘Historic first’: Massive US military jet airlifts nuclear microreactor to Utah

US conducts first air transport of nuclear microreactor in bid to show technology's viability

US Energy, War Department Airlift Next-Generation Nuclear Reactor For The First Time In Operation Windlord

Colorado engineers turn nuclear waste into tritium, solving fusion’s biggest bottleneck

New Mexico environment officials issue nearly $16 million fines to Los Alamos National Lab over legacy waste

NRC Intervention Tests the Data Center Case for SMRs in Texas

Duke eyes new nuclear plant in NC; Wilmington company could play a role

Holtec IPO Poised At $10B, Could Be Nuclear’s Largest

House committee moves proposal that could add more nuclear power to Florida’s energy resources

World's first nuclear reactor that's able to be mass-produced just passed a key US safety approval test

U.S. airlifts nuclear microreactor in first rapid deployment test

US military conducts first nuclear microreactor air transport

U.S. Military Tests Potential of Microreactors in Groundbreaking Flight

Let the Problem Shape the Strategy

Close-Up: Saving Nuclear Power Plants to Cost $33 Billion

Defuelling of German plant completed

Officials spark backlash with controversial nuclear waste plan: 'This is a message to all of us'

Project Omega comes out of stealth with nuclear batteries and recycling

China Announces Progress At Three Nuclear Construction Sites

China’s Taipingling-1 Nuclear Power Plant Connected To Grid, Produces First Electricity

China breaks a historic barrier in nuclear fusion

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More than 16 million tons of radioactive mill waste removed from project near the Colorado River

US conducts first air transport of nuclear microreactor in bid to show technology's viability

The future of American nuclear energy just touched down in Utah

Next-generation nuclear reactor delivered to Hill Air Force Base

War, Energy Departments Team up to Advance Future of Nuclear Power, Military Base Energy Security

US military airlifts mini nuclear reactor in first-ever flight

Pentagon transports, set to test next-generation mobile nuclear reactor

Scientists make game-changing breakthrough in pursuit of near

Sam Altman and Bill Gates Bet Big on Limitless Clean Energy

Recycling Nuclear Fuel Has Two Benefits, and One of Those Helps Energy Security

Energy Secretary Chris Wright Remarks on Transporting Nuclear Reactor

Environment: The energy transition is underway – nuclear is not part of it

Rolls-Royce Is Leading Europe's Small Nuclear Reactor Race

America Tests Thorium’s Promise as China Moves to Scale

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Officials unveil ambitious project that could transform power grid: 'First-of-its-kind'

Energy firms work to unlock next-gen power source with incredible potential: 'There could be a global fleet'

Whether The Endangerment Finding Stays Or Goes Will Be Up To The Supreme Court

NASA plans to deploy a lunar surface fission reactor by 2030

Pentagon Deploys Next-Gen Nuclear Reactor To Military Base In Historic Energy Initiative

Cameco CEO on whirlwind Washington trip for talks on reactor deal

Latin America's Bold Renewable Energy Bet

Final Investment Decision Taken for Romania’s Landmark SMR Project

Armenia's nuclear plant can run until 2046, talk of modular reactors premature, expert says

Recycled Nuclear Fuel Key to Breaking Russia’s Energy Grip

China produces its first domestic uranium. 30 million tons could follow

China has just broken a barrier that physicists believed to be unbreakable for decades, and its 150 million-degree artificial sun could bring us closer than ever to the energy of the stars

China achieves a plasma density never before reached in a fusion reactor

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First-ever plasma instability images at US lab bring fusion energy closer to reality

US team unlocks nuclear fusion plasma control to prevent tokamak walls from melting

BWXT cites progress on TRISO fuel production for Antares

The Nuclear “Behind-the-Meter” Arms Race: Why Big Tech is Becoming the New Big Utility

Fusion startup Helion hits blistering temps as it races toward 2028 deadline

Helion reaches record 150 million degrees Celsius as it strives for ambitious commercial fusion launch

Sam Altman’s fusion startup Helion Energy hits 150 million degree plasma temperature—a milestone that could bring first grid power in 2028

Oak Ridge Partners with NuScale on AI-Guided Nuclear Fuel Management

America’s nuclear comeback is finally here

US-built surrogate reactor-powered LEDs mimic nuclear fission with zero radiation

Halliburton’s Deep Borehole Nuclear Project Adds New Angle To Valuation

Ohio Lawmakers Consider Bill That Would Essentially Ban Solar and Wind Projects

US construction gears up for more nuclear power plant projects

CLEAN SMART bill reintroduced in Senate

‘World’s first mass-producible nuclear reactor’ gets key US safety approval

US is moving ahead with colocated nukes and datacenters

OPG signs deal with Port Hope, Ont., to build new large nuclear reactor

Final Investment Decision taken for Romanian SMR project

Romania to build one small reactor to test before proceeding with six-unit SMR project

Russia warns against US nuclear plant plan in Armenia

NEA, African Union and the African Commission on Nuclear Energy partner to advance nuclear energy co-operation

South Korea Passes ‘SMR Special Act’ With Aim Of Becoming Global Leader In Technology

China’s new nuclear‑powered attack submarine under construction, satellite images show

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Yucca Mountain - Can U.S. Nuclear Waste Management Keep Up With the Nuclear Renaissance?

Yucca Mountain - Senate Panel Rejects Bid To Classify Nuclear As Renewable Energy In New Mexico

NuScale Power to Collaborate with Oak Ridge National Laboratory to Explore Artificial Intelligence-Guided Nuclear Fuel Management

Lawmakers propose amendments on nuclear study bill, but environmental groups and tribal members still have concerns

Nuclear waste referendum fails House vote

NuScale partners with Oak Ridge to study AI fuel management

NMED Acts To Hold DOE Accountable For Legacy Waste

Another DOE contractor at INL reduces staff by about 50 employees

New Mexico Rebukes Federal Agency Over Nuclear Waste at Los Alamos

Luján, Scott Introduce Bipartisan Legislation To Develop, Demonstrate, And Deploy Technologies To Accelerate Nuclear Waste Cleanup

US targets 500 kWe nuclear reactor on Moon by 2030

World Nuclear Association’s inaugural outlook report: Growing global nuclear capacity by 2050

US: ORNL tests fusion materials to develop thermal ‘blanket’ for nuclear reactors

US scientists trap plutonium atom inside tiny molecular ‘cage’ for the first time

OPG signs deal with Port Hope to build large nuclear reactor

JRC transfers nuclear research equipment to the Czech Academy of Science

France Bets On Nuclear Power To Phase Out Fossil Fuels

300 MWe lead-cooled nuclear reactor with 968°F high-temp output advances with new deal

Assessment of proposed Norwegian SMR plant to begin

EAGLES-newcleo in LEANDREA move

Why Siemens is an Essential Part of Global Nuclear Energy

Armenia may extend Metsamor nuclear plant operation until 2046

Namibia’s nuclear power ambitions offer path to energy security

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Borehole nuclear: US firm’s mile-deep underground reactor gets funding boost

Simplified targets advance pulsed fusion

Hanford begins removing waste from 24th single-shell tank

New Mexico Rebukes Federal Agency Over Nuclear Waste at Los Alamos

ANL studies AI’s role in nuclear safety

Uranium recovery resumes at SRS

Vermont officials consider move toward ‘clean’ vs. renewable energy

US Pledges $9 Billion Investment In Armenia Nuclear Power

United States, Armenia reach agreement on nuclear cooperation

Everyone talks about solar or wind power — British researchers achieve to produce energy with diamonds

Godzilla: Giant robot helps assemble parts of world’s largest fusion tokamak

Glass Technology Services secures nuclear fusion project funding

Nuclear’s Next Chapter: newcleo Raises $88M to Scale SMR Powered by Nuclear Waste

Eagles and Newcleo team up for LFR technology demonstrator

Polish Research Network And OSGE Join Forces On Development Of SMRs

Officials spark backlash with controversial nuclear waste plan: 'This is a message to all of us'

Japan restarts reactor at world’s largest nuclear power plant after 14-year shutdown

India extends tax break for nuclear buildout

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Deep Fission: $80 Million Secured And Blue Owl Tie-Up For Digital Infrastructure Power Deployments

H Canyon restarts uranium recovery operations

Scientists make game-changing breakthrough in pursuit of near-limitless energy source: 'It helps accelerate'

DOE selects 5 US firms to advance used nuclear fuel recycling tech at home

How Realistic Is Nuclear Power for AI Data Centers?

Trump seeks to loosen environmental regulations to ‘unleash’ nuclear energy

Not China, Not Russia – This Country Generates The Most Nuclear Power

Vance’s $9 billion figure for ‘exports’ in US–Armenia nuclear energy cooperation sparks confusion

The U.S. Will Give Moscow a Slap on the Wrist: $9 Billion Allocated to Armenia to Abandon Nuclear Energy from Russia

Anglesey: Company awarded £25million Wylfa nuclear contract

Plasma Simulations Become Dramatically Faster with New Field-Aligned Modelling Technique

The coming age of compact fusion: local power for a data-hungry world

Newcleo Secures $88 Million To Advance Nuclear Waste-Fueled Reactors

Small nuclear reactors could replace fossil plants after key supply win

Nuclear: ENEA ready to play the pivot role in accelerating research

IAEA conducts safety review of South Africa’s SAFARI-1

Sanae Takaichi supermajority opens path to nuclear-led, industry-driven energy transition in Japan

Production of 99Mo via photofission reaction in natural-uranium-bearing molten salt targets

Chipmaking Hub Taiwan Reaffirms Support for New Nuclear Tech

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Yucca Mountain - America can’t duck and cover from Washington’s nuclear waste disposal failure

Research Brings Results in Search for ‘Holy Grail’ of Clean Energy

America can’t duck and cover from Washington’s nuclear waste disposal failure

Energy firms work to unlock next-gen power source with incredible potential: 'There could be a global fleet'

NM legislator wants another $50M spent on uranium mine cleanup

State House passes nuclear power bill

Demolition set for homes contaminated by radioactive waste in Florissant

US Awards Over $19 Million To Five Companies For R&D On Used Nuclear Fuel Recycling Technologies

US funding for research into recycling used nuclear fuel

Which EU countries could reverse their nuclear energy phaseouts?

Nuclear framework creates pipeline for private investment

New U.K. Advanced Nuclear Framework opens opportunities for U.S. firms

Wylfa nuclear contract worth £25m has been awarded

Armenia to receive $9 billion in investment through TRIPP fund

Radioactive waste in the Balkans

China’s first private fusion firm delivers record-breaking plasma stability

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Yucca Mountain - America Searches for Volunteers to Babysit Nuclear Waste Until the Sun Burns Out

Startup launches multimillion-dollar effort to unlock 'nearly limitless' power source: 'The holy grail of energy'

US Government Seeking Volunteers to Store Nuclear Sludge

newcleo: $85 Million Raised For Advanced Nuclear Developer Platform

Will Power-Hungry AI Be the Catalyst for a Nuclear Fusion Breakthrough?

Bipartisan Nuclear Energy Caucus lauds state House’s passing of bill boosting small modular reactors and microreactors

Maharashtra Explores Small Modular Reactors For Power

China sets global record in Nuclear fusion with HH70 tokamak

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House Passes Bills Authorizing Clean Manufacturing, Reduced Fees For Small Nuclear Reactors, Advances Solar Warehouse Bill

Volunteers wanted for nuclear waste storage

Wanted: Volunteers to host nuclear waste, forever

India-US Energy Pact Boosts Coal and Nuclear Cooperation

Coking coal to nuclear reactors: India-US pact fuels strategic energy partnership

The Fukushima reactors hold a secret after the disaster: life where there shouldn’t be any

5,700 years without recharging: the diamond nuclear battery built to outlast civilization

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Yucca Mountain - WANTED: Volunteers to host nuclear waste, forever

Fusion simplification demonstrated by Pacific Fusion and Sandia

Nuclear startup TerraPower is moving fast. Some say too fast.

Pacific Fusion’s Cost-Cutting Breakthrough Could Reshape the Race for Commercial Nuclear Energy

Local conservation group protests Dow’s nuclear energy facility, has backing of NRC

Six homes being demolished in Florissant due to radioactive contamination

Is Wayne County’s health at risk from radioactive waste?

Army Corps will start demo on homes near Coldwater Creek built on top of radioactive contamination

Volunteers Needed for Nuclear Waste Storage

Rep. Monique Miller advocates for small modular nuclear reactors to secure Florida’s energy independence

Trump administration looks for volunteers to host nuclear waste

Rolls-Royce SMR Taps Yokogawa to Supply Control Systems for Small Modular Reactor Fleet

Designing nuclear energy systems with non-proliferation in mind

Armenia Hints at Preference for American Nuclear Reactor to Replace Aging Russian Plant

Near-perfect bonding between key fusion reactor materials achieved

Japan fusion startup completes ‘one-of-a-kind’ coil manufacturing machine

05

Yucca Mountain - DOE prepares to send nuclear waste cross-country

Deep Isolation launches borehole disposal demonstration program

Nuclear waste to be disposed deep underground using US firm’s borehole technology

Amazon partners with Energy Northwest to advance next-generation nuclear power deployment in Washington State

Bill to limit regulation of small nuclear reactors in Arizona passes committee

Nuclear Heat Meets Water Waste in New Permian Partnership

Unanimous House Vote Opens Door to Next-Generation Nuclear Reactors

State Representatives Rob Matzie and Tom Mehaffie laud passage of bill to clear the way for construction of small modular nuclear reactors

Energy Department Moves To Fast-Track Advanced Nuclear Reactor Approvals

DOE’s Office of Nuclear Energy Awards $19 Million to Advance Recycling of Used Nuclear Fuel

DOE’s Nuclear Fuel and Fusion Partnership Signals a New Era for U.S. Power Markets

WANTED: Volunteers to host nuclear waste, forever

Our Clean Nuclear Future Has a Labor Problem

Officials take action as concerns arise about nuclear power plants: 'Preparing for that possibility'

Developer eyes Augusta for $2 million waste transfer station

Small modular reactors are gaining momentum in the EU

UK to develop advanced nuclear technologies

New approach to low-level Dounreay waste stored in ‘underground vault’

A Nuclear Renaissance for Scotland?

Nuclear Power in Russia

Tata Power awaits regulatory clarity on nuclear plans; exploring land options in

India Advances Small Modular Reactor Development for Clean Energy

04

How Halliburton’s (HAL) Deep Borehole Nuclear Waste Trial Has Changed Its Investment Story

Utah on the cusp of a regulated and safe uranium boom

New supercomputer Teton quadruples INL computing power

NM legislator wants another $50M spent on uranium mine cleanup

New-wave reactors emerge as experts raise safety concerns over American nuclear expansion.

Pennsylvania House passes bill to attract next generation nuclear developments

Trial in progress over radioactive waste disposal plans

US government strikes 'groundbreaking' deal for next-gen nuclear power: 'Safe, reliable'

DOE proposes nuclear hubs

US to exclude advanced nuclear from NEPA environmental process

This Ain’t Your Grandpa’s Nuclear

ICYMI: NYT: A Trump ‘Blockade’ Is Stalling Hundreds of Wind and Solar Projects Nationwide

US lab uses lasers, heat to map neptunium for producing deep-space nuclear fuel

Here’s the full meal deal on large nuclear reactors for Saskatchewan

First containers of waste from Dounreay reach permanent disposal

UK Government buries '200 containers of radioactive waste'

UK looks at subsidizing small modular reactors to power AI boom

UK seeking pipeline of advanced nuclear projects

Reuters: Britain unveils plan to fast-track advanced nuclear reactors

Government to unlock advanced nuclear to grow economy

Newcleo Raises $85 Million to Advance Fourth-Generation Nuclear Reactors

They dumped nuclear waste in this lake - now 30 minutes can kill you

Russia backs Uzbek nuclear waste plans

Small Modular Reactors to be used at brownfield sites: MoS Jitendra Singh

South Korea plans reactor new build

03

Yucca Mountain - Trump administration makes move to look elsewhere for nuke waste dump

Nevada - Trump administration makes move to look elsewhere for nuke waste dump

Deep Isolation launches full-scale demonstration programme

When Sustainable Energy Becomes Unsustainable

Los Alamos Tour Engages Tribal Radioactive Materials Transportation Committee

Mississippi lawmakers push nuclear power expansion legislation

Next-Generation Nuclear Power Can Meet Data Center Energy Demand—If Regulations Allow It

Department of Energy Establishes National Environmental Policy Act Categorical Exclusion for Advanced Reactors: What It Is, Who It Helps, and How to Use It Now

OPG completes Darlington refurbishment construction

Aegis Launches Homeland Nuclear Subsidiary to Drive SMR and Micro-Reactor Integration

Yokogawa will supply controls for Rolls-Royce’s small modular reactors

No superpowers, yet something is thriving in Fukushima's radioactive water. How?

China reshaping Central Asia's Russia-dominated nuclear landscape

Why Korean cities are competing to host nuclear reactors

02

Yucca Mountain - New Trump Nuclear Reactor Policy: “Trust Us”

Deep Isolation Launches Full-Scale Demonstration Program for Nuclear Waste Disposal

Deep Isolation launches demonstration program for nuclear waste disposal

Why states are being asked to host nuclear waste recycling sites

Department of Energy Delegation Visits Vitreous State Laboratory

Getting Canada's nuclear waste to repository eyed for Ontario's northwest a key concern as public weighs in

Experts divided on how a large nuclear reactor might impact the province

Anti-nuclear advocates ‘really pleased’ about waste site feedback

Work begins on final liner for southern legacy waste trenches at Cumbria nuclear repository

Cluster radioactivity in extreme laser fields: A theoretical exploration

01

South Dakota Inches Toward Studying Nuclear Power As Data Center Energy Demands Loom

US Awards $800 Million to TVA, Holtec to Spur Small Nuke Plants

Slovakia and the United States finalise civilian nuclear agreement supporting a new Jaslovské Bohunice reactor

Union Budget 2026 bets on critical minerals, nuclear energy, advanced science

January 2026

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Photos: US site turns Manhattan Project, Cold War-era radioactive waste into stable glass

US firm to produce high-purity nuclear materials for next-gen fusion, fission reactors

DOE Seeks Homes for the Elements of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle

Experts divided on how a large nuclear reactor might impact the province

Canada Just Made History: 600 Million Neutrons per Second—Our Biggest Leap Toward Controlled Nuclear Fusion

Bihar's First Nuclear Power Plant Using Small Modular Reactor Technology Is Likely To Come Up In Nawada

Officials take action as concerns arise about nuclear power plants: 'Preparing for that possibility'

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New Mexico legislator wants another $50M spent on uranium mine cleanup

South Dakota inches toward studying nuclear power as data center energy demands loom

A Wisconsin nuclear power plant along Lake Michigan may restart

Type One Energy initiates licensing of fusion power plant

ORNL, Kyoto Fusioneering to develop Tenn. fusion testing facility

US government strikes 'groundbreaking' deal for next-gen nuclear power: 'Safe, reliable'

Is nuclear energy renewable?

DOE solicits information from states on nuclear lifecycle hubs

Do you want nuclear waste in your state?

Grand Gulf’s early site permit renewal application on the docket

US to build critical fusion fuel breeding blanket facility as DOE, Japan’s firm team up

Looking into future, SaskPower starts large nuclear technologies evaluation

Nuclear fusion gets repair revolution with 1st tested plug-and-socket magnets

Launch of edition 3.1 and new rolling update: NEA Small Modular Reactor Digital Dashboard

Latvian government launches costly study: could Latvia have a nuclear power plant?

Poll: almost three quarters of Estonians support a nuclear power plant

Rosatom showcases small floating nuclear power plant, SMR tech at IEW

Chinese scientists make groundbreaking discovery in pursuit of limitless energy: 'A practical and scalable pathway'

Skills and public confidence before nuclear reactors

Expert Explains: Why Thorium-based nuclear power generation is key to securing India’s energy independence

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Small Reactors, Big Impact: How Matt Memmott is Reimagining Nuclear Power in Utah

NextEra considering new nuclear capacity

N.J. bill would force decommissioned nuclear plants to keep paying towns after shutdown

Researchers make AI-powered breakthrough in pursuit of limitless energy source: 'Revolutionary technology'

US to build all-in-one ‘integrated’ nuclear sites with advanced reactors, fuel cycle

Transportable nuclear power plant advances microreactor deployment in remote regions

Saskatchewan to evaluate large nuclear reactor technologies

Prodigy completes R&D project for transportable nuclear power plants

Nuclear fusion reactors get repair boost with first tested ‘plug-and-socket’ magnets

Stellaria seeks green light for world’s 1st fast-neutron nuclear reactor

Renewable fission at industrial scale

Armenia holds talks with several countries on small modular nuclear reactor

L&T in talks with Holtec on potential entry into US nuclear energy market: Subramanian Sarma

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Yucca Mountain - Department of Energy announces new efforts to boost nuclear fuel supply chain

US Department of Energy looks into ammonia leaks at Hanford’s Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant

PNNL Scientists Turn Nuclear Waste Into Glass

Warning signs going up at Rocky Flats Wildlife Refuge warning of possible radioactive contamination

Nuclear waste, state land use top Wyoming Legislature’s energy agenda

America’s small nuclear gamble

Navigating Nuclear- Tennessee

ORNL launches fusion test facility

The Trump administration has secretly rewritten nuclear safety rules

Trump Nuclear State Outreach Plan Surfaces Old Waste Hurdle (1)

U.S. DOE wants states to host nuclear waste and spent-fuel recycling hubs — April 1 deadline

Large nuclear reactors being considered for use in Saskatchewan

Province says work to be done on larger nuclear projects as SMR work continues

Major milestone for Cumbria’s low level waste repository

STEP Fusion milestone: Remountable magnet technology passes major tests

Stellaria seeks permission to build world’s first fast-neutron nuclear reactor

First concrete for Uzbekistan SMR 'well before December'

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Argonne plays “bad guy” to test next-gen nuclear reactor concepts

US lab probes insider sabotage risks in next-generation nuclear reactors

America, meet NuCorp, a mythical answer to nuclear waste woes

Researchers achieve major breakthrough in the quest for limitless energy: 'Their work has advanced our understanding'

Thoughts on plan for nuclear waste burial pour in

UKAEA spinout to develop ‘high-power’ microwaves for fusion

Five Reasons the Clean Energy Transition Needs Nuclear Power

Video: Caged drones inspect UK fusion site under decommissioning in historic first

EU lawmakers back declaration urging the bloc to lead in commercial fusion energy

Stellaria seeks permission to build experimental reactor

Nuclear experts weigh in on ambitious waste facility — here's why it's important

Denmark launches SMR study

Five Reasons the Clean Energy Transition Needs Nuclear Power

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X-energy inks deal for SMR components

Hawaii report recommends against nuclear development

Shut Out of the Courtroom: When Procedure Trumps Policy in Nuclear Waste Litigation

Kairos Power Finalises Contract To Receive Haleu From US DOE

Oak Ridge team plans powerful test facility for next generation fusion components

8 Big Wins for Nuclear in the Trump Administration’s First Year

New expert group to focus on extended storage and transportation of spent nuclear fuel and radioactive waste

Plans for two new reactors confirmed by South Korea

Government revives plan to build two large reactors by 2038, deploy SMRs by 2035

South Korea Announces Plans For Two New Large-Scale Nuclear Plants

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Yucca Mountain - US Experts Urge New Company to Tackle Nuclear Waste Challenge

Team of 'heavyweights' launches effort to unlock limitless energy source: 'We are in the decisive decade'

Worrisome radioactive waste gets a new dry home at Hanford

County in Southeastern Utah has a Radioactive Target on its Back

Record-breaking high-temperature superconductor wire for nuclear fusion tested by Russia

24

We’re asking the wrong question about the San Onofre nuclear plant

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Yucca Mountain - Nuclear Energy Now – Japan Restarts the World’s Largest Nuclear Power Plant

US firm to get highly concentrated nuclear fuel for demonstration reactor Hermes

US technology to slash complex nuclear fusion simulation time from months to real-time

How Small Modular Reactor Laws Are Reshaping State Nuclear Energy Policy

World’s first public ‘pure-play’ fusion company: General Fusion bypasses magnets, lasers

Brazil expands cooperation with China on nuclear energy and small reactors

Civil construction of replacement Trino waste store completed

Reactor at world’s largest nuclear power plant halted again hours after restart

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Hanford Site completes first transfer of radioactive capsules to long-term storage

Cutting lethal radioactive leak risks in Eastern WA takes major step

US nuclear fusion facility to test powerful materials under extreme 10 MW heat flux

New Tennessee facility accelerates fusion materials development

Consortium selected to deliver Europe’s first SMR power stations

Court issues major ruling in US nuclear power plant's legal battle with residents: 'We feel very good'

Trump Could Offer Deals to U.S. States to Store Nuclear Waste

Authorities say they can’t extend 1st nuclear site comment period

B.C. fusion company to go public after major cash injection

Decommissioning underpins ambitions for homegrown clean energy

Denmark considering building small nuclear reactors

Denmark mulls small nuclear reactors, lifting of 1985 nuke ban

‘World’s simplest’, small nuclear reactors that can power a city being evaluated for safety

Nuclear experts weigh in on ambitious waste facility — here's why it's important

Environmental agency doubts suitability of many nuclear waste sites

Korea Expands Fusion Energy Budget With Focus on AI and Innovation

South Asia - Will Thorium based power plants be the future in India ?

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Yucca Mountain - US to offer states deals to host nuclear waste, source says

San Diego Union Tribune: Why reprocessing San Onofre nuclear waste is not a short-term fix

US engineers have excavated more than 8 km of tunnels 300 meters deep within the volcanic tuff of Yucca Mountain to test a nuclear repository capable of isolating spent fuel for up to 10.000 years.

US magnetic control could shield fusion reactors against high-energy electron bombardment

Report: Trump administration proposing to steer investments to states that take nuclear waste

EnergySolutions confirms plans for new nuclear at Kewaunee

University of Tennessee to partner with ORNL, Type One Energy on world-class facility to validate next-gen fusion

Ignace residents hear from environmental, nuclear officials

Brazil builds its first micro nuclear reactor and promises to revolutionize access to clean energy

Billion-times more efficient nuclear fusion could be unlocked with low-frequency lasers

Sellafield-linked Amentum to help deliver UK's first SMRs

Sellafield-linked firm to help deliver UK's first small nuclear reactors

Ukraine: Current status of nuclear power installations

KHNP takes stake in TerraPower

Korea Launches Nuclear Fusion Demonstration Reactor Development

Tepco restarts reactor at Kashiwazaki-Kariwa, world’s largest nuclear plant

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Should WA embrace nuclear to meet clean energy goals? There’s a bipartisan push

Congress approves record $3.2 billion for Hanford nuclear cleanup

Amentum to be delivery partner for Rolls-Royce SMR

What Canada’s nuclear waste plan means for New Brunswick

Government funding for Saskatchewan SMR test facility

South Korea raises spent fuel levy to fund waste sites and decommissioning

China’s nuclear fusion startup leverages AI to boost device operation, plasma control

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US nuclear site that turns radioactive waste into glass gets record funding

Sen. Josh Hawley's provision on budget bill may fast-track West Lake Landfill cleanup after 50-year wait

Nano Nuclear Issues RFI For Support On Loki Nuclear Plant For Space Missions

Small modular reactors (SMRs) emerge as AI energy solution

The Department of Energy Ends ALARA

Small modular nuclear reactor testing centre planned for Regina

Federal and provincial governments investing in Saskatchewan’s nuclear energy future

Slovakia-US energy deal targets 1,200 MW nuclear reactor for grid-scale power

18

Hanford nuclear cleanup gets federal budget bump

US firm proves deep borehole technology for next-gen reactor waste two miles down

Understanding Tomorrow’s Nuclear Energy lecture series

Nuclear site review could ‘prejudice’ legal case, says First Nation

Nuclear fusion seems hot right now — but how close is fusion power?

UK-made super strong materials to shield fusion reactors from sun-level extreme heat

China advances nuclear fusion technology, aims power generation showcase by 2030

15 years after Fukushima, Japan prepares to restart the world’s biggest nuclear plant

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'Not Something That We Can Brush Under The Rug': Matsui Calls For Plan To Deal With Nuclear Waste

Fusion power plant plan is a 'calculated risk'

Proliferation Risks Associated with Small Modular Reactors

China starts building world’s first hybrid nuclear plant for 33-million-ton industrial steam

16

Nuclear energy, reconsidered: What’s changed, and why it matters for Alaska

Dead US nuclear plant closer to resurrection as American firm plans to build SMRs at site

NY Gov Hochul Adds 4GW to Her Nuclear Plan

Nuclear Energy Now – DOE Launches Spent Fuel Research Center

The top 10 states of nuclear

Award-winning US code maps how neutrons, photons move through nuclear fusion reactors

4 things to watch at DOE in 2026

NASA, DOE aim for nuclear reactor on moon by 2030

Federal regulators to visit Ignace during nuclear site review

Nuclear Power’s Second Act

Project Phoenix report backs SMR use in Slovakia

SMR cooperation with Washington offers Ankara key opportunity, says US Nuclear Energy Institute head

Scientists make key breakthrough in pursuit of limitless energy device: 'Long-hypothesized’

India turns to small modular nuclear reactors to meet climate targets

15

Nuclear power ventures heat up around Washington state

INL to host Center for Used Fuel Research

Texas A&M has big plans for building small nuclear reactors for its program in College Station

A Nuclear Power Perspective for 2026

World’s largest stellarator fusion power design gets funding boost to become reality

Ontario’s proposed nuclear waste repository poses millennia-long ethical questions

newcleo achieves important milestone with nuclear safety program submission to French Nuclear Regulator

Olkiluoto waste facility cleared to operate

Finland Regulator Issues Operating Permit For Very Low-Level Waste Repository at Olkiluoto

Czech Republic Invests A Further €156 Million In Temelín Nuclear Station Modernisation

Israeli nuclear fusion firm fires first plasma in two months toward 20 MW goal

South Korea has just maintained a stable plasma inferno for six minutes, and scientists say this is a game changer

Singapore ramps up manpower, research on nuclear energy as power source

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Tests confirm integrity of Deep Isolation disposal canister

Holtec submits partial construction permit application for SMRs at Palisades

Is Nuclear Waste As Dangerous As People Think? Here's The Reality

Bill Gates' Terrapower to supply Meta Platforms with nuclear reactors

DOE and NASA renew commitment with MOU to develop lunar nuclear reactor by 2030

Scientists issue warning about looming crisis at nuclear waste crater: 'It's scary'

Innovation in Nuclear Decommissioning Driving Britain’s Clean Energy Future

Sweden decided to bury nuclear waste half a kilometer deep, spend billions, seal it all in solid rock, and bet that this solution will last 100 years without anyone ever touching it again.

Radium sources yield cancer-fighting Ac-225 in IAEA program

SMR’s Present & Future in Romania: Doicesti Project Going Forward

13

Nuclear Waste Innovator Deep Isolation Confirms Safety and Readiness of Its Universal Canister System

NuScale Power Is Down 64% From Its Peak. Here's Why It Could Fall Further in 2026.

U.S. Department of Energy Certifies Thea Energy’s Fusion Pilot Plant Preconceptual Design

US firms partner to bring nuclear microreactors to federal and commercial sites

Transport of nuclear waste not expected in review

Thunder Bay developer gets council nod for local subdivision

Drop-in events over fusion power plant plans

Bosnia threatens legal action over Croatia’s nuclear waste site near border

Ferrovial to build Spain’s first nuclear fusion experimentation center

New Life for Uranium Lands: IAEA Launches Plan for Central Asia

Whistle Blown on Japanese Nuclear Power Plant Safety After Falsified Report

12

Yucca Mountain - This Nuclear Renaissance Has a Waste Management Problem

How next-generation nuclear reactors break out of the 20th-century blueprint

Hochul ratchets up NY’s nuclear plans, aims to lead U.S. in building new reactors

Nuclear Fusion Energy’s Long Promised Future Starts to Look Commercially Real

Slovakia Planning Agreement With US On Nuclear Energy, Says PM

Officials alarmed after discovery of 400 radioactive barrels in unexpected location: 'Predatory practices'

China's fusion reactor surpasses plasma density limits

China’s EAST Tokamak Breaks Fusion Density Limit for Stable Plasma

China Cracks the Code on a Fusion Limit Scientists Failed to Beat for Decades

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Desmond praised for new approach to San Onofre nuclear waste

Holtec Submits License Application to NRC for the Palisades Twin SMR-300s

Nuclear startups are back in vogue with small reactors, and big challenges

Government drops $800 million on 2 nuclear technology projects: 'Shaping the nation's ... future'

After Decades of Work, Humanity’s Largest Science Project Just Entered Its Most Critical Phase to Harness the Power of the Stars

The illusion of nuclear abundance: Why NTPC’s expansion demands public scrutiny

Scientists make key breakthrough in pursuit of limitless energy device: 'Long-hypothesized'

10

Meta makes nuclear reactor history with ‘landmark’ 6.6 GW deal to power AI supercluster

AI Nuclear Energy Demand Reshapes Global Power Markets in 2025

09

Nuclear power ventures heat up around Washington state

TerraPower in Mega Deal with Meta for Eight Natrium 345 MW Advanced Nuclear Plants

Meta Signs Deal with Bill Gates’ TerraPower to Build up to 8 Advanced Nuclear Reactors in U.S.

Nuclear power isn’t an option for Wisconsin data centers | Opinion

Illinois lifts moratorium on new large nuclear reactors

Top nuclear magazine names Tennessee No. 1 state: ‘Epicenter’

US advanced reactor fuel cuts reliance on Russia with first nuclear material shipment

Florida must act fast to break its dangerous reliance on natural gas

Meta Announces 6.6 GW Of Nuclear Energy Projects To Power AI Revolution

Meta signs 3 deals for nuclear energy to power AI data centers

Meta signs 20-year deal with Ohio nuclear plants for upgrades to power AI operations

US firm to build Gen IV nuclear reactor that uses molten salt as both fuel and coolant

Takeaways from frack waste investigation in Pennsylvania

US Army Selects Nine Bases for Microreactors

Fusion Energy Research Breakthrough: Nuclear Fusion Progress Delivers Longer Reactions for Clean Energy

Data Centers Are Driving Up Your Electricity Costs. Nuclear, Solar and Hydrogen Might Help.

2025: The year in nuclear

China’s “artificial sun” breaks a fusion limit once deemed impossible

08

US energy company installs first fusion magnet, nears clean power breakthrough

‘Record funding’ for WA nuclear cleanup passes House. Wins for other projects

DOE delivers HALEU feedstock for advanced reactor fuel

Terrestrial Energy, Oklo execute DOE agreements

From Capitol Hill: Nuclear is back, critical for America’s energy future

Canada Regulatory Approval Spent Fuel Repository Assessment Begins 2026

MAST Upgrade launches new experiments to accelerate UK fusion energy

Rolls-Royce SMR project could kickstart EU supply chain

Nuclear energy: EAGLES-300 confirmed among the eight projects of the European Industrial Alliance on SMRs

Map shows Japan's nuclear power as world's biggest plant nears restart

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Why OKLO's Reactor Design Is Built on Proven Nuclear Systems

DOE signs two more OTAs in Reactor Pilot Program

Bentz warns of future power shortfall in Oregon, calls for changes to energy policy

Part Of $2.7 Billion From Feds Is For Laser Tech That Could Be Used On Wyoming Uranium

Natura to utilise historic molten salt in next gen nuclear SMRs

Officials break ground on first-of-its-kind underground nuclear reactor: 'For decades to come'

Linn County Board of Supervisors Approves Host Community Agreement with NEDA

Oak Ridge Uranium Enrichment Development: Strategic Progress and Updates

Optimism About Nuclear Energy Is Rising Again. Will It Last?

This Physics Conundrum Stumped Fictional Scientists. Real Scientists Just Solved It.

Advanced nuclear fuel production in US to get boost with new contract, help security needs

Going further with fusion, together

Building a Fusion-Ready Workforce: Why STEM and Trades Education Are Key to America’s Energy Future

DOE announces awards for three university nuclear education outreach programs

Uranium Enrichment Infrastructure Investment: America’s $2.7 Billion Strategic Plan

US commits $2.7bn to revitalise uranium enrichment and nuclear fuel supply

US Uranium Enrichment Orders Secure $2.7B Domestic Fuel Independence

Why Big Tech and the Pentagon Both Need Micro Nuclear Reactors

Canada’s deep geological repository enters regulatory decision-making process

UK’s flagship fusion machine starts fifth scientific campaign to double heating power

Regulatory and Liability Challenges to Unlocking Nuclear Power for Maritime

Nvidia Is Helping This Fusion Startup Reduce Years of Work to Weeks Through a ‘Digital Twin’

Consultation set to launch on multibillion-pound Nottinghamshire fusion energy plant

Nuclear steam-side upgrades aim to deliver fast, firm megawatts

Third tier of Iran’s Bushehr 2 nuclear power unit installed

China’s ‘artificial sun’ breaks nuclear fusion limit thought to be impossible

Scientists in China make breakthrough with fusion energy

Japanese nuclear plant operator fabricated seismic risk data

06

Nuclear Power Ventures Heat Up Around Washington State

Residents divided over proposed nuclear construction plans: 'Where is the waste going to be stored?

Work Has Started On A First-Of-A-Kind Underground Nuclear Reactor

Energy company begins construction on next-gen nuclear facility: 'The most robust nuclear fuel on Earth'

Terrestrial Energy surges on DOE agreement for pilot nuclear reactor program

How Commonwealth Fusion Systems is designing its first fusion reactor

Government drops $800 million on 2 nuclear technology projects: 'Shaping the nation's ... future'

$2.7B Uranium Enrichment Orders Transform American Energy Independence

Energy Department makes $2.7 billion bet on nuclear reactor fuel supply chain

Washington Commits $2.7 Billion to Break Russia’s Grip on Nuclear Fuel

A chance to ‘be involved’: Nuclear waste site assessment begins

Plans for new facility at Rosyth to store waste from old nuclear subs

High-Temperature neutron flux detectors for Generation IV reactors and SMRs

Chinese Fusion Reactor Achieves Plasma Density Previously Thought to Be Impossible

China Moves Closer to Fusion Breakeven as Scientists Beat a Key Limit

Japan nuclear plant may have underestimated earthquake risks

Hard work ahead: India’s push for 100 GW nuclear capacity by 2047

05

Trump Media merges with nuclear fusion firm TAE in $6 billion deal

Trump Media to merge with nuclear fusion company TAE Technologies in $6 billion deal

An energized 2025 and what it means for Utah and the West

Next-generation reactors revolutionize US energy with ultra modular breakthrough

Natura Secures Enriched Molten Salt Allocation from Department of Energy

Minnesota doesn’t have an easy path to 100% carbon-free electricity

Duke Energy submits an ESP application to the NRC

US company launches joint venture that could unlock limitless energy source: 'We're building critical infrastructure'

UCalgary professor talks about potential of nuclear energy during Alberta engagement session

A Tungsten Miracle Happened in the Heart of a Fusion Reactor

UK Fusion energy developer awards £7.9m modular HPC data center contract to Boxxe

Get Involved: Middletown warehouses, Sussex big box stores, and nuclear reactors across the state

Multibillion-pound Nottinghamshire fusion energy plant ‘critical to the future of mankind’

'Scottish taxpayers will pick up a £300 million 'nuclear tax' tab.'

04

Washington State is Becoming a Major Nuclear Energy Hub

Nuclear power ventures heat up around Washington state

Idaho lab produces first fuel for fast molten salt reactor, paving way for maritime deployment

Georgia plant shows nuclear energy's potential — and risks in meeting AI power demand

The US dumped approximately 27 barrels of radioactive and highly polluting waste on the ocean floor

Deep Geological Nuclear Waste Repository Technology and Global Implementation

China Reaches New Milestone in "Artificial Sun" Experiment

China launches construction of unusual nuclear power plant: 'Adopting this technology'

Startup signs groundbreaking deal with major supermarket chain — and it could revolutionize grocery stores

03

Nuclear power ventures heat up around Washington

Next-generation Nuclear: The United States Unveils an Ultra-Modular Reactor Designed to Revolutionize Energy Production

Future nuclear fusion reactors could produce dark matter

Duke Energy Submits Early Site Permit at Coal Plant Site

AI research team shares new details on mind-blowing nuclear construction project: 'The fastest path'

Why U.S. Nuclear Licensing Moves So Slowly

Nuclear Energy Production: Understanding the Complete Uranium Fuel Cycle

Concerns raised over impact of proposed radioactive waste dump

Scientists make game-changing breakthrough in pursuit of limitless energy source: 'One of the key milestones'

Knowledge Nugget: India–US Thorium Fuel partnership and its significance for UPSC exam

02

Data centers are one of the fastest growing industries. Will Lyon County ever join in?

NuScale Power (SMR) soars 15% on 2026 nuclear renaissance

Army tests nuclear microreactors as US pushes next generation energy

Texas creates advanced nuclear office, names director, invests $350 million

Officials break ground on first-of-its-kind underground nuclear reactor: 'For decades to come'

A Kansas nuclear engineering program is back and students are quickly signing up

NTPC exploring international collaborations to push nuclear plans

The Kentucky Resource Council is part of the anti-nuclear, anti-energy movement

Duke Energy submits early site permit application for nuclear project

Duke Energy’s Nuclear Bet Signals the AI Power Shift

Duke Energy submits early site permit application for potential North Carolina nuclear development

Three Mile Island revival ‘will never work,’ says former top Trump energy official

Army tests nuclear microreactors as US pushes next-generation energy

Defense Dept Goes Big On Nuclear At Military Bases

High-Temperature neutron flux detectors for Generation IV reactors and SMRs

Nuclear Energy Now – Legislation Introduced to Establish the Office of Fusion

China verifies density-free regime in EAST tokamak and advances nuclear fusion

China’s Artificial Sun Breaks Key Barrier in Pursuit of Fusion Energy

India-Canada Uranium Deal: $2.8 Billion Strategic Nuclear Partnership

Nuclear Power Essential for AI-Driven Industrial Revolution, Says IT Ministry

NTPC ties up with US-based Clean Core to advance thorium fuel use in India

01

7 developments rising across Richland, Kennewick and Pasco

Energy company begins construction on next-gen nuclear facility: 'The most robust nuclear fuel on Earth'

The United States will recover the world's only stockpile of rare plutonium hidden in Cold War nuclear waste.

Duke Energy in early stages of expanding nuclear power to Stokes County

There Is No Such Thing as a Fail-Safe Nuclear Power Plant

Why are Meta, Amazon, and Google turning to nuclear power?

SMRs Explained: Real-World Economics, Fuel Bottlenecks, and the Race to Scale

New Lab Partnership Looks to Improve Laser-Fusion Efficiency

China Advances Toward Fusion Ignition With Major Plasma Breakthrough

Physicists Finally Solved One Of The Biggest Mysteries About Fusion Energy

NTPC partners US firm to deploy thorium fuel in India’s nuclear reactors : Report