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New York Doubles Down for Big Iron and SMRs

djysrv — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 16:33:16 GMT

New York Doubles Down for Big Iron and SMRs The New York Power Authority (NYPA) is pursuing advanced large-scale reactors at 1,000 MW and small modular reactors in the range of 300 MW based Generation III+ or Generation IV designs … Continue reading → ...read more(read more)

DOE Opens Talks with Oklo About Plutonium Fuels

djysrv — Sat, 30 May 2026 13:27:18 GMT

DOE Opens Talks with Oklo About Plutonium Fuels Oklo Inc. (NYSE: OKLO) an advanced nuclear technology company, announced that Oklo has been selected by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to open negotiations under the Surplus Plutonium Utilization Program. The … Continue reading → ...read...(read more)

Constellation Seeks Early Site Permit at Oswego, NY

djysrv — Sun, 24 May 2026 15:58:46 GMT

Constellation Seeks Early Site Permit at Oswego, NY Constellation Energy Corp., which owns and operates three nuclear reactors in upstate New York, announced it will seek an Early Site Permit (ESP) from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to develop one or … Continue reading → ...read more(read more)

Philanthropy Giants Focus on Africa to Support Nuclear Power

djysrv — Sat, 23 May 2026 17:04:13 GMT

Philanthropy Giants Focus on Africa to Support Nuclear Power The newly formner Global Coalition for Nuclear Philanthropy aims to mobilize and coordinate philanthropic capital to accelerate efficient, safe, secure, and equitable nuclear energy deployment globally. The Coalition seeks to expand …...(read more)

DOE Awards $94 Million for Light Water SMRs

djysrv — Sun, 17 May 2026 15:15:05 GMT

DOE Awards $94 Million for Light Water SMRs The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the selection of eight companies to support the near-term deployment of advanced light-water small modular reactors (SMRs) in the U.S. The firms will collectively receive … Continue reading → ...read...(read more)

Brookfield Adds The Nuclear Company for V C Summer

djysrv — Sun, 10 May 2026 15:49:05 GMT

Brookfield Adds The Nuclear Company for V C Summer Brookfield Asset Management has agreed to form a joint venture nuclear energy development company with The Nuclear Company which will focus on potentially restarting an abandoned nuclear reactor project in Jenkinsville, … Continue reading U...(read more)

NRIC Launch Pad Selects Four Startups

djysrv — Sun, 03 May 2026 08:38:56 GMT

NRIC Selects 4 Startups for Its Nuclear Energy Launch Pad The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Energy and the National Reactor Innovation Center (NRIC) announced the first developers selected for the newly established Nuclear Energy Launch Pad. The initiative … Continue reading &#...(read more)

Zap Energy Doubles Down on Fission and Fusion

djysrv — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 17:17:51 GMT

Zap Energy, a fusion energy startup based in Everett, WA, startled the energy industry this week with an unprecedented announcement that it is doubling down on atomic energy by starting work on a 10 MW sodium cooled advanced reactor in … Continue reading → ...read more(read more)

Air Force Selects Three Microreactors for Base Power

djysrv — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 20:55:55 GMT

Air Force Selects Three Microreactors for Base Power The Department of the Air Force, in conjunction with the Defense Innovation Unit, has selected three companies to potentially develop and operate a microreactor on a DAF installation, as part of the … Continue reading → ...read more(read more)

UK & Rolls Royce Sign Deal for Three SMRS at Wylfa

djysrv — Sun, 19 Apr 2026 14:37:41 GMT

UK & Rolls Royce Sign a Deal for Three SMRs at Wylfa (NucNet contributed to this report) Rolls-Royce SMR and UK government body Great British Energy-Nuclear (GBE-N) have signed a contract that enables work to start immediately on the delivery … Continue reading → ...read more(read more)

Idaho Lab Opens Its DOME Nuclear Test Bed

djysrv — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 18:38:39 GMT

Idaho Lab Opens Its DOME Nuclear Test Bed DOME, world’s first nuclear reactor test bed, is ready for privately developed advanced reactors. The National Reactor Innovation Center (NRIC) Demonstration of Microreactor Experiments (DOME) test bed is open for business. DOME, … Continue reading ...(read more)

From Fusion to Life Saving Medicine: A Revolution in Isotope Production ~ The Journey of Mo-99

djysrv — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 02:44:02 GMT

Harnessing Fusion for Lifesaving Medicine: The Journey of Mo-99 Harnessing Fusion for Lifesaving Medicine: The Journey of Mo-99 While nuclear fusion is often discussed as a future source of clean energy, companies like SHINE Technologies, based in Janesville, WI, are … Continue reading →...(read more)

A Long Strange Trip ~ Diablo Canyon Licenses Renewed for 20 Years

djysrv — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 21:27:12 GMT

What a Long Strange Trip It’s Been;Diablo Canyon Licenses Renewed for 20 Years Once told me, “You got to play your hand”Sometimes the cards ain’t worth a dimeIf you don’t lay ’em downSometimes the light’s all shinin’ on meOther times … Continue...(read more)

Using AI to Reduce Reactor Licensing Timelines

djysrv — Sat, 28 Mar 2026 19:02:50 GMT

Using AI to Reduce Reactor Licensing Timelines Everstar’s Gordian AI solution, built on the Microsoft Azure platform, was recently used to convert the Preliminary Documented Safety Analysis for DOE’s National Reactor Innovation Center’s (NRIC) Generic High Temperature Gas Reactor (HTGR) … Continue...(read more)

Multiple Bottlenecks Face New Nuclear Builds

djysrv — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 18:02:23 GMT

Report: Key Bottlenecks Face New Reactor Builds A new report from the Nuclear Scaling Initiative (NSI), Landscape of U.S. Domestic Advanced Nuclear Energy Supply Chain, with support from the Bezos Earth Fund, identifies solutions and coordinated strategies to assist in … Continue reading ͛...(read more)