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INL is Microreactor Central for Testing Designs & Fuels A scan of multiple announcements by companies developing microreactors, e.g., less than 20 MW of electrical generation capacity, shows that nine of them, so far, have developed or are in the process of … Continue reading → ...read more

Key Role of Local Elected Officials Seen as Lynchpin to Successful New Nuclear Projects Highlighted in ECA Report Communities across the country that were once home to government nuclear sites and/or former commercial energy plants are ready to help the … Continue reading → ...read more

Penn State Partners with Westinghouse to Build an eVinci Microreactor Penn State and Westinghouse Electric Co. are partnering to unlock the potential of the industry-leading eVinci microreactor by engaging with the  Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to develop a new nuclear … Continue reading ...read more

Holtec Taps Hyundai as EPC for Twin 300 MW SMRs at Palisades With a exuberant marketing flourish, Holtec International announced the formal launch of its project to build twin 300 MWR SMRs, using light water reactor design principles, to be … Continue reading → ...read more

Japan Commits To Maximum Use Of Nuclear Power South Korea Plans For Two New Large-Scale Nuclear Plants, but Cancels a 3rd Unit Last Energy Seeks Site License for UK Microreactor Plant X-Energy Threatens To Pull Out Of Building SMRs in … Continue reading → ...read more

HD KSOE to Offer Nuclear-powered Container Ship Based on SMRs India’s Railroads Wants SMRs to Power its Trains French Cloud Computer Giant to Spend $10B on Nuclear Powered Data Center Type One Fusion Inks Two Major Supply Chain Deals Ukraine … Continue reading → ...read more

Type One Energy to Build a Fusion Prototype at TVA’s Bull Run Site Q&A with Type One Energy (Neutron Byes exclusive) Type One Energy to Support Five of the Six Projects Selected for DOE’s FIRE Funding What is a Stellarator? … Continue reading → ...read more

Texas A&M System Goes Nuclear X-Energy Raises $700 Million to Develop its HTGR India Pushes Ahead With Plans To Open Up Nuclear Sector, Deploy More Reactors Vietnam Opens Talks With Potential Partners for Nuclear Plants UK Announces Planning Reforms To … Continue reading → ...read more

Lightbridge and Oklo Partner on Fuel Fabrication Poland’s PGE in Joint Venture with ZE PAK for KHNP APR1400 Reactor CORE POWER Plans to Bring Floating Nuclear Plants to US Ports Expansion Of Test Program for MOX Fuel For VVER Reactors … Continue reading → ...read more

In a famous sequence in the original Star Wars movie, Obe Wan Kenobie, using a Jedi mind trick, fools imperial foot soldiers searching the city into believing that “these are not the droids we are looking for.” China’s release of … Continue reading → ...read more

Next time you pick up a six-pack of beer, consider this metaphor for comparison of the energy potential of uranium relative to other energy dense fuels. The UK National Nuclear Laboratory has a great image of a 12 oz can … Continue reading → ...read more

Santee Cooper Plans to Bring Back V C Summer from the Dead Duane Arnold Tagged for Possible Restart Oklo and RPower Join Forces to Power  Data Centers TerraPower Airs Plans to Meet Data Centers’ Demand for Power General Atomics Successfully … Continue reading → ...read more

The New York Times reports that President Trump announced a $500 billion initiative to build data centers to support artificial intelligence. OpenAI, Oracle and SoftBank formed a new joint venture called Stargate to invest in data centers, building on major … Continue reading → ...read more

U.S DOE Awards $107 Million for Fusion Innovation Research UK Gov’t Commits £410 to Nuclear Fusion Shortlist Announced for STEP’s Industry Partners UK Invests in Fusion Fuel Development Commonwealth Fusion Systems to Build 1st Commercial Fusion Power Plant in Virginia … Continue reading ...read more

Reactors to Go Deep Underground to Power Data Centers South Korea’s KHNP & Westinghouse Bury the Hatchet DOE Offers $13 Million to Pay Advanced Reactor NRC Licensing Fees NRC Chair Pledges Less Bureaucracy, More Results Lawsuit Seeks to Overturn NRC … Continue reading → ...read more

India to Deploy a Fleet of 40-50 220 MW PHWRs Russia Reports Progress on MBIR Advanced Test Reactor Rosatom Begins Pilot Operation Of Brest-OD-300 Nuclear Fuel Facility Cost of BN-1200 Estimated At $4.53 Billion China Starts Commercial Reactor Based Isotope … Continue reading → ...read more

Seasons Greetings to You Neutron Bytes is taking a break for the holiday period with new posts coming in early January 2025. In 2025 the blog will enter its 18th year of publication. Until then be safe, be healthy, and … Continue reading → ...read more

In 2025 this blog will begin its 18th year of publication. The blog covers the global commercial nuclear energy industry from a business perspective. Readership at this blog continued to pace readership for 2022 and 2023 with 48% of all … Continue reading → ...read more

“Make no little plans. They have no magic to stir men’s blood and probably will not themselves be realized. Make big plans, aim high in hope and work, remembering that a noble, logical diagram once recorded will never die, but … Continue reading → ...read more

In Three Year Delay Poland Pushes Nuclear Power to 2036 France, US, and Canada Support Financing Polish Nuclear Power Plants Norway Companies To Evaluate SMRs Last Energy’s South Wales UK Nuclear Project Gets US Export Nod DOE Selects Six Firms … Continue reading → ...read more

Exxon Plans to Sell Electricity to Data Centers Firms like Exxon and Chevron plan to build gas fired electricity generation plants to meet the galloping demand for power of artificial intelligence ‘hyperscale’ data centers. The implications of this report in … Continue reading → ...read more

Facebook Joins the Club ~ Nuclear Power for Data Centers Matchmaking to Select Sites for Terrestrial Energy IMSRs Newcleo Submits SMR Design for UK Safety Assessment Aalo Atomics Gets Green Light for Next Steps at INL NANO Nuclear Signs MOU … Continue reading → ...read more

Saudi Arabia Shifts Gears on US Bilateral Agreements Including Nuclear Energy The Arab Weekly, an English language news site, reports that Saudi Arabia will abandon efforts to ink a NATO type defense treaty with the US for more modest alternative. … Continue reading → ...read more

Westinghouse and Core Power to Partner to eVinci for Floating Power Amazon to Invest $334 Million in Advanced Reactors at Columbia Generating Station GLE Buys Land in Paducah for Laser Enrichment Plant Pushing Forward with SMRs by Solving their Spent … Continue reading → ...read more

NRC Approves Construction Permit for Kairos Reactor Centrus to Invest $60 Million to Expand Uranium Enrichment Atomic Alchemy to Produce Fuel for Zeno’s Commercial Radioisotope Power Systems Poland Nuclear Effort Lined Up for $979 Million Loan from US Norway Utility … Continue reading &# ...read more