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Major Energy and Environmental News and Commentary affecting the Nuclear Industry.

Saturday, October 10, 2026

Can Nuclear Fuel Be Delivered in Time to Power Advanced Nuclear Reactors? – SightLine | U308

Can Nuclear Fuel Be Delivered in Time to Power Advanced Nuclear Reactors? – SightLine | U308

Last Energy’s 5 MW pilot reactor in Texas secures safety clearance

Last Energy’s 5 MW pilot reactor in Texas secures safety clearance

Terrestrial Energy Submits NRC Report on Building IMSR Plant Components Ahead of Nuclear Licensing | MarketScreener

Terrestrial Energy Submits NRC Report on Building IMSR Plant Components Ahead of Nuclear Licensing | MarketScreener

Holtec applies in the US for construction permits for two of its modular reactors

Holtec applies in the US for construction permits for two of its modular reactors

Palisades proposes method to retrieve tipped nuclear fuel assembly, but concerns remain | The National

Palisades proposes method to retrieve tipped nuclear fuel assembly, but concerns remain | The National

Last Energy’s 5 MW pilot reactor in Texas secures safety clearance

Last Energy’s 5 MW pilot reactor in Texas secures safety clearance

Amazon Just Signed a 20-Year Nuclear Power Deal. Here's the 1 Industrial Stock That Benefits Most. | The Motley Fool

Amazon Just Signed a 20-Year Nuclear Power Deal. Here's the 1 Industrial Stock That Benefits Most. | The Motley Fool

“The Social Reckoning” is a fatally earnest sequel to a classic

“The Social Reckoning” is a fatally earnest sequel to a classic

The US Navy Is Spending $622,800,000 on a 10,000-Ton Nuclear Attack Submarine It Can’t Build Until the 2040s. The 10,000-Ton SSN(X) Is Waiting Behind Virginias and Columbias at Two Full Yards - 19FortyFive

The US Navy Is Spending $622,800,000 on a 10,000-Ton Nuclear Attack Submarine It Can’t Build Until the 2040s. The 10,000-Ton SSN(X) Is Waiting Behind Virginias and Columbias at Two Full Yards - 19FortyFive

Friday, October 9, 2026

Big Tech’s Nuclear Hedge - Heatmap News

Big Tech’s Nuclear Hedge - Heatmap News

Last Energy's Texas micro-modular reactor clears safety analysis - World Nuclear News

Last Energy's Texas micro-modular reactor clears safety analysis - World Nuclear News

AI Assistants Transform Nuclear Power Plant Work - IEEE Spectrum

AI Assistants Transform Nuclear Power Plant Work - IEEE Spectrum

JAIF estimates economic impact from nuclear power plants - World Nuclear News

JAIF estimates economic impact from nuclear power plants - World Nuclear News

IAEA Launches Research Project on Spent Fuel Characterization

IAEA Launches Research Project on Spent Fuel Characterization

Terrestrial Energy Eyes Scalable IMSR Deployment With Standard Uranium Fuel

Terrestrial Energy Eyes Scalable IMSR Deployment With Standard Uranium Fuel

Can Nuclear Fuel Be Delivered in Time to Power Advanced Nuclear Reactors? | Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Can Nuclear Fuel Be Delivered in Time to Power Advanced Nuclear Reactors? | Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Terrestrial Energy Submits Topical Report to NRC to Confirm IMSR Plant’s Thermal and Electric Facility Can Be Built and Operated Ahead of Nuclear Licensing

Terrestrial Energy Submits Topical Report to NRC to Confirm IMSR Plant’s Thermal and Electric Facility Can Be Built and Operated Ahead of Nuclear Licensing

Nuclear Safety and Security Commission faces SMR licensing bottleneck as 2028 applications outpace 2032 review standards - DongA Science

Nuclear Safety and Security Commission faces SMR licensing bottleneck as 2028 applications outpace 2032 review standards - DongA Science

US opens first lithium plant in 50 years, targets 3,000 tons annually

US opens first lithium plant in 50 years, targets 3,000 tons annually

Big Tech Keeps Signing Nuclear Deals With the Same Company. Here's Who It Is and Why That Matters More Than Any Single Deal. | The Motley Fool

Big Tech Keeps Signing Nuclear Deals With the Same Company. Here's Who It Is and Why That Matters More Than Any Single Deal. | The Motley Fool

US microreactor to test fueled transport, full power in 2027

US microreactor to test fueled transport, full power in 2027

Thursday, October 8, 2026

Big Tech’s Nuclear Hedge - Heatmap News

Big Tech’s Nuclear Hedge - Heatmap News

Big Tech’s Nuclear Hedge - Heatmap News

Big Tech’s Nuclear Hedge - Heatmap News

Investing in Reactors Once Scheduled for Shutdown

Investing in Reactors Once Scheduled for Shutdown

WHAT ISRAEL WANTS FROM IRAN - Seymour Hersh

WHAT ISRAEL WANTS FROM IRAN - Seymour Hersh

Last Energy's Texas micro-modular reactor clears safety analysis - World Nuclear News

Last Energy's Texas micro-modular reactor clears safety analysis - World Nuclear News

Holtec submits key nuclear safety report to NRC, advancing construction permit process for two Michigan SMR-300 reactors

Holtec submits key nuclear safety report to NRC, advancing construction permit process for two Michigan SMR-300 reactors

This hidden device could free up gigawatts of power… | Canary Media

This hidden device could free up gigawatts of power… | Canary Media

Developer uses public comment period at Amherst County meeting to unveil plans for a nuclear power project - Cardinal News

Developer uses public comment period at Amherst County meeting to unveil plans for a nuclear power project - Cardinal News

McCrary Institute outlines three priorities for defending critical infrastructure against AI-enabled cyberattacks - Industrial Cyber

McCrary Institute outlines three priorities for defending critical infrastructure against AI-enabled cyberattacks - Industrial Cyber

Scientists in Vienna and Beijing create world's first nuclear clocks

Scientists in Vienna and Beijing create world's first nuclear clocks

NVIDIA Head of Sustainability: how to accelerate America’s nuclear energy renaissance

NVIDIA Head of Sustainability: how to accelerate America’s nuclear energy renaissance

Google enters massive 3.6-GW power deal with Constellation Energy | Reuters

Google enters massive 3.6-GW power deal with Constellation Energy | Reuters

US lab sensor moves underground to protect fusion plant water supplies

US lab sensor moves underground to protect fusion plant water supplies

Deployable Energy to test its Unity nuclear battery in DOME - World Nuclear News

Deployable Energy to test its Unity nuclear battery in DOME - World Nuclear News

85-kW MARVEL microreactor nears criticality as coolant arrives

85-kW MARVEL microreactor nears criticality as coolant arrives

South Korea caps Westinghouse payments in U.S. nuclear projects - UPI.com

South Korea caps Westinghouse payments in U.S. nuclear projects - UPI.com

Google and Oracle deals support long-term US plant operations - World Nuclear News

Google and Oracle deals support long-term US plant operations - World Nuclear News

Google and Constellation Announce Landmark Agreement to Bring 890 MW of New Nuclear Capacity to PJM Grid as Part of Long-Term Power Deal

Google and Constellation Announce Landmark Agreement to Bring 890 MW of New Nuclear Capacity to PJM Grid as Part of Long-Term Power Deal

Energy Firms Try to Squeeze More Power Out of Old Nuclear Plants - The New York Times

Energy Firms Try to Squeeze More Power Out of Old Nuclear Plants - The New York Times

Google squeezes more power from existing nuke plants in Constellation deal

Google squeezes more power from existing nuke plants in Constellation deal

Why we're backing America's existing nuclear plants

Why we're backing America's existing nuclear plants

How Advanced Nuclear Can Expand Utility Options

How Advanced Nuclear Can Expand Utility Options

Wednesday, October 7, 2026

Trump announces $3.7B investment for nuclear sub yard, touting ‘golden age’ of shipbuilding | AP News

Trump announces $3.7B investment for nuclear sub yard, touting ‘golden age’ of shipbuilding | AP News

Is NuScale Power (SMR) Undervalued After Google Fueled Fresh Interest In NRC Certified SMRs?

Is NuScale Power (SMR) Undervalued After Google Fueled Fresh Interest In NRC Certified SMRs?

A 12-foot bundle of 216 fuel rods has held up the first American reactor ever brought back from retirement for five weeks by leaning over in its core, a one-off tool is being built from scratch just to lift it back out, and the restart due early next year no longer has a date

A 12-foot bundle of 216 fuel rods has held up the first American reactor ever brought back from retirement for five weeks by leaning over in its core, a one-off tool is being built from scratch just to lift it back out, and the restart due early next year no longer has a date

US New Nuclear Generation Forecast To Increase By 33.6 GW Over Next 15 Years

US New Nuclear Generation Forecast To Increase By 33.6 GW Over Next 15 Years

Regulators Cleared a Small Modular Reactor for Construction. It Isn't a NuScale Design.

Regulators Cleared a Small Modular Reactor for Construction. It Isn't a NuScale Design.

400 MW stellarator fusion plant could supply 200,000 US households

400 MW stellarator fusion plant could supply 200,000 US households

100,000 Tons, 70 Aircraft, 1 Target: The US Navy Has No Nuclear Aircraft Carrier Replacement Plan - 19FortyFive

100,000 Tons, 70 Aircraft, 1 Target: The US Navy Has No Nuclear Aircraft Carrier Replacement Plan - 19FortyFive

France fires upgraded nuclear-capable missile from submarine for first time

France fires upgraded nuclear-capable missile from submarine for first time

Blue Energy Seeks Texas Grid Connection for Small Nuclear Reactors - Bloomberg

Blue Energy Seeks Texas Grid Connection for Small Nuclear Reactors - Bloomberg

Energy Firms Try to Squeeze More Power Out of Old Nuclear Plants - The New York Times

Energy Firms Try to Squeeze More Power Out of Old Nuclear Plants - The New York Times

Google, Constellation near $1 billion-plus nuclear power deal, Bloomberg reports

Google, Constellation near $1 billion-plus nuclear power deal, Bloomberg reports

Google and Oracle deals support long-term US plant operations - World Nuclear News

Google and Oracle deals support long-term US plant operations - World Nuclear News

Google and Constellation Announce Landmark Agreement to Bring 890 MW of New Nuclear Capacity to PJM Grid as Part of Long-Term Power Deal

Google and Constellation Announce Landmark Agreement to Bring 890 MW of New Nuclear Capacity to PJM Grid as Part of Long-Term Power Deal

Why America Is Losing the Nuclear Export Race to Russia and China - The National Interest

Why America Is Losing the Nuclear Export Race to Russia and China - The National Interest

US Nuclear Exports Can Compete with Russia and China. Here’s Why. - The National Interest

US Nuclear Exports Can Compete with Russia and China. Here’s Why. - The National Interest

Deep Short - Robert Bryce

Deep Short - Robert Bryce

Winning the Nuclear Market Before the Reactor Is Sold

Winning the Nuclear Market Before the Reactor Is Sold

Nuclear Waste Innovator Deep Isolation to Present at Three Upcoming Investor Conferences

Nuclear Waste Innovator Deep Isolation to Present at Three Upcoming Investor Conferences

World’s largest fusion reactor gets final 485-ton vacuum vessel sector

World’s largest fusion reactor gets final 485-ton vacuum vessel sector

680 MW twin advanced nuclear reactor project advances as ground work begins in US

680 MW twin advanced nuclear reactor project advances as ground work begins in US

85-kW MARVEL microreactor nears criticality with liquid-metal coolant

85-kW MARVEL microreactor nears criticality with liquid-metal coolant

Type One Energy raised $200M to build a fusion power plant by 2034 | TechCrunch

Type One Energy raised $200M to build a fusion power plant by 2034 | TechCrunch

GAO report looks at NRC workforce recruitment and retention -- ANS / Nuclear Newswire

GAO report looks at NRC workforce recruitment and retention -- ANS / Nuclear Newswire

Monday, October 5, 2026

DOE's Energy Dominance Financing Lends Vistra $4.2B to Fuel US Nuclear Output | Energy Tech

DOE's Energy Dominance Financing Lends Vistra $4.2B to Fuel US Nuclear Output | Energy Tech

Constellation and Amazon Sign 690 MW Nuclear Agreement at Calvert Cliffs | energynews.pro

Constellation and Amazon Sign 690 MW Nuclear Agreement at Calvert Cliffs | energynews.pro

US military weapons and vehicles set to get rare-earth-free motor tech

US military weapons and vehicles set to get rare-earth-free motor tech

Everyone's Watching Oklo and NuScale for Nuclear Exposure. This Company Actually Fuels Them. | The Motley Fool

Everyone's Watching Oklo and NuScale for Nuclear Exposure. This Company Actually Fuels Them. | The Motley Fool

DOE Office of Nuclear Energy Announces $50M in Funding to Revolutionize Reactor Cladding Material | Department of Energy

DOE Office of Nuclear Energy Announces $50M in Funding to Revolutionize Reactor Cladding Material | Department of Energy

Burning Plasma Experimental Superconducting Tokamak under construction in Hefei, China's Anhui-Xinhua

Burning Plasma Experimental Superconducting Tokamak under construction in Hefei, China's Anhui-Xinhua

Trump’s Big Nuclear Play Is Here - Heatmap News

Trump’s Big Nuclear Play Is Here - Heatmap News

US to Offer $4 Billion Loan to Vistra for Nuclear Plant Upgrades - Bloomberg

US to Offer $4 Billion Loan to Vistra for Nuclear Plant Upgrades - Bloomberg

US to lend $4.2 billion to Vistra to boost nuclear power output, source says | Reuters

US to lend $4.2 billion to Vistra to boost nuclear power output, source says | Reuters

Trump’s Big Nuclear Play Is Here - Heatmap News

Trump’s Big Nuclear Play Is Here - Heatmap News

West Virginia exits nuclear campus initiative over spent fuel handling concerns

West Virginia exits nuclear campus initiative over spent fuel handling concerns

Nuclear Plant Restarts Show What Government Can Do With a Clear Mandate

Nuclear Plant Restarts Show What Government Can Do With a Clear Mandate

FERC rejects Oklo complaint seeking to reinstate project to PJM’s interconnection study cycle | Utility Dive

FERC rejects Oklo complaint seeking to reinstate project to PJM’s interconnection study cycle | Utility Dive

Nuclear company plans reactor-powered data center on federal land : NPR

Nuclear company plans reactor-powered data center on federal land : NPR

US team takes on rogue elements that damage advanced nuclear reactors

US team takes on rogue elements that damage advanced nuclear reactors

Russia’s nuclear plants are ageing. Who will pay to dismantle them? | Nuclear Energy | Al Jazeera

Russia’s nuclear plants are ageing. Who will pay to dismantle them? | Nuclear Energy | Al Jazeera

Newsom signs nuclear energy bills to boost clean energy | California | thecentersquare.com

Newsom signs nuclear energy bills to boost clean energy | California | thecentersquare.com

How would 2 large nuclear reactors affect Saskatchewan's economy and land? | CBC News

How would 2 large nuclear reactors affect Saskatchewan's economy and land? | CBC News

Federal regulators investigating tilted fuel assembly at Michigan nuclear plant - mlive.com

Federal regulators investigating tilted fuel assembly at Michigan nuclear plant - mlive.com

Oracle Will Absorb $300 Million Nuclear Bill Paid By Wisconsin Taxpayers

Oracle Will Absorb $300 Million Nuclear Bill Paid By Wisconsin Taxpayers

Sunday, October 4, 2026

Saskatchewan Sets 2,600-Megawatt Nuclear Power Goal for 2050 With Plans for Two Large Reactors

Saskatchewan Sets 2,600-Megawatt Nuclear Power Goal for 2050 With Plans for Two Large Reactors

TVA’s BWRX-300 Permit Is Real Progress, Not Reactor Progress | Nuclear Now #35 • Buttondown

TVA’s BWRX-300 Permit Is Real Progress, Not Reactor Progress | Nuclear Now #35 • Buttondown

Vistra to secure $4.2 billion U.S. loan for nuclear output increase

Vistra to secure $4.2 billion U.S. loan for nuclear output increase

NANO Nuclear to Acquire NRC-Licensed Fuel Assets for $13.5M in Cash and Stock – Minichart

NANO Nuclear to Acquire NRC-Licensed Fuel Assets for $13.5M in Cash and Stock – Minichart

U.S. to lend $4.2 billion to Vistra to boost nuclear power output: Reuters

U.S. to lend $4.2 billion to Vistra to boost nuclear power output: Reuters

AI's Power Hunger Was Just Given a Nuclear Answer as NRC Greenlights Tennessee Reactor Construction

AI's Power Hunger Was Just Given a Nuclear Answer as NRC Greenlights Tennessee Reactor Construction

Kremlin Rushes to Defend Jared Kushner as Murky Deal Is Exposed

Kremlin Rushes to Defend Jared Kushner as Murky Deal Is Exposed

Amazon Signs 20 Year Nuclear Power Deal. That's Great News for This Nuclear Stock | The Motley Fool

Amazon Signs 20 Year Nuclear Power Deal. That's Great News for This Nuclear Stock | The Motley Fool

Forget Oklo and NuScale. Centrus Energy Is the Safer Way to Bet on Nuclear. | The Motley Fool

Forget Oklo and NuScale. Centrus Energy Is the Safer Way to Bet on Nuclear. | The Motley Fool

Utah's public land may host a nuclear-powered data center campus that could dwarf everything the state generates today | TechRadar

Utah's public land may host a nuclear-powered data center campus that could dwarf everything the state generates today | TechRadar

Superpowers Race to Put Nuclear Reactors on the Moon - The New York Times

Superpowers Race to Put Nuclear Reactors on the Moon - The New York Times