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

Thursday, October 8, 2026

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

Friday, October 2, 2026

How Nscale’s Unbuilt Data Centers Undercut Its $35 Billion IPO Pitch — The Information

How Nscale’s Unbuilt Data Centers Undercut Its $35 Billion IPO Pitch — The Information

Four key issues when building nuclear in different countries, according to Rosatom - World Nuclear News

Four key issues when building nuclear in different countries, according to Rosatom - World Nuclear News

South Korea to build 8 nuclear power plants in US, invest $120bn - Nikkei Asia

South Korea to build 8 nuclear power plants in US, invest $120bn - Nikkei Asia

How the US-China Nuclear Energy Rivalry Is Playing Out on the Korean Peninsula - The National Interest

How the US-China Nuclear Energy Rivalry Is Playing Out on the Korean Peninsula - The National Interest

TVA First U.S. Utility to Receive Construction Permit for BWRX-300 Advanced Nuclear Reactor

TVA First U.S. Utility to Receive Construction Permit for BWRX-300 Advanced Nuclear Reactor

Advanced reactor construction permit issued for Clinch River Nuclear Site

Advanced reactor construction permit issued for Clinch River Nuclear Site

NRC Approves Construction of Nation’s First Small Modular Reactor | Nuclear Regulatory Commission

NRC Approves Construction of Nation’s First Small Modular Reactor | Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Amazon Strikes 20-Year Nuclear Power Deal With Constellation for Maryland Plant - Bloomberg

Amazon Strikes 20-Year Nuclear Power Deal With Constellation for Maryland Plant - Bloomberg

Constellation, Amazon sign 20-year power deal to support Maryland nuclear plant | Reuters

Constellation, Amazon sign 20-year power deal to support Maryland nuclear plant | Reuters

Constellation and Amazon Announce 20-Year Power Purchase Agreement Adding 190 Megawatts of Nuclear Capacity at Calvert Cliffs

Constellation and Amazon Announce 20-Year Power Purchase Agreement Adding 190 Megawatts of Nuclear Capacity at Calvert Cliffs

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

Atomic Prime - From Heatmap

"Another hyperscaler invests in large existing nuclear Almost exactly two years ago, nuclear energy had its Big Tech glow-up. Amazon took an equity stake in X-energy, a developer of helium-cooled small modular reactors. Google invested in Kairos Power, another fourth-generation SMR designer that uses molten salt as a coolant. Microsoft, meanwhile, agreed to pay $16 billion to restart the functioning reactor at Constellation Energy’s Crane Clean Energy Center, formerly known as Three Mile Island. With electricity demand now surging, however, hyperscalers are increasingly following the more conservative Microsoft playbook. Google, as I previously told you, backed plans to bring Iowa’s lone nuclear plant, NextEra Energy’s Duane Arnold station, online again. Facebook-owner Meta — in addition to investments in two next-generation reactor companies, Oklo and TerraPower — inked a deal to buy nuclear electricity from two of utility Vistra’s plants in Ohio and Pennsylvania for the next 20 years." "Now Amazon is securing itself a chunk of the nation’s existing nuclear fleet. This week, the retail and web-hosting giant signed its own 20-year deal to buy power from Constellation’s Calvert Cliffs Clean Energy Center in Maryland, committing more than $3 billion in investments to upgrade the two-reactor facility that will allow the operators to squeeze out another 190 megawatts of capacity on top of the existing 1.8 gigawatts. “This agreement demonstrates how private investment can strengthen critical energy infrastructure,” Constellation CEO Joe Dominguez said in a statement. “Amazon’s commitment supports the long-term operation of Calvert Cliffs for generations to come.”