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The Wall Street Journal Logistics Report Maritime Security Iran-backed Houthi militants seized a strategic island in the Bab al-Mandeb strait and a town along its mainland coast on Friday, the Journal reports. The advance gives the Yemeni rebels effective control of one of the world’s most important shipping chokepoints after a rapid offensive. The Houthis took control of Perim Island, Saudi and Yemeni officials said. The volcanic island sits inside the Bab al-Mandeb and divides the narrow waterway into two shipping channels, giving whoever holds it a powerful position to threaten vessels entering or leaving the Red Sea. The militants also reached the Yemeni ‌town of Dhubab, which sits directly on the strait. The seizures cap a series of swift Houthi gains. The militants captured the strategic port city of Mokha on Thursday and are pushing along other stretches of Yemen’s Red Sea coast. • Saudi Arabia’s oil production fell 23% in August to 6.24 million barrels a day, as Houthi rebel threats disrupted west coast exports. • OPEC cut its forecast for global oil-demand growth this year to 380,000 barrels a day, down from its previous estimate of 580,000 barrels a day. (WSJ) • Iran has resumed production of missiles, assembling them from stored components despite significant disruption to its manufacturing base and supply chain. (WSJ) • Somali pirates reportedly seized the bulk carrier Glamor in the Gulf of Aden, the latest in a string of recent attacks on commercial vessels. (Lloyd’s List)

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Lee, McCormick Introduce Nuclear Energy Innovation and Deployment Act – U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

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Thursday, September 10, 2026

Summit hears of surging interest in investing in nuclear projects - World Nuclear News

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Iran Quietly Restarts Ballistic Missile Production Underground - American Liberty News

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The NRC is Regulating Nuclear Security like it’s September 10, 2001—And We Should All Be Concerned - Union of Concerned Scientists

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Trying to Get Away From Gas Turbines, Data Centers Place Their Hopes on Small Modular Nuclear Reactors - Inside Climate News

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Department of War Announces Navy's First Advanced Nuclear Microreactor Deployment at Naval Weapons Station Crane, Indiana > U.S. Department of War > Release | U.S. Department of War

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The Army’s SMR Shortlist - Robert Bryce

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Modern Regulation for a New Nuclear Era

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Is the U.S.-Saudi Nuclear Deal Moving From the Gold Standard to a Gilded Standard? | Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

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Google Secures 20-Year Nuclear Power Supply for Finland Data Centers - Bloomberg

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Wednesday, September 9, 2026

Letter from Donald Trump to Congress on Saudi-US nuclear deal released | The Jerusalem Post

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Iran's Uranium — Enriched to a Short Step from Weapons Grade — Has Gone Unverified for the Better Part of a Year, per the IAEA - National Security Journal

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UN inspectors uncover 80 tons of uranium at hidden Syrian nuclear site

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CGN unveils latest nuclear reactor design to global market - Chinadaily.com.cn

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NuScale and MillenniTEK have produced the first safety-grade pellets for an SMR design already cleared by the NRC, moving a key piece of reactor hardware off the drawing board and into fabrication

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