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

Friday, March 28, 2025

Terrestrial Energy Goes Public With Gain of $280M | Neutron Bytes

Terrestrial Energy Goes Public With Gain of $280M | Neutron Bytes

Nuclear Energy Growth in the US: 5 Factors That Will Determine It | ICF

Nuclear Energy Growth in the US: 5 Factors That Will Determine It | ICF

Microreactor builders eye share of growing nuclear market | Reuters

Microreactor builders eye share of growing nuclear market | Reuters

Nuclear-Powered Data Centers—What U.S. Developers Need to Know

Nuclear-Powered Data Centers—What U.S. Developers Need to Know

Update 282 – IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine | IAEA

Update 282 – IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine | IAEA

Chinese nuclear weapons, 2025

Chinese nuclear weapons, 2025

US perfects nuclear reactors' gas injection to withstand sun-like power

US perfects nuclear reactors' gas injection to withstand sun-like power

Labeling South Korea a Sensitive Country: Nuclear Proliferation and the Future of Nuclear Energy Development - The National Interest

Labeling South Korea a Sensitive Country: Nuclear Proliferation and the Future of Nuclear Energy Development - The National Interest

US firm to test ZEUS nuclear microreactor for on-demand energy

US firm to test ZEUS nuclear microreactor for on-demand energy

Thursday, March 27, 2025

Nation’s First Small Modular Nuclear Reactors Could Come to Michigan in 2030 - Inside Climate News

Nation’s First Small Modular Nuclear Reactors Could Come to Michigan in 2030 - Inside Climate News

US energy infrastructure gets a D+ from American Society of Civil Engineers | Utility Dive

US energy infrastructure gets a D+ from American Society of Civil Engineers | Utility Dive

Terrestrial Energy to Become First Publicly Traded Molten

Terrestrial Energy to Become First Publicly Traded Molten

America's Nuclear Renaissance: How the TVA Can Lead Our Energy Future

America's Nuclear Renaissance: How the TVA Can Lead Our Energy Future

Oklo Engaging with U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission in Pre-Application Readiness Assessment

Oklo Engaging with U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission in Pre-Application Readiness Assessment

World Bank May Drop Ban on Funding Nuclear Power, President Says | Financial Post

World Bank May Drop Ban on Funding Nuclear Power, President Says | Financial Post

TerraPower on track to start its next-gen nuclear plant in 5 years

TerraPower on track to start its next-gen nuclear plant in 5 years

Radioisotope generators − inside the ‘nuclear batteries’ that power faraway spacecraft

Radioisotope generators − inside the ‘nuclear batteries’ that power faraway spacecraft

Japan, Korea develop prototype nuclear batteries - World Nuclear News

Japan, Korea develop prototype nuclear batteries - World Nuclear News

Tiny nuclear battery could power devices for decades

Tiny nuclear battery could power devices for decades

Nuclear battery using carbon isotopes could be lithium alternative

Nuclear battery using carbon isotopes could be lithium alternative

A safe nuclear battery that could last a lifetime | ScienceDaily

A safe nuclear battery that could last a lifetime | ScienceDaily

A safe nuclear battery that could last a lifetime - American Chemical Society

A safe nuclear battery that could last a lifetime - American Chemical Society

China Just Made the World’s First Mass-Produced Nuclear Battery

China Just Made the World’s First Mass-Produced Nuclear Battery

Scientists Just Built a Battery That Never Needs Charging

Scientists Just Built a Battery That Never Needs Charging

Nuclear startup Terrestrial Energy goes public via SPAC, netting $280M in merger | TechCrunch

Nuclear startup Terrestrial Energy goes public via SPAC, netting $280M in merger | TechCrunch

In focus: The Three Mile Island special report -- ANS / Nuclear Newswire

In focus: The Three Mile Island special report -- ANS / Nuclear Newswire

NuScale E2 Center opens at RPI -- ANS / Nuclear Newswire

NuScale E2 Center opens at RPI -- ANS / Nuclear Newswire

Japan, Korea develop prototype nuclear batteries - World Nuclear News

Japan, Korea develop prototype nuclear batteries - World Nuclear News

$900M offer for SMR funding opens again—realigned to energy dominance agenda -- ANS / Nuclear Newswire

$900M offer for SMR funding opens again—realigned to energy dominance agenda -- ANS / Nuclear Newswire

A safe nuclear battery that could last a lifetime

A safe nuclear battery that could last a lifetime

China aims to have Xinghuo, world’s first fusion-fission power plant, running by 2030 | South China Morning Post

China aims to have Xinghuo, world’s first fusion-fission power plant, running by 2030 | South China Morning Post

Palisades Nuclear Plant Revival Sparks Industry Interest | OilPrice.com

Palisades Nuclear Plant Revival Sparks Industry Interest | OilPrice.com

Wednesday, March 26, 2025

The U.S. and China must avert a nuclear standoff - Nikkei Asia

The U.S. and China must avert a nuclear standoff - Nikkei Asia

Recycling Power: Rethinking Nuclear Waste | RealClearEnergy

Recycling Power: Rethinking Nuclear Waste | RealClearEnergy

Terrestrial Energy to Become First Publicly Traded Molten

Terrestrial Energy to Become First Publicly Traded Molten

Don’t Leave Uranium Enrichment to the Private Sector (and Russia)

Don’t Leave Uranium Enrichment to the Private Sector (and Russia)

Labeling South Korea a Sensitive Country: Nuclear Proliferation and the Future of Nuclear Energy Development - The National Interest

Labeling South Korea a Sensitive Country: Nuclear Proliferation and the Future of Nuclear Energy Development - The National Interest

TVA defends leadership amid GOP criticism of nuclear power plant plans

TVA defends leadership amid GOP criticism of nuclear power plant plans

$900 Million Available to Unlock Commercial Deployment of American-Made Small Modular Reactors | Department of Energy

$900 Million Available to Unlock Commercial Deployment of American-Made Small Modular Reactors | Department of Energy

Recycling Power: Rethinking Nuclear Waste | RealClearEnergy

Recycling Power: Rethinking Nuclear Waste | RealClearEnergy

Scientists Built a Tiny Battery Out of Nuclear Waste That You'll Never Have to Recharge

Scientists Built a Tiny Battery Out of Nuclear Waste That You'll Never Have to Recharge

New molecule discovered at Berkeley Lab

New molecule discovered at Berkeley Lab

Tuesday, March 25, 2025

Will Texas Become ‘the Epicenter of a National Nuclear Renaissance’? - Inside Climate News

Will Texas Become ‘the Epicenter of a National Nuclear Renaissance’? - Inside Climate News

(1) Comparison of DCPP's SGI to Helms Pumped Storage

(1) Comparison of DCPP's SGI to Helms Pumped Storage

Grid leaders to testify on energy demand, reliability - E&E News by POLITICO

Grid leaders to testify on energy demand, reliability - E&E News by POLITICO

US DOE re-issues SMR funding solicitation - World Nuclear News

US DOE re-issues SMR funding solicitation - World Nuclear News

Uprated Chinese reactor returns to grid - World Nuclear News

Uprated Chinese reactor returns to grid - World Nuclear News

ExLabs, Antares to develop nuclear-powered spacecraft - World Nuclear News

ExLabs, Antares to develop nuclear-powered spacecraft - World Nuclear News

Podcast: Canada's leading role in life-saving medical isotopes - World Nuclear News

Podcast: Canada's leading role in life-saving medical isotopes - World Nuclear News

Elon Musk Is Not the Problem - CounterPunch.org

Elon Musk Is Not the Problem - CounterPunch.org

Why rolling blackouts are a thing of the past — and why President Trump is wrong on green energy | Utility Dive

Why rolling blackouts are a thing of the past — and why President Trump is wrong on green energy | Utility Dive

Will clean energy demonstrations office survive Trump 2.0? | Latitude Media

Will clean energy demonstrations office survive Trump 2.0? | Latitude Media

Finland's Fortum says building new nuclear power is too expensive, for now

Finland's Fortum says building new nuclear power is too expensive, for now

Great Lakes residents see a future for nuclear power: Harris Poll | Crain's Chicago Business

Great Lakes residents see a future for nuclear power: Harris Poll | Crain's Chicago Business

Countering Nuclear Misinformation and Maintaining Public Trust: Lessons from the IAEA ConvEx-2 Exercise | IAEA

Countering Nuclear Misinformation and Maintaining Public Trust: Lessons from the IAEA ConvEx-2 Exercise | IAEA

China’s Thorium Nuclear Reactor: A Game-Changing Energy Breakthrough! – Engineerine

China’s Thorium Nuclear Reactor: A Game-Changing Energy Breakthrough! – Engineerine

Comparison of DCPP's SGI to Helms Pumped Storage

Comparison of DCPP's SGI to Helms Pumped Storage

Monday, March 24, 2025

SMRs are not nuclear energy solution some believe: opinion | Crain's Detroit Business

SMRs are not nuclear energy solution some believe: opinion | Crain's Detroit Business

SMR developers engage with US regulators - World Nuclear News

SMR developers engage with US regulators - World Nuclear News

Small Modular Reactor Market to Hit $9.9 Billion by 2032 with

Small Modular Reactor Market to Hit $9.9 Billion by 2032 with

TerraPower plans global rollout of nuclear reactor - Nuclear Engineering International

TerraPower plans global rollout of nuclear reactor - Nuclear Engineering International

During a Flyover of China, the U.S. Discovers Their Rival Is Developing a Massive Fusion Laser

During a Flyover of China, the U.S. Discovers Their Rival Is Developing a Massive Fusion Laser

Nuclear regulators hear concerns about plan to restart Three Mile Island reactor • Pennsylvania Capital-Star

Nuclear regulators hear concerns about plan to restart Three Mile Island reactor • Pennsylvania Capital-Star

Michigan nuclear plant shows challenges US safely restart old reactors

Michigan nuclear plant shows challenges US safely restart old reactors

Multiple Nuclear Reactors Are on the Road to Restarts | Neutron Bytes

Multiple Nuclear Reactors Are on the Road to Restarts | Neutron Bytes

Proceed with Caution: The Price of Neglecting Safety for SMRs - The National Interest

Proceed with Caution: The Price of Neglecting Safety for SMRs - The National Interest

The Supreme Court Will Decide The American Nuclear Industry’s Future

The Supreme Court Will Decide The American Nuclear Industry’s Future

Labor-industry collaboration is key to US energy security, dominance and job growth | Utility Dive

Labor-industry collaboration is key to US energy security, dominance and job growth | Utility Dive

NGI Special Edition: AI Rising - How Will Natural Gas Markets Evolve to Fuel the Demand Surge?

NGI Special Edition: AI Rising - How Will Natural Gas Markets Evolve to Fuel the Demand Surge?

Looking up: The 2025 NETS conference -- ANS / Nuclear Newswire

Looking up: The 2025 NETS conference -- ANS / Nuclear Newswire

A good narrative for nuclear power -- ANS / Nuclear Newswire

A good narrative for nuclear power -- ANS / Nuclear Newswire

America's Nuclear Renaissance: How the TVA Can Lead Our Energy Future

America's Nuclear Renaissance: How the TVA Can Lead Our Energy Future

France to replace EDF boss ahead of nuclear buildout | Reuters

France to replace EDF boss ahead of nuclear buildout | Reuters

IAEA will support Zaporizhzhia, whatever agreement is reached - World Nuclear News

IAEA will support Zaporizhzhia, whatever agreement is reached - World Nuclear News

Finland's Fortum says building new nuclear power is too expensive, for now | Reuters

Finland's Fortum says building new nuclear power is too expensive, for now | Reuters

World Bank May Drop Ban on Funding Nuclear Power, President Says | Financial Post

World Bank May Drop Ban on Funding Nuclear Power, President Says | Financial Post

France delays EPR2 reactors to 2038 - Nuclear Engineering International

France delays EPR2 reactors to 2038 - Nuclear Engineering International

Sunday, March 23, 2025

NSA Waltz Demands Iran Give Up Entire Nuclear Program, Including Civilian Enrichment - News From Antiwar.com

NSA Waltz Demands Iran Give Up Entire Nuclear Program, Including Civilian Enrichment - News From Antiwar.com

Nuclear energy: How much more does the EU need to invest by 2050? | Euronews

Nuclear energy: How much more does the EU need to invest by 2050? | Euronews

Could another European country develop its own nuclear weapons? | Euronews

Could another European country develop its own nuclear weapons? | Euronews

First-ever neutron-based nuclear reaction to advance reactor design

First-ever neutron-based nuclear reaction to advance reactor design

Nuclear regulators hold hearing on Three Mile Island restart plan for Microsoft data centers | PhillyVoice

Nuclear regulators hold hearing on Three Mile Island restart plan for Microsoft data centers | PhillyVoice

Michigan nuclear plant shows challenges US safely restart old reactors

Michigan nuclear plant shows challenges US safely restart old reactors

Iran's supreme leader says Trump administration threats over nuclear program "will get them nowhere" - CBS News

Iran's supreme leader says Trump administration threats over nuclear program "will get them nowhere" - CBS News

Russia Defends Iran's Nuclear Program - Newsweek

Russia Defends Iran's Nuclear Program - Newsweek