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Google, Kairos Partner to Help Power TVA
Source: Neutron BytesGoogle, Kairos Partner to Help Power TVA Google and Kairos Power to deploy first advanced nuclear plant in Tennessee Valley under order book agreement Google, Kairos…
DOE Selects 11 Firms for Advanced Reactor Pilot Program
Source: Neutron BytesDOE Selects 11 Firms for Advanced Reactor Pilot Program The Department of Energy has selected 11 developers of micro and small modular reactor to participated in…
Radiant in Deal to Deliver Its Microreactor to USAF
Source: Neutron BytesRadiant in Deal to Deliver Its Microreactor to USAF Radiant Nuclear, a startup based in California, announced this week that it signed an agreement to deliver…
Jerome, ID, Nuclear Project Unlikely to Proceed
Source: Neutron BytesIn a column published 07/31/25 in the Idaho Statesman, reporter Brian Clark writes that a proposal to build a 462 MW (6 77 MW NucScale SMRs)…
NRC Approves Restart of Palisades NPP
Source: Neutron BytesNRC Approves Restart of Palisades NPP The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has approved a series of licensing and regulatory actions that will pave the way for…
Startup Plans NuScale SMRs in a Rural Idaho Town
Source: Neutron BytesStartup Plans NuScale SMRs in a Rural Idaho Town A Legacy of Invisible Nuclear Power Plants in the West Startup Plans NuScale SMRs in a Rural…
Westinghouse Rolls the Dice With Plan to Build 10 AP1000s
Source: Neutron BytesWestinghouse Rolls the Dice With Plan to Build 10 AP1000s Among nuclear energy reactor developers, and their utility customers, the prospect of building a single new…
Texas Firm Plans Four AP1000s at Amarillo
Source: Neutron BytesTexas Firm Plans Four AP1000s at Amarillo A Texas firm Fermi American LLC, led by former DOE Secretary Rick Perry plans to build four 1,150 MW…
Holtec CEO Says Firm Will Go Public
Topics: Industry & BusinessSource: Neutron BytesHoltec CEO Says Firm Will Go Public Later This Year According to a report in Barrons, a financial news service, Holtec CEO Krishna Singh told Barrons…
Former NRC Officials Send Letter of Protest on the Firing of Commissioner Hanson
Topics: Policy & RegulationSource: Neutron BytesOn June 16th President Donald Trump fired a Democratic commissioner for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). The action is part of the Trump Administrations efforts to…
DOE’s Wishful Thinking About Expedited Testing of Advanced Reactors
Source: Neutron BytesThe Department of Energy wants to “expedite” the testing of advanced reactors at sites other than at national labs like the INL where a number of…
TerraPower Lands $650 Million Investment
Source: Neutron BytesTerraPower Lands $650 Million in New Investment Funding TerraPower, which is developing a first-of-a-kind sodium cooled advanced 345 MW small modular reactor, announced this week it…
OKLO Microreactor Set for Alaskan Air Force Base
Source: Neutron BytesOKLO Micro Reactor Selected for Alaskan Air Force Base The Department of the Air Force (DAF), in coordination with the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Energy Office,…
Meta Signs 20 Year Power Deal with Constellation
Source: Neutron BytesFacebook Signs 20 Year Power Deal with Constellation Meta, the parent company of Facebook, WhatsAPP, and Instagram signed a 20 year power purchase agreement (PPA) with…
A Proposal for Uranium Enrichment in the Middle East
Source: Neutron BytesThere is a lot going on right now in the Middle East with the US trying to get a new nuclear deal with Iran while balancing…
1st Thoughts ~ Four Executive Orders on Nuclear Energy
Source: Neutron BytesThe feasibility of carrying out these orders in the absence of new funding to do the work, and with the context of major staff reductions at…
TVA Submits License Applications to NRC for BWRX-300
Source: Neutron BytesTVA Submits License Applications to NRC for BWRX-300 As promised in April, the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) submitted an application to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)…
GEH BWRX-300 SMR Approved for Construction at OPG’s Darlingtion Site
Source: Neutron BytesGEH BWRX300 SMR Approved for Construction at OPG’s Darlingtion Site GE Vernova Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GVH), announced that construction of the first BWRX-300 small modular reactor…
Google Plans Three 600 MW Nuclear Projects for Data Centers
Source: Neutron BytesGoogle Plans Three 600 MW Nuclear Projects for Data Centers With the support of Google, Elementl is advancing its goal to bring more than 10 gigawatts…
Rocky Mountain States Open Up to Nuclear Energy
Source: Neutron BytesRocky Mountains States Ramp Up Nuclear Energy Ambitions Energy Solutions Plans SMRs at Coal Site in Delta, UT EnergySolutions said in a press statement it plans…