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New York - As NY pursues nuclear option, here's how the technology works
Oceania - Australian nuclear reactor marks 20 years in service
Central Europe - The nuclear answer to AI's energy problem is running into the climate crisis
South Asia - Government seeks stakeholder comments on nuclear rules and regulations
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Nation - Just 7% of America’s Nuclear Fuel Comes From Home
Nation - Every fusion startup that has raised over $100M
Canada - Many residents unhappy
Northern Europe - Tungsten may suffer more radiation damage in fusion reactors than expected
Central Europe - Can small modular reactors promise a cleaner path for nuclear energy?
South Asia - India opens nuclear power sector to proven foreign reactor technology
East Asia - China Completes 582-Tonne Magnet For 'Artificial Sun', Eyes Fusion Power By 2030
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Washington - TerraPower expands cooperation with Korean partners
Washington - TerraPower Signs Hyundai as EPC for Eight Natrium Reactors
Washington - Doosan Enerbility to supply key SMR components to US TerraPower
Idaho - Opinion: Is Idaho getting ready to buy a nuclear waste pig in a poke?
Wyoming – Video: A dying coal town. A nuclear gamble. Enter Bill Gates. | The Excerpt
Wyoming - Bill Gates-backed nuclear firm eyes eight 345-MW Natrium reactors for US nuclear push
Texas - GE Vernova Hitachi To Support Development Of Texas Gas-plus-nuclear Power Plant
Nation - DOE committed to boosting waste-to-energy program
Nation - Once secret report on atomic weapons production released as greens fight plans in SC, NM
Canada - Next-gen molten salt reactor designed to generate 300 to 500 MWe from nuclear waste
Western Europe - It’s Getting So Hot That Nuclear Plants Are Being Forced to Power Down
Southeast Asia - DOE bares potential sites for 7 nuclear power plants
East Asia - Bill Gates arrives in Korea to discuss cooperation in next-generation nuclear reactors
East Asia – Video: Korea seals SMR supply chain pacts with Gates-backed TerraPower amid state visit
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California - Deep Fission advances underground reactor pilot program
Washington - DOE approves new waste classification for Hanford tank cleanup
Idaho - US nuclear reactor hot cell clears 10,000 pounds of legacy gear for advanced testing
Wyoming - Video: Bill Gates’ nuclear plant backers say nuclear power is reliable
Texas - Video: Deep Isolation advances mile-deep nuclear waste disposal demonstration in Texas
Texas - Texas hybrid power project fuses gas turbines with five nuclear SMRs for 2.5 GW
Texas - GE Vernova and Blue Energy Move Forward With 2.5 GW Texas Gas-Nuclear Power Project
Texas - X-Energy gets additional up to $1 billion public US funding for Texas nuclear project
Louisiana - ‘Nuclear tariff’ on power bills would pay for utilities to explore small reactors
Tennessee - State Rep. Ed Butler speaks out against Tennessee plan to take in nuclear waste
Tennessee - TVA's nuclear dreams extend beyond Oak Ridge to new sites in the South
Tennessee - US advances next-gen nuclear reactor fuel deployment through 30-month TRISO-X pact
Virginia - Neighbors concerned about APCO’s plans for small nuclear reactor
Nation - US poll finds support for deep geologic disposal
Nation - US targets 4,000 tons of nuclear fuel recycling with new $2.5 million funding push
Nation - Researchers propose ‘economic Q’ metric for judging fusion power plant viability
Atlantic - Scientists find corroded radioactive waste barrels amid seafloor spills in the Atlantic
Southeastern Europe - Nuclear Power in Romania
Southeast Asia - DOE committed to boosting waste-to-energy program
South Asia - Small modular reactors: How they differ from conventional nuclear plants
South Asia - India plans at least five indigenous small modular reactors by 2033
South Asia - 5 indigenous small modular reactors targeted by 2033, Jitendra Singh tells LS
East Asia - Japan’s Underground Lab Wants to Solve the World’s Nuclear Waste Problem
East Asia - China advances 1.25 GW nuclear reactor construction with first concrete pour
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Yucca Mountain - Nevada senators want to ensure Yucca Mountain nuclear repository ‘remains dead’
California - Generational Power: Deep Fission's Gravity Reactor Clears DOE Milestone
Utah - Nuclear power push ramps up uranium mill — and tribal health concerns
Nebraska - Elemental Nuclear, Sandia Labs to partner on sCO₂ Brayton cycle project
Illinois - Argonne celebrates 80 years with cake, community and a look “Beyond the Reactor”
Tennessee - Nuclear Survey Finds Americans See Permanent Waste Disposal as a National Priority
New York - IBM Just Made A Huge Fusion Energy Breakthrough Thanks To Quantum Computing
Massachusetts - MIT's New Framework Aims to Tackle Nuclear Fusion's Money Problem
Nation - 93% of US nuclear reactors’ uranium foreign-sourced as fuel loading hits 41 mn pounds
Oceania - Australian reactor marks 20 years of operations
East Asia - South Korea launches seven SEEDs to drive next-generation tech growth
East Asia - South Korea targets SMRs, fusion among 7 next-generation industries
East Asia - Unprecedented US nuclear fusion facility to solve critical tritium crisis for reactors
South Asia - Parliament flags uranium shortfall: Why domestic mining matters
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California - Valar Atomics Stock: Small Reactors, Big Ambitions
California - Antares Raises $470M Series C to Deploy Nuclear Microreactors for US Military
Washington - Contracts worth $4B awarded for disposing of more Eastern WA nuclear
New Mexico - New Mexico advocates urge feds to move barrels of radioactive waste amid wildfire risk
Nebraska - Supercritical carbon dioxide generators target 1 MW power for data centers by 2027
Tennessee - Advancing Fusion Fuel Cycles with New Technology
Maryland - Inside Three-Mile Island’s Quest to Clear Restart Hurdles
New York - A 1981 state report warned about radioactive slag and contamination in Niagara County
Nation - Unlocking $50 Billion Across The Nuclear Value Chain
Western Pacific - Senator warns Guam could pay the price for the Japanese nuclear waste problem
Canada - Did Sask. pick coal to power its energy future for financial reasons, or political ones?
Oceania - The multi-purpose reactor OPAL, now in its 20th year, is not a power reactor
United Kingdom - Latest MAST Upgrade experiments achieve milestones
Western Europe - Jellyfish Swarm Overwhelms Nuclear Power Plant For The Second Time In 2 Years
East Asia - Kyoto Fusioneering starts work on key fusion power plant device
South Asia - Why India Had To Open Its Nuclear Power Sector
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Yucca Mountain - Video: Sen. Jacky Rosen: Yucca Mountain Bill Could End Nuclear Waste Dump Plan
Yucca Mountain - Congress 2026: Domestic Uranium Enrichment and Yucca Mountain Bills Explained
Yucca Mountain - Capitalizing on community
Idaho - The view from proving grounds for next-generation nuclear reactors: Atomic City, Idaho
Massachusetts - MIT researchers tackle the economic realities of fusion power
Canada - A nuclear option for Bermuda’s energy future
United Kingdom - Autonomous Waste Transport at Sellafield: Proof of Concept
United Kingdom - Research Reactors Power Advances in Medicine, Science and Industry
United Kingdom - Practical nuclear fusion milestone achieved, higher plasma pressure feat recorded
Central Europe - When extreme heat threatens Europe's nuclear power
West Asia - SMRs expected to provide one-quarter of new global nuclear capacity by 2050
East Asia - Taiwan’s Nuclear Reversal
East Asia - Korea, Sweden discuss nuclear waste oversight
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Wyoming - America's energy future? Gates, Buffett and a Wyoming town go nuclear
Arkansas - Report makes case for nuclear plants, picks potential sites
Nation - What Does It Take to Reopen a Nuclear Power Plant?
Nation - Nuclear Energy Draws Trillion Dollar Wall Street Investment
United Arab Emirates - SMRs expected to provide one-quarter of new global nuclear capacity by 2050
West Asia - SMRs to drive quarter of global nuclear capacity growth by 2050
East Asia - Pillar of Great Power: Hualong One nuclear technology gets major upgrade
South Asia - Why Nuclear Energy is Vital For Pakistan’s Future – And How To Begin Preparing
South Asia - India’s Uranium Requirement Fuelling Its Nuclear Power Expansion
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California - Berkeley Lab's New Fusion Materials Breakthrough, Explained
Utah - A compact, transportable nuclear reactor may come to Utah under new agreement
Texas - US Hospitals Import Every Medical Isotope; Oklo’s Reactor Just Went Critical
Tennessee - ORNL and Type One Energy advance fusion fuel cycle with innovative technologies
South Carolina - SRS cuts 300 waste canisters to speed nuclear cleanup
Nation - Nuclear Fuel Deals Frame the Future of Advanced Reactors
Nation - Many Things Considered: More on the Trump Plan for Nuke Waste
United Kingdom - Letter: Nuclear waste at Hinkley Point C must be considered
Western Europe - 1,100 Plasma Shots Reveal Four Paths to Commercial Fusion
Central Europe - This Week's Top 5: Hydrogen, Nuclear and bp's Biogas Energy
East Asia - Clean Energy: China's artificial sun moves from lab to reality under 15th Five-Year Plan
East Asia - Video: China's homegrown nuclear reactor just got a major upgrade
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California - Port of Long Beach, DOT Sign First-of-Its-Kind SMR Agreement
California - Nuclear startup Oklo splits its first atoms in test reactor
California - Deep Fission’s Underground Reactor Wins Safety Approval
California - Three L.A. Area Companies Are Making Nuclear Generators
Idaho - The space race has gone nuclear
New Mexico - The Future of Advanced Nuclear Comes Together in Los Alamos, NM on August 25
Texas - Groves Isotope Test Reactor reaches criticality in US nuclear milestone
Wisconsin - Undeclared uranium hitches a ride on cobalt exports from Congo, study says
Tennessee - Thorium Atomics Begins Pre-Application Engagement with U.S. NRC for Advanced Reactor
Alabama - Rep. Dale Strong supports talks to revive Bellefonte with new nuclear reactors
Massachusetts -ORNL, Rutherford Energy Ventures launch fusion partnership
Nation - US collaboration to study used nuclear fuel recycling
Nation - Advanced Reactors Face a Much Harder Commercial Test
Nation - Office of Nuclear Energy Celebrates Fifth Advanced Reactor Criticality
Nation - DOE Selects Five Finalist States for Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campuses
Canada - Expert warns SMR expansion could increase Canada’s reliance on U.S. nuclear fuel
United Kingdom - MAST Upgrade achieves fusion research milestone
United Kingdom - Brit boffins boast of beating barriers to building fusion power
United Kingdom - New nuclear fusion power plant planned to be built in UK
United Kingdom - Oxfordshire nuclear energy project breaks plasma record
Western Europe - International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor project, France – update
Western Europe - Nuclear fusion reactors benefit from first-ever silver crystal tritium separation
Western Europe - Nuclear Reactors Keep Emitting a Hidden Signal Long After They Shut Down
Central Europe - Research Reactors Drive Innovation in Science, Health, and Industry
South Africa - Dealing with radioactive nuclear waste in South Africa
East Asia - Japan supports MHI next-gen reactors
South Asia - Land need for small nuclear reactor can shrink by a third: Government
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Yucca Mountain - Nevada tariff lawsuit, Yucca Mountain bill and Ward Fire
Yucca Mountain - Why some Republicans want to bring nuclear waste home
California - Nuclear startup Oklo splits its first atoms in test reactor
California - DOE Approves Safety Design of Deep Fission’s Underground SMR
California - One-mile underground nuclear reactor wins DOE safety approval for commercial pilot
New Mexico - LANL ZiaCore reaches criticality
Texas - Oklo's Small Reactor Passes a Major Nuclear Test
Texas - US test reactors achieve milestones
Texas - Oklo’s Groves Becomes Fifth DOE Pilot Reactor to Reach Criticality, First on Private Land
Texas - Oklo’s Isotope Test Reactor achieves criticality
Texas - US nuclear startup achieves first reactor criticality in under one year at Texas site
Arkansas - Arkansas lawmakers set the groundwork for nuclear sites across the state
Arkansas - New nuclear reactors feasible in Arkansas but government support needed, panel told
Tennessee - TVA in 'fast-paced' talks for new nuclear reactors at Alabama's Bellefonte site
Tennessee - Four cryogenic reactor fueling technologies to unlock continuous fusion power in US
Ohio - X-Energy and Centrus sign HALEU supply agreement
Virginia - North Anna power plant seeks ESP renewal
Pennsylvania - Westinghouse, Amentum team up to speed up next-generation nuclear reactors
Maryland - Critical uranium deal moves America’s next-gen nuclear reactors closer to reality
Maryland - X-energy secures graphite supply
Delaware - What's the future for nuclear energy in Delaware? Task force presents findings
Vermont - Vernon presses for clarity on Vermont Yankee redevelopment
New York - Will New York bet big on nuclear?
Nation - What does the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) do?
Nation - Three nuclear firms explore recycled materials as fuel for next-generation reactors
Canada - NWMO reveals design for Centre of Expertise
Canada - To help solve the North's ‘energy deficit’, Ottawa looks at nuclear options
Canada - Ontario invests in medical radioisotope production at McMaster
Canada - Thorium fuel demo moves ahead
United Kingdom - NPL on why metrology is critical to the future of nuclear energy
Southern Europe - Italy’s Nuclear Comeback: A Matter of Sovereignty
East Asia - Before the next nuclear crisis, listen to those who lived through the last one
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Yucca Mountain - ‘Yucca Mountain is dead’: 5 other states targeted for nuclear waste hubs
Yucca Mountain - Nuclear waste delivers a political haymaker. Five states say it can be done.
California - Valar Atomics Raises $1B to Scale Advanced Nuclear Reactors for Data Centers
Idaho - America built nuclear power in Idaho first. Now it’s doing it again.
Utah - Proposed Utah nuclear innovation campus could bring opportunities for Sanpete County
New Mexico - LANL’s ZiaCore Microreactor Achieves Historic Milestone
Louisiana - Entergy to consider deployment of Holtec's SMR-300
Tennessee - Tennessee May Accept Nuclear Waste In Partnership With Federal Government
Tennessee - In Knoxville, Gov. Lee touts TN nuclear growth as waste site worries linger
Virginia - EDF taps Technip for EPR2 buildout
Pennsylvania - Westinghouse updates: AP1000 potential, IPO, Amentum partnership
New Jersey - Oyster Creek eyes SMR revival
Massachusetts - CFS secures fusion funding boost
Nation - US team achieves 87% nuclear fusion reactor wall purity using plasma and 1472°F heat
Canada - Canada’s push for a ‘nuclear renaissance’
Canada - New building set for Ignace expected to open in 2028
United Kingdom - Plymouth University opens rare nuclear research lab
Western Europe - France Closes 3 Nuclear Reactors as Drought Lowers River Flows
Western Europe - Europe looks to French fusion in race for unlimited clean energy
Northern Europe - Finland moves closer to world’s first geological nuclear fuel disposal site
Middle East - Nuclear Energy’s Inflection Point: Strategic Momentum and Enduring Challenges
East Asia - A glowing future for nuclear power? Mini reactors explained
East Asia - 60-MW BANDI reactor able to power 150,000 homes pitched for marine nuclear use
Southeastern Europe - Fresh 10-year decommissioning licence issued for Kozloduy 3 and 4
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Yucca Mountain - Nevada senators want to ensure Yucca Mountain nuclear repository ‘remains dead’
California - Gas-cooled 300 MW hybrid reactor for electricity, hydrogen clears early review
Utah - Opinion: Utah is the national leader in energy
Texas - American Fusion’s Texatron clears first lab tests in early fusion energy milestone
Illinois - US-Canada firms tie-up to advance thorium nuclear fuel testing in reactors
Tennessee - Tennessee Named Finalist in Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campus
Tennessee - Gov predicts Tennessee will be a finalist for nuclear campus
Michigan - SMR-300 reactors could deliver 680 MW of carbon-free power to US data centers
Nation - A closer look at the initial NLIC selections—Part 1
Nation - Meet 7 of the fastest submarines ever to dive beneath the ocean waves
Canada - BWXT sells medical business for USD800 million
Western Europe - Brussels Energy Brief: fusion to the fore in Europe
Western Europe - France shuts down 3 nuclear reactors as drought lowers river flows
Central Europe - Hungary avoids nuclear shutdown by 'millimetres' as Danube rises
Northern Europe - Finnish regulator gives positive decision on used fuel repository
East Asia - 8 Chinese nuclear reactors awarded $25bn government funding
East Asia - China Greenlights $25 Billion Nuclear Power Projects Across Four Provinces
East Asia - Gyeongnam welcomes SMR designation as national strategic technology
East Asia - Korea’s Nuclear Waste Site Gets Seven-Robot Fleet to Slash Radiation Exposure
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California - Fusion energy startup signs five-year research agreement with the U.S. government
California - Nuclear fusion persists at ultralow energies inside metal foils
Idaho - Strategic Partnership Aims to Deploy First-of-a-Kind Reactor
Idaho - ARC partners with INL for SMR deployment
New Mexico - LANL’s ZiaCore microreactor reaches criticality
Maryland - Nuclear graphite output doubles for pebble-bed reactors with eight-unit annual capacity
New Jersey - Historic U.S. nuclear site eyes four SMR-300 reactors after 49 years of service
Massachusetts - Commonwealth Fusion Systems raises a further USD1 billion
Nation - Will Siting Keep SMRs From Reaching Critical Mass?
Western Europe - Belgium executes a fundamental U-turn on nuclear power
Western Europe - Germany steps up fusion investment
Southeastern Europe - Greece Launches Nuclear Energy Debate as Power Needs Grow
Southeastern Europe - Romania blasts rocks to reroute cooling Danube water to nuclear reactor
Central Asia - Uzbekistan’s Nuclear Power Plant Project Advances
East Asia - BEST tokamak moves toward 2030 goal
South Asia - NPCIL Seeks Bids For Engineering And 3D Design Of Bharat Small Reactors
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Washington - Feds ask Richland to annex highly contaminated Hanford land. Here’s why
Utah - Utah wants help saving Great Salt Lake in exchange for hosting federal nuclear hub
Tennessee - Tennessee on list of 5 states to potentially host Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation program
Canada - Canada built its nuclear industry to avoid foreign fuel. Its new reactors will depend on it
Canada - Carney Talks About Energy Sovereignty. His New Nuclear Reactors Depend on Foreign Fuel.
International - 5 Disadvantages Of Nuclear Energy (And Why AI Might Make Them Harder To Ignore)
Western Europe - Supercomputer Reveals Why Fusion Plasma’s Goldilocks Regime Actually Works
East Asia - Chinese Government Approves Eight New Nuclear Units as Major Reactor Buildout Continues
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Idaho - Inside the Secret Lab Behind the World’s First Sodium-Cooled SMR Launch
Idaho - Many Things Considered: Trump Has a Nuke Waste Plan for Idaho
Idaho - US: First of kind 100 MW sodium cooled small modular reactor deployment gets a boost
Wyoming - Bill Gates Bets on Nuclear Energy, TerraPower Draws Market Attention
Nation - Task force rules out small nuclear power plants as short-term solution
Nation - Nuclear Microreactor Clears Criticality: Crusoe Plans AI Factory Data Center Test
Nation - DOE Selects Five States as Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campuses
East Asia - Japan aims to rebuild 2-5 nuclear reactors by 2040s
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