Tata Power Co. expects to build its first nuclear plant as early as 2032, after India ended a decades-old state monopoly in atomic power to bolster its energy security while decarbonizing. The company has shortlisted sites in at least three states to build nuclear projects and will start work after the government finalizes the rules for …
The Department of Energy (DOE) has selected Utah, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Idaho as initial contenders to host Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campuses—voluntary federal–state partnerships designed to co-locate fuel fabrication, enrichment, spent fuel reprocessing, and waste disposition within integrated, full‑cycle nuclear ecosystems. U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright signed non-binding memorandums of understanding (MOUs) with the …
Update: WITF News added a disclosure to this story noting that Constellation Energy is a financial supporter of WITF. The newsroom was not aware of Constellation’s support until after publication. Three Mile Island is on schedule to receive nuclear material by the end of the year. The material will be held in storage until the …
These experimental ship designs rely on smaller and potentially safer molten salt nuclear reactors. Massive artificial intelligence data centers and their extreme energy damages are fuelling renewed interest in nuclear power. But it turns out one of the more impactful uses of this atomic-age technology may not come from Three Mile Island or the American heartland. Instead, the hulls of giant cargo ships …
Illinois has opened the door to a new era of nuclear energy generation, but a question remains: Where would new nuclear power plants go? It’s an issue that Gov. JB Pritzker directed state agencies to explore this spring, when he signed his first executive order of the year and as the state seeks to stave …
Framatome’s nuclear fuel manufacturing facility in Richland, Washington, achieved a major licensing milestone with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) approval of a license amendment request (LAR) enabling the site to manufacture fuel with uranium enrichment levels up to 10%. This approval expands domestic capacity for advanced reactor fuel and supports the acceleration of deployment …
U.S. Sens. Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Ted Budd (R-N.C.) introduced legislation that provides a roadmap for the Responsible Use of Small Modular Reactor Technology (FIRST) Act, a US State Department’s program. “Nuclear energy is a source of clean and abundant power, and its growth in the U.S. and around the world will lower costs for consumers …
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) startup authorization allows Oklo to load nuclear fuel, conduct startup testing, and proceed toward first criticality. In just over 10 months, Oklo progressed from groundbreaking to receiving DOE startup authorization for its first reactor at the Groves site. During that period, Oklo built the reactor facility, established the operating …
Fuel allocation advances Radiant’s planned deployment of resilient nuclear power for critical U.S. national security missions Radiant, the company on the forefront of pioneering the world’s first portable mass-produced nuclear microreactor, today announced that the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has conditionally selected the company to receive a second allocation of high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU). …
Donald Trump said to have approved agreement to help kingdom make fuel for civilian nuclear programme Donald Trump has approved an agreement with Saudi Arabia that could provide the kingdom with uranium enrichment capability for its civilian nuclear programme, according to news reports citing people familiar with the matter. Trump is expected to announce that he will …