A rendering of the GE Hitachi BWRX300 small modular reactor. Small modular reactors are more likely than larger designs to achieve long-term “price and performance parity” with conventional energy sources, but only with support from the U.S. government, the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation said in a report released on April 14, 2025. Retrieved from GE Hitachi. …
The April 9 analysis presumes robust deployments over the next 10 years enabled by design, manufacturing and project management innovations that drive down deployment costs. Dive Brief: New nuclear power capacity could meet about 10% of the projected increase in data center electricity demand by 2035, Deloitte said in an April 9 report. Deloitte expects data …
US Energy Secretary Chris Wright says Riyadh and Washington are on a “pathway” to reaching an agreement.PHOTO: REUTERS The United States and Saudi Arabia will sign a preliminary agreement to cooperate over the kingdom’s ambitions to develop a civil nuclear industry, US Energy Secretary Chris Wright told reporters in the Saudi capital Riyadh on April …
As Illinois Republicans continue to make a push to expand nuclear power in the state, the governor appears to be on board. Illinois generates more electricity from nuclear power than any other state in the country, with 11 working reactors at six locations. Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed legislation in 2023 that lifted a decades-long moratorium …
(L-R) Mark Ho, PhD Chief Nuclear Officer, Deployable Energy; Dr Stuart Ballantyne, Chairman, Seatransport Corporation; Claudene Sharp Patel, Global Technical Director, LR; and Remko Hottentot, Commercial Manager, LR – Australasia Queensland’s ship design group Seatransport and Houston-based Deployable Energy are collaborating with Lloyd’s Register (LR) to develop nuclear power generation for different applications, including strategic …
As Illinois closes in on its deadline of being carbon-free by midcentury, even as demands for energy rise, legislators are looking to satisfy both needs through a strategy many so far have tried to avoid: allowing new, large-scale nuclear reactors to be built in the state. The initiative wending through the General Assembly comes even …
Almassadam Satkaliyev Kazakhstan has completed the competitive dialogue process with potential technology suppliers for the construction of its first nuclear power plant (NPP). According to the Atomic Energy Agency, a shortlist of reactor technology providers has been formed as part of the selection process. It includes the Russian state atomic energy corporation Rosatom, Korea Hydro …
Europe’s governments are divided on the role nuclear power should play in meeting the EU’s decarbonisation targets. Some argue that nuclear is environmentally inferior to renewable energy, and should take a back seat. Others think the two power sources should be treated equally. The balance in this argument will experience a small but significant shift …
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today made conditional commitments to provide high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) to five U.S. nuclear developers to meet their near-term fuel needs. This first round of HALEU allocations brings innovative American nuclear technologies one step closer to commercialization and will expand the use of nuclear energy to deliver more secure, affordable, and …
Gov. Jared Polis (D) of Colorado supports Nuclear Energy Lawmakers attempt to bolster nuclear for energy gaps Trump creates ‘favorable’ policy environment for sector More states are opening their doors to the reawakening nuclear energy industry as fossil fuel plants retire and electricity demand creeps up. State lawmakers are introducing spring legislation to repeal years-long …
