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Final Investment Decision Approved for Six NuScale SMRs in Romania Final Investment Decision Approved for Six 77 MW NuScale SMRs in Romania US Pledges $9 Billion Investment for Armenia SMRs Centrus Taps Fluor as EPC for Expansion of Uranium Enrichment Plant Solsti…

Final Investment Decision Approved for Six NuScale SMRs in Romania
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DOE Launches Initiatives to Produce Uranium Fuel DOE-EM Restarts Uranium Recovery at SRS DOE Awards $19M for Spent Fuel R&D DOE Recycles Hanford Building for Uranium Fuel Production Six Things You Should Know About Nuclear Thermal Propulsion …

DOE Launches Initiatives to Produce Uranium Fuel
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U.S. Tech Park in Israel May Have a Nuclear Power Plant U.S. Tech Park in Israel May Have a Nuclear Power Plant UK is Seeking a Pipeline of Advanced Nuclear Projects Think Tank; Europe Must Show Stronger Policy Support Towards Nuclear U.S. Tech Park in …

U.S. Tech Park in Israel May Have a Nuclear Power Plant
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DOE Seeks Homes for the Elements of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle DOE Seeks Homes for the Elements of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle Standard Nuclear Lands $140 Million in Series A Funding Centrus Plans Expansion of Oak Ridge Centrifuge Plant Oklo Selects Kiewit Nuclear …

DOE Seeks Homes for the Elements of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle
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NPR ~ DOE Secretly Changed Nuclear Safety Rules Trump administration secretly made sweeping changes to nuclear safety rules : National Public Radio The Trump administration has overhauled a set of nuclear safety directives and shared them with t…

NPR ~ DOE Secretly Changed Nuclear Safety Rules
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Romania's Nuclearelectrica to clear investment decision on SMR project in February At the request of the Romanian state as the main shareholder, the extraordinary shareholder meeting on February 12-13 at Nuclearelectrica (BVB: SNN) will vote on the final decision of the NuScale Smal...

NuScale Six Pack Heads for Approval in Romania
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Nuclear Shutdown is Called "a Mistake" by German Chancellor
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NY Gov Hochul Adds 4GW to Her Nuclear Plan Gov Hochul Adds 4GW to New York Nuclear Plan DOE Establishes Center for Used Fuel Research at Idaho National Laboratory LIS Plans $1.38 billion Laser Enrichment Plant at Oak Ridge, TN DOE And NASA …

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NY Gov Hochul Adds 4GW to Her Nuclear Plan
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Why Billions for Uranium Enrichment Still Won’t Deliver Nuclear Fuel Despite new federal spending, the missing ingredient for advanced nuclear power remains a buyer willing to commit early

Why Billions for Uranium Enrichment Still Won’t Deliver Nuclear Fuel
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Holtec Submits License Application to NRC for the Palisades Twin SMR-300s Holtec Submits License Application to NRC for the Palisades Twin SMR-300s Palisades Reactor Restart Delayed to 2026 Illinois Gov Pritzker Signs Bill Removing State’s Ban on New Nuclear Power …

Holtec Submits License Application to NRC for the Palisades Twin SMR-300s
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TerraPower in Mega Deal with Meta for Eight Natrium 345 MW Advanced Nuclear Plants TerraPower in Mega Deal with Meta for Eight 345 MW Natrium Advanced Nuclear Plants DOE Awards $2.7 Billion for Uranium Enrichment Oklo, Meta Plan 1.2 GW Nuclear Energy Development in Southern Ohio …

TerraPower in Mega Deal with Meta for Eight Natrium 345 MW Advanced Nuclear Plants
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India’s SHANTI Bill Boosts Plans for New Nuclear Reactors India’s SHANTI Bill Boosts Plans for New Nuclear  Reactors Ghana Readies Plans to Build First Nuclear Reactor Vietnam Takes a Step Back from Nuclear Power Plans India’s SHANTI Bill Boos…

India’s SHANTI Bill Boosts Plans for New Nuclear Reactors
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Google Trends for 2025 about Nuclear Energy Top 25 Topics Searched on Google About Nuclear Energy in the U.S. and Globally A Few Observations About the Facts in Search Results and What’s Up for 2026? Neutron Bytes was curious about wha…

Google Trends for 2025 about Nuclear Energy
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Duke Energy Submits Early Site Permit at Coal Plant Site Duke Energy Submits Early Site Permit at Coal Plant Site Wyoming Awards $100 Million for BWXT TRISO Fuel Plant Centrus Launches Commercial LEU Enrichment Activities Urenco USA Produces First LEU+ F…

Duke Energy Submits Early Site Permit at Coal Plant Site
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What Will 2026 Bring for the Fusion Energy World? The Fusion Energy Report polished its crystal ball and offered a list of ten possible, and perhaps plausible, developments for the fusion energy industry. Like all such prognostications, your milea…

What Will 2026 Bring for the Fusion Energy World?
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2025 Annual Report for Neutron Bytes Neutron Bytes – Annual Report 2025 Neutron Bytes is a free online news source about the global commercial nuclear energy industry which in 2026 will begin its 19th year of publication. Eviden…

Neutron Bytes 2025 Annual Report
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Radiant’s Spectacular Day; Nuclear Startup Raises Over $300 Million
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TAE Fusion Lassos Trump Media Firm in $6 Billion Merger TAE Fusion Lassos Trump Media Firm in $6 Billion Merger Modelling A Star In A Jar – In Seconds Rutherford Energy Ventures Partners with ORNL / DOE to Commercialize Fusion   TAE Fusion Lassos Trump …

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Nuclear Energy, Irrational Exuberance, and National Security
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yes, and the book was more sensational than the movie.

Note to NYT - A RTG consists in both a heat source and thermocouples to transform the heat into electricity. The heat comes from a decaying PU-238 radioactive material emitting alpha particles. Read that again - "alpha emitter"

As noted by Cheryl Rofer, PU-238 is not the isotope that is used to make nuclear weapons. PU-239 is used for that purpose. BTW: on the movie "The Martian," Hollywood used an RTG to keep our hero warm in the deep cold of a Martian night.

Opinion – Relicensing Diablo Canyon Puts It in Good Company In a world in which nuclear energy is experiencing a resurgence of interest and action, the determined efforts of groups opposed to the relicensing of the twin 1,100 MW PWRs at the Diablo Canyon nu…

Opinion – Relicensing Diablo Canyon Puts It in Good Company
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Diablo Canyon Agrees to Coastal Commission Land Use Plan Diablo Canyon Agrees to  Coastal Commission Land Use Plan Standard Nuclear Moves Ahead with Plans for TRISO Fuel Production Standard Nuclear Joins DOE Nuclear Fuel Line Program Natura Resource…

Diablo Canyon Agrees to Coastal Commission Land Use Plan
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China and US Are Global Leaders in Fusion Funding China and US Are Global Leaders in Fusion Funding US Fusion Industry Calls For Billions in Federal Support To Match China Some Good News for Fusion Energy General Fusion Raises $51.5 million Follow…

China and US Are Global Leaders in Fusion Funding
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The Neutron Bytes special web page "Nuclear Energy Information for the Curious" has been updated. Listings include free news sources about nuclear energy, podcasts, and an extensive listing of books for generalists.
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Advanced Nuclear Reactor Projects New Paradigms Emerge for Innovation and Investment in Advanced Nuclear Energy Reactor Designs Designers of advanced nuclear reactors seek to bridge the gap between concept and prototype. While it i…

The Neutron Bytes Advanced Reactor Projects page has been updated with new information including updated directories of fission and fusion projects. neutronbytes.com/advanced-rea...

DOE Opens Its Checkbook for SMRs; Plans to Spend $800M DOE Opens Its Checkbook for SMRs, Plans to Spend $800M NRC Completes Safety Review of TerraPower Construction Permit Application BWXT Delivers TRISO Nuclear Fuel to INL for Project Pele Microreacto…

DOE Opens Its Checkbook for SMRs; Plans to Spend $800M
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Risks of DOE’s Surplus Plutonium Program Assessed. It Won’t be Easy to Do It. * Risks of DOE’s Surplus Plutonium Program Assessed. It Won’t be Easy to Do It.* Oklo Claims to Have a Fuel Recycling Process. How Does it Work?* CSIS  – Congressional Concerns Identify …

Risks of DOE’s Surplus Plutonium Program Assessed. It Won’t be Easy to Do It.
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