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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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X-Energy Leaps Ahead with $700M in Series D Funding X-Energy Leaps Ahead with $700M in Series D Funding Vattenfall Invests $42 Million in New Nuclear for Sweden Dutch Government Prepares To Build Four New Nuclear Reactors Japan Will Offer Loans to F…

X-Energy Leaps Ahead with $700M in Series D Funding
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TerraPower Natrium Reactor on the Grid by 2031 The goal posts are in sight for TerraPower which is developing a 345 MW sodium cooled advanced reactor at the site of a formere coal-fired power plant in Kemmerer,  WY. At TerraPower, based on Bell…

TerraPower Natrium Reactor on the Grid by 2031
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DOE Approves $1.0 Billion Loan to Constellation for Reactor Restart Constellation Closes DOE Loan for $1 billion to Restart 835 MW Reactor X-Energy Breaks Ground for TRISO Fuel Fabrication Plant Utah Sets Plans for Six to Ten Holtec 300 MW SMRs Aalo Atomics Collabo…

DOE Approves $1.0 Billion Loan to Constellation for Reactor Restart
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Saudi Nuclear Deal with U.S. is Still a Work in Progress A Saudi Nuclear Deal with the U.S. is Not Ready for Prime Time The Saudi government, led this week by a high profile visit to the White House by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of the Kingdom of S…

Saudi Nuclear Deal with U.S. is Still a Work in Progress
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UK Gov’t Taps Rolls-Royce for Three 480 MW PWRs at Wylfa UK Gov’t Taps Rolls-Royce for Three 480 MW PWRs at Wylfa Washington Expresses Disappointment Over Selection of Rolls-Royce Italy’s Newcleo Shift Gears to Focus on the U.S.Market Oklo Gets DOE…

UK Gov’t Taps Rolls-Royce for Three 480 MW PWRs at Wylfa
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Indiana to Host Advanced Small Reactor Energy Park Indiana to Host Advanced Small Reactor Energy Park Purdue, BWXT Forge Strategic Collaboration To Advance Nuclear Innovation Constellation Plans to Double Capacity of Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Plant Te…

Indiana to Host Advanced Small Reactor Energy Park
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New York Leans In on Nuclear Energy New York Leans In on Nuclear Energy Ohio Offers $100M Nuclear Energy Opportunity Initiative NANO Acquires Global First Power from  USNC Blue Energy Plans Data Center Plant Powered by Gas Then Nucle…

New York Leans In on Nuclear Energy
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NuScale and ENTRA1 Expect $25 Billion from US/ Japan Trade Deal NuScale and ENTRA1 Expect $25 Billion from US/ Japan Trade Deal TerraPower Submits Natrium Reactorfor GDA in UK Hyundai E&C Signs on as EPC for FERMI America Joint Venture EPC to Deliver Cascad…

NuScale and ENTRA1 Expect $25 Billion from US/ Japan Trade Deal
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Feds in $80 billion Partnership with Westinghouse to Build AP1000s Feds in $80 billion Partnership with Westinghouse to Build AP1000s Google Agrees Deal To Reopen Duane Arnold Nuclear Plant This report was updated at 3:14 PM eastern time on 10/28/25 to add informa…

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Feds in $80 billion Partnership with Westinghouse to Build AP1000s Feds in $80 billion Partnership with Westinghouse to Build AP1000s Google Agrees Deal To Reopen Duane Arnold Nuclear Plant Feds in $80 billion Partnership with Westinghouse to Build AP1000s United …

Feds in $80 billion Partnership with Westinghouse to Build AP1000s neutronbytes.com/2025/10/28/f...

Brookfield Selected to Finish V C Summer Santee Cooper Selects Brookfield to Complete Two AP1000s at V C Summer Last Energy Lands in Texas South Africa Reimagines the Pebble Bed Reactor Duke Sets Plans for New Light Water Reactors and SMR…

Santee Cooper Selects Brookfield to Complete Two AP1000s at V C Summer
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Yep. The next Democrat is going to either turn it back into offices go all in and restore the East Wing like it was never gold plated in the current era.

OPINION – What Future for SMRs if the AI Boom is a Bubble? What Future for SMRs if the AI Boom is a Bubble? Readers who follow the relationship between demand for artificial intelligence (AI) data centers and the prospects of SMR and microcomputer develope…

OPINION - What Future for SMRs if the AI Boom is a Bubble?
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Army Goes Nuclear: Microreactors Set for US Bases By 2028 Army Goes Nuclear: Microreactors Set For US Bases By 2028 Who Will Build the Army’s Nuclear Reactors? Amazon Unveils Updated Plans For 12 Small Modular Reactors In Washington Radiant Selects …

Army Goes Nuclear: Microreactors Set for US Bases By 2028
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Holtec Calls It Quits on New Mexico Spent Fuel Plan
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Terra Innovatum Its Sets Sights on $230M SPAC Terra Innovatum Sets Its Sights on $230M SPAC DOE Selects Four Companies for Advanced Nuclear Fuel Line Pilot Projects Framatome and Standard Nuclear Announce TRISO Fuel Production Oklo and Blykall…

Terra Innovatum Its Sets Sights on $230M SPAC
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Fermi America Launches Initial Public Offering
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Oklo Breaks Ground at INL for First Aurora Powerhouse SMR Oklo Breaks Ground at INL for First Aurora Powerhouse SMR Aalo Atomics Breaks Ground On ‘Extra-Modular Reactor’  at INL Texas Invests $350M In Nuclear Energy, Appoints Jarred Shaffer To Lead Expans…

Oklo Breaks Ground at INL for First Aurora Powerhouse SMR
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TVA and Type One Energy to Build 350 MW Fusion Plant TVA and Type One Energy to Build 350 MW Fusion Plant Proxima Fusion Extends Series A to €200M Total Funding Kyoto Fusioneering Raises $63.2 million in Series C Extension and Debt Financing Oxford S…

TVA and Type One Energy to Build 350 MW Fusion Plant
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Saudi Nuclear Defense Pact with Pakistan Opens the Door for China to Build its Hualong One PWRs in Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia has inked a bilateral defense agreement with Pakistan that places Saudi Arabia under Pakistan’s nuclear umbrella. The defense arrangement is seen as a deterrent against Iran and …

Saudi Nuclear Defense Pact with Pakistan Opens the Door for China to Build its Hualong One PWRs in Saudi Arabia

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Saudi Nuclear Defense Pact with Pakistan Opens the Door for China to Build its Hualong One PWRs in Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia has inked a bilateral defense agreement with Pakistan that places Saudi Arabia under Pakistan’s nuclear umbrella. The defense arrangement is seen as a deterrent against Iran. Acc…

Saudi Nuclear Defense Pact with Pakistan Opens the Door for China to Build its Hualong One PWRs in Saudi Arabia

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FERMI America Files for IPO FERMI America Files for IPO NRC Accepts Partial Fermi America Combined License Application Urenco USA Produces First Low-Enriched Uranium (LEU) With New Cascade Aalo Signs 1st Fuel Deal with Urenco…

FERMI America Files for IPO
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Oklo Plans $1.68 Billion Fuel Center in TN
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Commonwealth Fusion Systems Raises $863 Million Series B2 Round Commonwealth Fusion Systems Raises $863 Million Series B2 Round CFS Eyes Reactor In Japan General Atomics Invests $20 Million in Canadian Nuclear Fusion Venture to Advance Tritium Fuel Cycle Techno…

Commonwealth Fusion Systems Raises $863 Million Series B2 Round
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Fact Checking Flashcards About New Nuclear Projects
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It is a mystery to why "influencers" posting about NASA's plan to put a nuclear reactor on the moon show graphics with cooling towers. Get a clue folks. There is no water on the moon. NASA's reactor will be an HTGR using TRISO fuel with helium as the coolant and heat transfer medium.