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Small Modular Reactors Finally Work

Small modular reactors are supposed to become a new leg on the green energy stool. However, none have been deployed, and regulatory approval is still an open issue. That is about to change. Google is ...
Forbes

Are Advanced Nuclear Reactors As Good As They’re Promoted To Be

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ian writes on fossil energies, climate, and transition to renewables. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This ...

The Trump administration is working on a deal to give weapons-grade plutonium to energy companies

For years, the federal government has been working on turning old, unexploded warheads left over from the Cold War into a ...
New Atlas

Small modular nuclear reactors could cut commercial shipping emissions

Nuclear power isn't just for naval ships anymore as demonstrated by the Nuclear Propulsion in merchant Shipping (NuProShip II) project led by the Norwegian University of Science and Technology which ...
GCN

Work begins on new U.S. fuel facility designed to supply small modular reactors

America’s nuclear renaissance has taken an important step forward with the latest news emanating from the state of Tennessee, where it was announced that TRISO-X has now commenced vertical ...
The Texas Tribune

Momentum is building to meet electricity demand in Texas with small nuclear reactors

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The U.K. and U.S. Have Big Plans for Small Modular Nuclear Reactors

U.S. President Donald Trump and U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer are expected to sign the Atlantic Partnership for Advanced Nuclear Energy, focusing on SMR development and deployment. The agreement ...
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The Department of Energy just handed out $94 million to eight companies building America’s next small modular reactors — the biggest federal SMR push in a generat…

The Department of Energy announced in May 2026 that eight companies will split more than $94 million in new federal funding ...
MIT Technology Review

How next-generation nuclear reactors break out of the 20th-century blueprint

From molten salt to TRISO fuel, here’s how technological advancements could upend an old power technology. Commercial nuclear reactors all work pretty much the same way. Atoms of a radioactive ...
MarketWatch

Centrica and X-energy Sign Joint Development Agreement to Deploy U.K.'s First Advanced Modular Reactors and Pursue 6 Gigawatts of New Nuclear Capacity in the U.K.

The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content. -- Preferred first project is expected to be at EDF and Centrica's Hartlepool site, paving the way for a national ...
Business Wire

Amentum and Rolls-Royce SMR Partner on Building First Small Modular Reactors in the UK and Czech Republic

CHANTILLY, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Amentum (NYSE: AMTM), a global leader in advanced engineering and technology solutions, has been selected as the program delivery partner for the first deployments of ...