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TISON A. CAMPBELL, MICHAEL S. HEARD SNOW, JULIE G. EZELL; NATIONAL LAW REVIEW: Navigating Nuclear- New Nuclear Regulations Expand Opportunities for Foreign Ownership and Investment

SAMUEL THERNSTROM, UTILITY DIVE: Congress Should Fix the Nuclear Investment Tax Credit

EMMET PENNEY, THE FREE PRESS: Will America Finally Let Itself Build Nuclear Plants?

PAIGE LAMBERMONT, INDEPENDENT INSTITUTE: The California Nuclear Moratorium Should Become A Thing of the Past

MARIA KORSNICK, ATLANTIC COUNCIL: Nuclear Energy for an Era of Rising Demand and Strategic Risk

ROBINSON MEYER, NEW YORK TIMES: It’s the Age of Electricity and America Isn’t Ready

TODD SNITCHLER, UTILITY DIVE: Americans Deserve Facts, Not Fearmongering, About Their Electric Bills

TED NORDHAUS, BREAKTHROUGH INSTITUTE: Five “Pro-Nuclear But” Myths — Why They Are Wrong and Why It Matters

MIKE SIMPSON: America’s New Nuclear Era Starts in Idaho

REX GEVEDEN, BWXT: As America Accelerates Nuclear Ambitions, BWXT Delivers Necessary Speed and Scale

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People, Politics:

Federal Policy Shifts and Private Investment Fuel U.S. Nuclear Energy Resurgence

Nuclear Power Industry Leaders Weigh Optimism Against Scalability Challenges

NJ’s Sherrill Reveals Policy She Hopes to Work with White House on: Nuclear Energy

Nuclear Plants Could See Large Tax Breaks Under Bill Passed by Iowa Senate

Colorado’s Legislature is Preparing to Jump-Start Nuclear Power. Green Advocates Want to Pull the Plug.

New Mexico Comes After DOE Again on WIPP Waste

The Outlaws Who Keep the Power Grid Running

Pew: Distributed Energy Can Unleash the Resilient, Affordable Grid of the Future

GOP Faces Gas Pump Problem at the Polls

Curious Paducahans Crowd Global Laser Enrichment Open House to Learn About Nuclear Development

What Restarting the Duane Arnold Power Plant Tells Us About Nuclear Energy Under the Trump Administration

Utah Wants a New Nuclear Sector to Rise in Brigham City. What Will It Take to Pull It Off?

University of Utah Research Reactor to Produce Electricity for the First Time

DOE Consortium Begins New Initiative Aimed at Growing Fuel Cycle

DOE Selects First Companies for Nuclear Launch Pad

Key Policy Moves Are Powering Nuclear Growth

Trump Huddles with Oil Execs as Iran Stalemate Drags On

As the Trump Administration and Major Tech Companies Promote Nuclear Energy, is the Industry Making a Comeback?

Mike Skaggs Takes Charge at TVA with Trust and Major To-Do List

Neighbors React to Nuclear Plan at Buckley Space Force Base

How Kairos Power’s Albuquerque Facility is Anchoring Its Bid to Remake Nuclear Power

Economic Development Group Pushes Congress on Permitting Reform

The Grid’s Physical Realities Are Setting in for the Data Center Pipeline

3 Questions: Shedding Light on Why Power Grids Go Dark

DOE Launches Ambitious Initiative To Secure US Nuclear Fuel Supply Chain

Business, Technology:

Biggest US Grid Operator to Begin Processing New Power Plant Projects

This Company Says Nuclear Fusion Could Finally Power the Grid — and Soon

Kairos Pushes Toward Power Production with Hermes 2 in Oak Ridge

Zap Energy Doubles Down on Fission and Fusion

LG&E and KU Considers Building Small Nuclear Reactors in Kentucky

Elemental Nuclear and the University of Utah Will Demonstrate Proof-of-Concept Nuclear Microreactor System for Powering AI Data Centers

LLNL Secures Federal Grant to Revive Cold War-Era Laser Technology for Lithium Production

Inexperienced Developers Face Financing and Logistical Hurdles in $6 Trillion Data Center Boom

Fusion Power Developer Commonwealth Seeks US Grid Connection

Fusion Power Startup Zap Energy Pulls a Partial Pivot, Adding Nuclear Fission to the Mix

Houston Startup, Deployable Energy, Races to Power Up Nuclear Microreactor

NuScale Power Announces Opening of an Operations Center in Houston, Texas

Doosan Operating Profit Jumps 72% on Nuclear, Gas Turbines

Ur-Energy Starts Uranium Production in Wyoming

US NRC Begins Review Of Westinghouse Application To Update AP1000 Reactor Design

CLIMATE:

Climate Finance Funds Attract Record Inflows in ‘Feast or Famine’ Year

2 More Offshore Wind Projects Scrapped Under Trump Administration Pressure

How Carbon Removal Tech is Adapting to Trump’s Energy Agenda

How Google Turned Its Climate Program Into an AI Booster

Court Curtails Trump Administration Moves to Stifle Wind, Solar Development

How the Iran War Set Beijing Up for Global Clean Energy Dominance

‘We Are Not Going Back’: Iran war Forces Global Energy Shift

Some American Farmers Bet on Solar. Then Trump Changed the Rules

Do Americans Worry About Climate Change? New Polling Shows Concern Is at a Near Record High

As Energy Costs Rise, Some States Back Off Ambitious Climate Goals

Renewable Energy Gets an Iran War Boost

Wyoming Electric Utility Dumps Wind and Solar in Long-Term Planning

NYC, Washington Face Early Heat Wave as Power Demand Climbs Across US

Texas Sharpens Attacks on Solar Power

AI Surge Gives Carbon Capture a New Push

International:

How China Turned Nuclear Power Into a Massive Assembly Line

China General Nuclear Begins Commercial Power Generation at San’ao Unit 1

Belgium Eyes Nuclear Takeover to Keep Reactors Running

Canada Announces Plans For ‘Transformative’ Nuclear Energy Strategy

Canada Announces New Nuclear Strategy and Microreactor Initiative

Rosatom Successfully Tests Transmutation Technology to Reduce Nuclear Waste Longevity

Belgium to Buy Engie’s Nuclear Assets in the Country to Secure Energy Supply

France’s Engie in Talks to Exit Nuclear Energy in Belgium

South Korea Eyes Nuclear-Powered SMR Ships

Czechia: A Small Country with Big Nuclear Energy Ambitions

China Testing Truck-Mounted Nuclear Reactor That Could Power AI Data Centre

Russia’s Rosatom Begins Loading Fuel Into Bangladesh’s First Nuclear Plant

UN Nuclear Chief: Russia Taking Highly Enriched Uranium from Iran Under Discussion

US to Give $100 Million to Repair Damaged Chornobyl Nuclear Shelter, Kyiv Says

Europe Revives Renewables and Nuclear to Address the Energy Crisis

South Africa Hunts for Nuclear Talent Abroad as New Reactor Plans Advance

US Iter Completes Final Deliveries For Nuclear Fusion Project’s Central Solenoid Magnet

Aker Solutions Signs MOU with Rolls-Royce SMR for Small Modular Reactor Energy Projects

Rolls-Royce–CEZ SMR Project at Temelín Moves Forward

Fuel Loading Begins for Bangladesh’s First Nuclear Power Plant

Can Small Nuclear Reactors Solve EU’s Energy Woes?

EU Energy Mix: Crisis Pushes Balance on Nuclear, Renewables and Security

China Teased Its Next Nuclear-Powered Supercarrier on a Big Naval Anniversary

Orano and Arabelle Solutions Expand French Nuclear Supply Chain Capacity

ČEZ and Rolls-Royce SMR Sign Early Works Contract for Czech Nuclear Project

CEA and Stellaria Partner to Advance Molten Salt Reactor Technology in Southern France

Inner Containment Dome Installed at Shidaowan Unit 1 in China

France’s EDF Invests $117 Million in Nuclear Reactor Parts Factory

Czech Power Company ČEZ Signs Deal with Rolls-Royce SMR to Prepare for First Small Nuclear Reactor

Which Countries Lead the Way on Nuclear Energy?

Japan’s Wrecked Nuclear Plant Becomes a Tourist Destination

New Uzbek Uranium Mine Targets 1,200 Tonnes Annually to Meet 2030 Production Goals