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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

ROSS MATZKIN-BRIDGER, POWER MAG: Reprocessing Gamble Could Drain Nuclear Waste Fund, Raise Electricity Prices

ANDREW FOLLETT, NATIONAL REVIEW: Let’s Make Space Nuclear Again

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From Pilot to Launch: DOE Names First Four Nuclear Energy Launch Pad Developers

People, Politics:

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

Kentucky Explores Nuclear Energy at Frankfort Conference

How The Trump Administration Is Fast-Tracking Nuclear Microreactors

A Trump-Branded Nuclear Power Project Thrilled Investors. Then Came the Crash.

New Mexico Environment Officials Mandate More Legacy Nuclear Waste at WIPP

NH House Rejects Bill Allowing Utilities to Own Advanced Nuclear Reactors

National Reactor Innovation Center Announces First Selections for Nuclear Energy Launch Pad

NRC Proposed Rule Aims for Speedier Microreactor Licensing

The NRC is Back to Five Commissioners

Small Modular Reactors and Microreactors Under Development in the United States

Nuclear in Orbit: Trump Admin Weighs Putting Nuclear Power in Space

Business, Technology:

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

NRC Announces Opportunity to Request a Hearing on Nine Mile Point Subsequent License Renewal Application

NRC Authorizes FPL’s St. Lucie Nuclear Plant to Operate for Another 20 Years

NRC Unveils Part 57: A Streamlined Path for High-Volume Microreactor Licensing

NRC Begins Fast-Track Review to Update AP1000 Reactor Design Using Real-World U.S. Experience

Commonwealth Announces New Step Toward Making U.S. Fusion Real

Triton Uranium Eyes 2026 US Listing as Nuclear Fuel Demand Rises

Ur-Energy Begins Uranium Mining Operations at Shirley Basin Project in Wyoming

NRC Authorizes FPL’s St. Lucie Nuclear Plant to Operate for Another 20 Years

CLIMATE:

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

Northeast States Set Big Climate Goals. Now Those Plans Are in Trouble.

International:

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

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

Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant Worker Killed in Ukraine Drone Attack, Management Says

CEZ, Rolls Royce SMR Sign Early Works Contract on First Czech Small Nuclear Reactor

Italy Should Pursue Nuclear Power for Security, Finance Minister Giorgetti Says

South Korea Considers Financing Framework for Vietnam Nuclear and Infrastructure Projects

Forty Years After Chernobyl, a Transformed Nuclear Industry Prioritizes Safety Culture

Global Nuclear Leaders Gather in Busan for AI-Era Energy

Sweden Joins NEST Framework to Support Next Generation of Nuclear Experts