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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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Top US Nuclear Regulator is Rewriting Its Rules for New Era of Reactors

People, Politics:

America’s Nuclear Dry Spell is Over

U.S. Nuclear Renaissance Enters Steel-in-Ground Phase

Who’s in Charge of Finishing V.C. Summer Nuclear Reactors? Project Manager Coming

Entergy Chief Says ‘New Nuclear’ Could Come to Arkansas

Understanding Domestic Nuclear Fuel Production Options in the United States

Nucor CEO Sees Need for More US Nuclear Power to Stay a ‘Superpower’ in AI, Computing

AI Boom Sparks Rare Warning of ‘Significant Risks’ to Grid

A Rare Look Inside California’s Last Nuclear Power Plant

Nuclear AI Startup Fermi Promised Land and Ample Power. But It Couldn’t Sign a Single Client

A Massive, Trump-Backed Power Plant May Be Too Big to Succeed

Wyoming Celebrates ‘Nuclear Renaissance’ as Feds Approve License for a New Reactor

NRC Eases Foreign Ownership Restrictions, Opening US Nuclear Sector to Investment

Colorado House Committee Advances Bill to Encourage Nuclear Power Development

New Hampshire Lawmakers Reach Deal on Next-Generation Nuclear, Solar Net Metering

Podcast: Nuclear Fusion Powers Up for Commercial Breakthrough

Pennsylvania Gov. Shapiro to Utilities: ‘The 20th Century Utility Model is Broken’

Rising Demand, Data Centers Push Kentucky Toward Nuclear Power

NRC Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards to Fill Open Position

Senators Say Permitting Reform Hinges on DOI Advancing Solar, Wind Permits

Senators Vow to Block Permitting Reform Over Trump’s Renewables Obstruction

Unlikely Senate Duo Propels Bipartisan Dealmaking

Oil Prices Hit Highest Level Since Iran War’s Start

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

Business, Technology:

US Nuclear Industry Eyes VC Summer Restart as Brookfield Plans New Reactors

Oklo Continues Plutonium Fuel Development with LANL and Nvidia Partnership

Blue Energy and GE Vernova Accelerate Gas-Plus-Nuclear Approach for Powering American Communities and Fueling Global AI Leadership

PJM Queues a Fusion Project Among 810 Others

LLNL: Revitalized Laser Technology Captures Commercialization Grant

World First: Particle Polarization Survived Laser-Plasma Acceleration for Nuclear Fusion

NRC Schedules Open House to Discuss Point Beach Power Plant Performance

Human-Guided AI System Could Strengthen Advanced Reactor Monitoring and Control

Ur-Energy Begins ISR Mining Operations at Wyoming’s Shirley Basin

Southern Co. Electricity Sales Soar on 42% Data Center Growth

Oklo Links Nuclear Reactors To AI Growth With NVIDIA And LANL Partnership

US Grid Operator PJM Appoints Mills as President, CEO

This Bill Gates-Backed Fusion CEO Wants to Sell Nuclear Energy Like a Utility

National Labs Drive Nuclear Innovations and Uprates for the U.S. Fleet

SC Nuclear Plant Didn’t Maintain Key Safety Equipment for Years, Feds Say

CLIMATE:

Trump’s Renewable Energy Crackdown Hits Legal Wall

Dominion to Open Nation’s Biggest Offshore Wind Farm Next Year

Hard Choices Test Breakaway Climate Summit

Where Did All the Solar Go?

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

International:

European Fusion and Industrial CEOs Call for a EU Fusion Strategy That Ensures Energy Security

Nuclear Power Plant Becomes a Battery: The New Power of Grohnde

Inner Containment Dome Installed At China’s Shidaowan-1 Nuclear Plant

South Korea Eyes Offshore Nuclear Reactors Amid Global Race

France Approves Dismantling of Nuclear Plant Near German Border

China’s 10 MW Truck-Mounted Nuclear ‘Power Bank’ Claims Energy for Decades Without Recharge

The Nuclear Option: Atomic Energy Could Offer Europe Hope, Say Analysts — But It Won’t Be Easy

Fusion Industry Leaders Urge European Commission To Adopt Long-Term Strategy

Village Braces For Closure of Spain’s Largest Nuclear Plant

Canada’s OPG Completes Installation of Reactor Basemat for First Darlington SMR

Israeli Companies To Collaborate On Nuclear Fusion For Critical Water Infrastructure

India Grants Operating License for Second Nuclear Fuel Cycle Facility

Fuel Loading Begins at China’s Changjiang Unit 3

IAEA Says a Drone Targeted Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant’s External Radiation Control Laboratory

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