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In this week’s issue, we review and analyze the four microreactors that achieved criticality by the July 4 deadline set by the Trump administration. We spotlight a trilateral agreement between the United States, South Korea, and Japan on accelerating the deployment of small modular reactors (SMR) in Southeast Asia. Finally, we highlight key nuclear technology, security, and geopolitical developments, reports, and analyses.

This issue of Nuclear News and Views was produced by PGS Program Director, Patrick Kendall, and our Della Ratta Energy and Global Security Fellows.

The race to achieve microreactor criticality in compliance with the Trump administration’s July 4 Reactor Pilot Program (RPP) deadline has been impressive, with four nascent nuclear companies beating the clock. But the milestone has been slathered in excessive swaggering that is out of step with reality. 

These reactors are years away from deployment and enmeshed in a triangle of competition with gigawatt-sized AP-1000s, hundreds-of-megawatts small modular reactors (SMRs), and the government-financed nuclear energy offerings of Russia and China. 

The good news in the U.S. is that the licensing process is being adapted to new reactor realities, construction permits have been provided for a few SMRs, nuclear fuel production is a priority, and the government is offering substantial funding for AP-1000 construction and long-lead components.

However, achieving zero-criticality is not an accelerated pathway to commercial viability or proof that “America can execute again”. It is an important achievement for U.S. advanced nuclear energy development and a hopeful spark for continuing nuclear innovation. There are many future challenges to hurdle before deployment.

The reality is that momentum is building and milestones are being achieved and both of those are important developments. But a true American nuclear renaissance remains aspirational at a point where competitors like China, Russia, and South Korea are building commercial reactors and the U.S. is not.

RPP Winners

The Antares Mark-0 reactor was the first to meet the criticality deadline on June 4 at Idaho National Laboratory (INL). It uses High Assay Low-Enriched (HALEU) TRISO fuel and is sodium-cooled. The zero-power test reactor is a prototype for the R1 Mark-1, a projected commercial reactor that can provide 100 kilowatts electric (KWe) to 1-megawatt electric (Mwe) power. Antares has been selected by the Department of Defense (DoD) to deploy a prototype reactor at Joint Base San Antonio. And it has been working with NASA on powering a potential Moon base.

Valar Atomics' Ward-250 achieved criticality on June 18 in Utah and claimed it created kilowatts of thermal energy. It had previously announced a criticality test at Los Alamos National Laboratory in November 2025. The Ward-250 is a TRISO-fueled high-temperature gas reactor (HTGR) that uses helium as the coolant. After the test Valar announced a partnership with Nvidia to explore powering AI data centers. Its future commercial unit could be “deployed by the hundreds on “gigasites” that could include support manufacturing as well as energy production.

Deployable Energy, a year-old company, met the criticality mark on June 30 at INL, but it was through the Nuclear Energy Launch Pad initiative at INL, which is designed to carry the RPP into the future. The reactor is a more conventional water-moderated, helium-cooled design using 4.9% enriched fuel. The company’s founder reportedly delivered the core to INL in the bed of a Ford F-150 truck. It is considered a “nuclear battery” and would max out at 1 MW. It is designed to fit in a 20-foot shipping container and be dropped at a location for use.

Aalo Atomics' Aalo-X Critical Test Reactor reached criticality on July 4 at INL. The goal is to deploy the Aalo-X and then the Aalo Pod, 10 MW reactors that can support commercial AI data centers, then industrial applications, and the energy needs of developing nations.

Ken Luongo, President, Partnership for Global Security

Patrick Kendall, Program Director, Partnership for Global Security

Spotlight

The United States, Japan, and South Korea signed a trilateral memorandum of cooperation to accelerate the deployment of small modular reactors (SMRs) in third countries, with an initial focus on the Indo-Pacific region. The memorandum outlines opportunities for the three countries to encourage mutually beneficial cooperation among their respective nuclear industries and aims to de-risk project development, catalyze private investment, and streamline licensing processes. The countries will support the construction of multiple SMRs through a standard fleet and simplified contracting procedures.

This trilateral memorandum comes as each country is seeking to expand their nuclear power sector, as well as initiate plans to deploy nuclear reactors abroad. The United States has already engaged with several countries in Southeast Asia, including signing a 123 nuclear cooperation agreement with Singapore in 2024 and a civil nuclear cooperation agreement with Thailand last year. On the other hand, Vietnam is moving ahead with its first nuclear power plant project in collaboration with Russia after Japan withdrew from the project.

Patrick Kendall, Program Director, Partnership for Global Security

Issues of Special Interest

Global AI and Data Center Energy

Valar Atomics is collaborating with Nvidia to explore the development of artificial intelligence data centers in Utah. If this project proceeds as expected, it will be the first U.S. advanced nuclear facility to directly power AI. After being founded in 2023, Valar Atomics broke ground on its Ward 250 reactor in Utah last year. The reactor achieved criticality this June, temporarily generating 100 kilowatts of electricity.

The Impact of Russia's Invasion of Ukraine on International Nuclear Affairs

The IAEA reported that military activity continued to threaten nuclear safety and security in Ukraine, with renewed drone attacks affecting infrastructure near the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant and disrupting emergency response capabilities in Enerhodar. The agency emphasized the ongoing vulnerability of the plant’s external power supply, stressing that reliable off-site electricity remains essential for safely cooling the reactors and preventing a nuclear accident. The update also highlighted continued security concerns at other Ukrainian nuclear facilities, reinforcing the need for restraint around nuclear sites and adherence to the IAEA’s nuclear safety principles.

Ukrainian Energy Minister Denys Smyhal stated that Energoatom would revise its maintenance schedule to increase electricity production during periods of peak consumption, with the hopes that Ukrainian state companies will increase electricity imports. Emergency power cuts were introduced in the northern Sumy region after Russian attacks and because of the ongoing European heat wave. The country operates three nuclear power plants that produce more than 60% of Ukraine’s electricity, although output has not been sufficient to meet demand.

Global

The OECD Nuclear Energy Agency released a report stating that meeting the global goal of tripling nuclear power capacity by 2050 will require greatly accelerating the expansion of the nuclear workforce, supply chains, and availability of finance. The analysis is built around four scenarios that describe how global installed nuclear capacity could evolve to 2050 and beyond, although only the “Transformative Scenario” of 1.32 gigawatts electrical would accomplish the tripling of global capacity. This goal has been endorsed by more than 30 countries since the COP28 climate conference in 2023.

Russia

A full-scale control room simulator has been commissioned for Russia’s BREST-OD-300 lead-cooled fast reactor, allowing operators to begin training before the reactor enters operation. The simulator replicates normal operating conditions as well as emergency scenarios, enabling personnel to develop and validate operating procedures in a realistic environment. It is a key part of preparations for the BREST-OD-300 demonstration reactor, which is being built as part of Russia’s closed nuclear fuel cycle program.

Rosatom Director General Alexey Likhachev called for a new approach to licensing small modular reactors, arguing that existing regulatory frameworks designed for large nuclear plants could slow the deployment of advanced reactor technologies. He emphasized the need for greater international cooperation and harmonization of licensing requirements to reduce duplication while maintaining high safety standards. Likhachev said more efficient regulatory processes would help accelerate SMR deployment and support countries seeking reliable low-carbon energy.

A new concrete mixing unit has been commissioned at the Smolensk II Nuclear Power Plant construction site, marking the first completed facility supporting the project’s next phase. The plant can produce up to 120 cubic meters of concrete per hour and is expected to supply high-quality concrete for the construction of the new VVER-TOI reactor units. The facility is intended to improve construction efficiency and quality control as preparations continue for excavation of the first reactor’s foundation. The milestone advances work on Smolensk II, which is being built to replace the aging RBMK reactors at the existing Smolensk Nuclear Power Plant.

China

Taipingling 2 has begun supplying electricity to the grid, having achieved initial start-up only a week prior. China General Nuclear announced that it would continue to run tests to verify performance and that the unit would officially commence power generation in the second half of 2026. The unit is the second of six 1,116 MWe Hualong One (HPR1000) pressurized water reactors planned for the site in Guangdong province. Unit 1 commenced operations last year, and units 3 and 4 are under construction.

China's State Power Investment Corporation announced that it had installed a large containment water tank module at unit 4 of the Haiyang nuclear power plant site in Shandong province. The tank will hold 300 tons of water that can be used as a coolant in case of a reactor shutdown. is the last large module. Haiyang units 3 and 4 are both CAP1000s, and both are scheduled to be fully operational in 2027.

Europe

The European Union will allow governments to include nuclear power as one of the categories of energy spending that qualify for greater flexibility under the EU’s budgetary rules, signaling that the EU is putting nuclear power on equal footing with renewable energy sources. Under this new rule, countries can now spend up to 0.3% of their gross domestic product (GDP) on energy-related measures without counting towards the European Union’s 3% deficit rule. The list of potential projects that will qualify includes nuclear power plants, battery storage, hydrogen technologies, and public investments in railway infrastructure.

Poland’s Synthos Green Energy (SGE) and a deployment team that includes Samsung C&T have outlined plans for the privately financed deployment of 14 GE-Hitachi BWRX-300 small modular reactors (SMR) across three sites in the United Kingdom. SGE submitted the application under the United Kingdom’s Advanced Nuclear Framework, with the plan for the initial site to host six of the 300-megawatt SMRs and four each at two more subsequent sites. SGE also has BWRX-300 projects currently underway in Poland and elsewhere in Europe.

Orlen Synthos Green Energy (OSGE) applied to Poland’s Ministry of Energy for a Contract for Difference for the construction of a total of 14 BWRX-300 small modular reactors (SMR) at three locations in Poland. The units listed are the first phase of OSGE’s broader program that will ultimately include the construction of 26 BWRX-300 units. Poland is in the process of building its first nuclear power plant at the Lubiatowo-Kopalino site, and the European Commission concluded that planned public support for Poland’s first large-scale nuclear power plant complies with EU rules on state aid.

The British government and Électricité de France (EDF) have agreed to extend the lifetime of the Sizewell B Nuclear Power Plant by 20 years. EDF will fund $1 billion of refurbishment works to be carried out during planned outages over the next 15 years, including installation of a new environmental monitoring system and new automated plant monitoring systems. The Sizewell B reactor was originally set to operate until 2035 and is one of five nuclear reactors currently being operated by EDF in the United Kingdom.

Rolls-Royce SMR has announced plans to open its Pioneer Works facility in Derby that will house specialist engineering and manufacturing projects that will be critical to the successful deployment of its first power plants. It will be the first manufacturing development center that will establish the build processes, precision assembly, and advanced testing needed to de-risk the delivery of its SMR fleet. Rolls-Royce SMR has been working with the British government and companies such as CEZ and Videberg Kraft on the deployment of its SMRs.

German startup Proxima Fusion has raised £411 million ($469 million) from national energy firm RWE AG and Google to develop a nuclear fusion plant it hopes will be operational in the 2030s. In February of this year, Proxima Fusion announced that the demonstrator for this plant would cost £2 billion and has raised £2.4 billion. Germany shut down its final reactors in 2023, but it is now expressing interest in building and deploying nuclear fusion reactors.

The Czech Republic has completed geotechnical surveys at the Dukovany Nuclear Power Plant, which involved hundreds of exploratory wells, laboratory testing of samples, and a final report. The first phase of the project is focused on developing project and licensing documentation, obtaining all necessary permits, and ensuring the necessary infrastructure for the start of construction. The Czech Republic is building two new nuclear units at the Dukovany Nuclear Power Plant in collaboration with Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP), which submitted its conceptual design in April.

Sweden’s Blykalla and Hitachi Energy signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to explore a long-term collaboration on the deployment of next-generation lead-cooled advanced modular reactors. The collaboration will bring together Blykalla’s advanced reactor technology and Hitachi Energy’s grid integration and electrification expertise. Blykalla recently submitted an application to the Swedish government to construct a nuclear power plant in Norrsundet that will comprise six SEALER reactors.

Rosatom has lifted the inner containment dome into place at the second unit of Turkey’s Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant. It has taken about four months to pre-assemble the dome, and the next stage of work on the unit will see welding of the dome into place on the inner containment and work continuing on reinforcing and concreting the containment. Rosatom is building four VVER-1200 units at the Akkuyu power plant, and the aim is for unit 1 to begin supplying Turkey’s energy system later this year.

ETH Zurich and the Paul Scherrer Institute published a study finding that the construction of new nuclear power reactors in Switzerland would not be competitive under current conditions but added that it would become profitable with state subsidies, risk mitigation, and significantly lower construction costs. The study investigated the conditions under which the construction of new nuclear power plants may make financial sense for the nation. Switzerland currently has four nuclear power reactors that generate about one-third of the country’s electricity.

Finland’s nuclear regulator, the STUK, has published a summary report of a Joint Early Review conducted with foreign regulators to assess the safety of Steady Energy’s LDR-50 reactor. The STUK conducted a preliminary safety assessment of the LDR-50 last year, launching the Joint Early Review of the concept with the nuclear safety authorities of the Czech Republic, Poland, Sweden, and Ukraine. The review is a voluntary cooperation process in which the regulatory authority independently assessed the plant concept based on its national requirement.

Slovakia’s Slovenské elektrárne has begun loading fuel into the Mochovce Nuclear Power Plant’s fourth unit, marking the start of its active commissioning. The Nuclear Regulatory Authority issued notice of its commissioning permission for the new unit on May 22, with the go-ahead confirmed on June 24 following a period to allow for any appeals against the decision. Slovakia operates five nuclear reactors at the Mochovce and Bohunice power plant sites, and these reactors generate about half of the country’s electricity.

Reveille Resources is planning to explore and potentially redevelop two historic uranium sites in Italy that have been dormant since the 1980s. The firm’s initial focus will be on two historical uranium sites in Lombardy, for which license applications were submitted last year. In response to warnings that Europe is over-reliant on Russian uranium and nuclear fuel imports, Reveille Resources is aiming to be able to reopen the sites to meet both domestic and European Union’s demand.

Hungary granted the Paks Nuclear Power Plant a temporary exemption from cooling water temperature regulations during an intense heat wave to help maintain electricity supplies. Without the exemption, the plant would have been required to reduce its output by 640 MW, but the temporary measure limited the reduction to 40 MW while still complying with safety requirements. Officials said the exemption was introduced to balance environmental protections with the need to ensure a stable electricity supply.

The European Fusion Association (EFA) and Fusion Europe (FE) have joined forces to urge the European Union to adopt a bold and timely fusion strategy that supports the transition from research to commercial deployment. They called for policies that increase investment, strengthen European supply chains, accelerate project development, and ensure that fusion technologies are designed and built in Europe. The groups argued that a coordinated strategy is needed to maintain Europe's competitiveness as private investment in fusion continues to grow worldwide.

Asia & The Pacific

South Korea’s government will consider ways to cut atomic power construction times as it looks to ramp up energy supply in the face of increasing demands from artificial intelligence. Presidential chief of staff Kang Hoon-sik noted that it typically takes nine to ten years to build a nuclear power plant in South Korea, and the country is orchestrating investments of at least $872 million from big technology companies such as Samsung. South Korea currently generates about a third of its electricity from nuclear power but will need more to meet the demand from data centers and semiconductor chip clusters.

Australia and India have reached a deal to export Australian uranium to India. The new agreement ensures that Australian uranium and nuclear fuel will solely be used for peaceful purposes. Although both nations agreed to a nuclear cooperation pact back in 2014, uranium exports have been limited over concerns that they could end up being used in India’s nuclear weapons program. Australia has some of the largest uranium reserves in the world and produced nearly 4,600 tons of uranium in 2024.

India has inaugurated a nuclear-powered hydrogen production facility at the Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR) in Kalpakkam. The facility uses process heat from the Fast Breeder Test Reactor (FBTR) to produce hydrogen and integrates the hydrogen production technology developed by India’s Bhabha Atomic Research Center. The FBTR is a sodium-cooled test reactor which started up in 1985 and will play an important role in India’s preparation for a closed fuel cycle.

The IAEA conducted its Integrated Nuclear Infrastructure Review (INIR) mission in Uzbekistan and found that the country has made significant progress in areas such as legal and regulatory frameworks, training, and nuclear safety and security measures. The IAEA mission highlighted progress made but acknowledged that further work is needed to strengthen the nuclear regulatory body and finalize feasibility studies. Uzbekistan is currently embarking on its first nuclear power plant project which will feature Russian VVER-1000 large reactors and RITM-200N small modular reactors (SMR).

Africa

Russian nuclear agency Rosatom and the Republic of Rwanda signed a roadmap for the development of a small modular reactor (SMR) project following the first meeting of the Joint Coordination Committee for Cooperation in the Field of Atomic Energy in Moscow. Rwanda and Russia have communicated about collaboration on peaceful atomic applications for several years. Most recently, in May, Rosatom and Rwanda finalized a Commercial Nuclear Power Plant Agreement to officially build Rwanda’s first commercial nuclear infrastructure, including a center for nuclear science and technology and SMR technology with operations targeted for the early 2030s.

The Middle East

Egypt held a ceremony to mark the installation of the reactor pressure vessel in unit 2 of the El Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant. Rosatom chief Alexey Likhachev stated that the next stage of work will be the welding of pipelines for the reactor’s main cooling system. This milestone comes seven months after the reactor pressure vessel was installed in the first unit. El Dabaa will be Egypt’s first nuclear power plant, being built in cooperation with Russian nuclear agency Rosatom, and will comprise four Russian-built VVER-1200 units.

South & Central America

The National Council for Mineral Policy in Brazil has established a working group to examine the contribution of the mineral sector, especially uranium, to the development of the Brazilian nuclear program. As a first task, the new group has 90 days to assess the state of mapping uranium mineral resources and reserves and propose strategies to improve prospecting knowledge. Brazil anticipates that national and global demand for uranium will grow as nuclear power becomes more prevalent.

Argentina's government announced plans to build a new nuclear reactor at the Atucha nuclear complex, the country's largest nuclear power facility, in the town of Lima, about 60 miles northwest of Buenos Aires. The project, led by US-based Meitner Energy, calls for a $1.2 billion investment from private US capital to develop a reactor based on the ACR-300, an Argentine-designed pressurized water SMR. Meanwhile, decades of development on Argentina’s CAREM small modular reactor continues to stall.

North America Nuclear Collaborations and Policy

United States

Four demonstration microreactors have successfully reached criticality by the Department of Energy’s July 4 deadline as part of the Reactor Pilot Program. In early June, the Antares Mark-0 reactor was the first to achieve criticality at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL). Later that month, Valar Atomics’ Ward-250 reached criticality and claimed to create kilowatts of thermal energy. Deployable Energy met the criticality mark in late June under the Nuclear Energy Launch Pad initiative at INL. Finally, Aalo Atomics’ Aalo-X Critical Test Reactor reached criticality on July 4 with the goal of deploying the Aalo-X reactors to support AI data centers and industrial applications.

The first shipment of tristructural isotropic (TRISO) fuel for full-power testing of Radiant’s Kaleidos microreactor technology has been delivered to the National Reactor Innovation Center’s Demonstration of Microreactor Experiments facility at the Idaho National Laboratory. The TRISO fuel was fabricated by Standard Nuclear earlier this year and will be used to power Radiant’s Kaleidos reactor to conduct a full-power test this summer. Kaleidos is part of the DoE Reactor Pilot Program but intends to conduct full power testing of the reactor rather than the criticality achieved by July 4 by four other RPP companies.

Standard Nuclear is targeting a valuation of up to $3.55 billion in its U.S. initial public offering (IPO), aiming to raise up to $383.25 million. Standard Nuclear follows other nuclear power companies such as X-energy and Deep Fission which have gone public and raised millions of dollars in their IPOs. The company produces advanced nuclear fuel for advanced nuclear reactors such as small modular reactors (SMR) and microreactors, with a focus on scaling up domestic capacity to bolster U.S. energy security.

Holtec International announced that the Palisades restart project reached a watershed moment as the last of the major projects were successfully closed out and the site transitioned to the remaining routine maintenance, testing, and operational readiness work required before startup. Among the final accomplishments in this project phase of restart was the placement of the plant’s turbine-generator on the turning gear and installation and testing of a new fuel handling machine. Palisades is in the process of becoming the first shuttered nuclear facility in the United States to restart its operations.

Centrus has signed a contract with the Department of Energy to finalize the terms of the $900 million task order that will support deployment of large-scale production capacity for high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU). The new HALEU Enrichment contract calls for Centrus to deploy commercial-scale HALEU production capacity at its Piketon facility in Ohio. Centrus won a contract in 2019 to build a cascade of advanced centrifuges in Piketon to demonstrate HALEU production with U.S. technology.

The fifth new cascade at Urenco USA’s uranium enrichment plant in New Mexico has entered production. The new cascade is part of a program to install 700,000 separative work units of enrichment capacity by early 2027, with the capacity expansion part of Urenco’s plan to refurbish and extend Urenco’s enrichment capacity across its sites in the United States and Europe. The Urenco USA National Enrichment Facility is currently the only commercial uranium enrichment capacity in the United States.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) proposed overhauling its safety rules for radiation exposure from nuclear power plants, arguing that the current regulations are too costly and go beyond what is needed to protect human health. The NRC is proposing to eliminate a principle in place that says nuclear-plant operators should keep radiation exposure “as low as reasonably achievable”. The NRC also proposed a sweeping package of changes aimed at simplifying the process for choosing locations for and licensing new nuclear reactors.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has proposed an update to its environmental review regulations that narrows environmental reviews to impacts within the agency’s statutory authority and expands opportunities to streamline licensing for new nuclear projects. The proposal also expands the use of categorical exclusions for certain actions where the NRC has determined do not normally result in significant environmental impacts. The proposal is part of the government’s goal of modernizing the nuclear regulatory process set by President Donald Trump’s executive order from last year.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) announced the start of its review of the permit for the deployment of NANO Nuclear’s KRONOS micromodular research reactor on the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus. The meeting follows the NRC’s formal acceptance of the KRONOS MMSR construction permit application (CPA) for reviews. The NRC announced that it had met with representatives from NANO and the University of Illinois to mark the start of its CPA review.

Constellation Energy has requested a license renewal from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to extend the operational lifetimes of two of its nuclear power plants in upstate New York. The company wishes to extend operations at the Ginna Clean Energy Center and the Nine Mile Point unit 1 reactors until at least 2049. This follows New York Governor Kathy Hochul and the state’s Public Service Commission recognizing the importance of nuclear power, including through the state’s Zero Emissions Credit (ZEC) program.

Deep Fission has announced the delivery of its prototype reactor canister for its pilot project in Kansas, marking a key milestone in the company’s well program and its Gravity Nuclear Reactor Development. Deep Fission is a California-based company that aims to place small modular reactors (SMR) in boreholes a mile underground. The company broke ground in December of last year for its pilot project and to build a full-scale commercial plant there following the test reactor demonstrations.

Ampera completed the production of the first full-scale, 3D-printed nuclear reactor module. The company is developing subcritical thorium-based microreactor systems and aims to deliver scalable, factory-built, and rapidly deployable power for data center, defense, and industrial applications. Ampera submitted a formal letter to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) indicating its desire to begin the pre-application process for its microreactor.

Canada

Cameco has temporarily suspended operations at the Cigar Lake mine in northern Saskatchewan due to challenges related to sulphuric acid availability at Orano's McClean Lake mill, where ore from Cigar Lake is processed. Orano is currently working to bring the acid plant back online and is assessing options to obtain acid supply from an alternative source while it waits for replacement parts to complete the repair, which it expects will take about two weeks.

The Williams Treaties First Nations, representing seven communities, is investing $492 million in Ontario Power Generation's Darlington New Nuclear Project to build a BWRX-300 reactor. The investment is supported by a 50-50 loan guarantee from the federal Canada Indigenous Loan Guarantee Corporation and provincial Indigenous Opportunities Financing Program administered by Building Ontario Fund, constituting the largest Indigenous loan guarantee ever issued.

Mexico

There are no new updates for this region.

New Research

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Op-Eds & Articles

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The Deadline Arrives: Checking in on the Reactor Pilot Program

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Could Nuclear Power Alaska’s Future?

The Alaska Beacon, July 1

US Nuclear Power in State Energy Planning: A Policy Roadmap

Atlantic Council, July 1

Trump Energy Department Hits Its Target on Small Nuclear Reactors. Now Comes the Hard Part.

Politico, July 1

Right-Sizing Nuclear Materials Security

The Breakthrough Institute, June 30

Red, White, and Glowing Blue: Trump’s Push for New Reactors Reaches the Finish Line

NPR, June 29

In Idaho, the Next Generation of US Nuclear Reactors Near Reality

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The World Is Racing to Develop New Nuclear Fuels

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Inside EDF & Holtec’s Proposal to Expand UK Nuclear Power

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News items and summaries compiled by:

Patrick Kendall, Program Director, Partnership for Global Security