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EDITORIAL BOARD, THE WASHINGTON POST: The Nuclear Option America Actually Needs

PETER SUCIU, NATIONAL INTEREST: An American Nuclear Submarine Is Dropping Anchor in Australia

ROBERT EINHORN, BROOKINGS INSTITUTE: Approving the US-Saudi Nuclear Deal While Reducing Proliferation Risks

ISIS LESLIE, WORLD NUCLEAR NEWS: Four Million Nuclear Workers Will Need the Right Leaders

SUZANNE JAWOROWSKI & CHUCK GOODRICH, INDIANAPOLIS BUSINESS JOURNAL: Why Indiana’s Future Depends on Nuclear Energy

RANDALL SCHMOLLINGER, NATIONAL INTEREST: To Win Its Nuclear Future, America Must Look to Its Past

JOE LANCASTER, REASON: Nuclear Power Now Has Bipartisan Support

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Historic Palisades Nuclear Plant Restart May Only Be Weeks Away, Energy Secretary Says

People, Politics:

Trump DOE Takes Victory Lap at Biden-Financed Palisades Nuclear Project

TVA, Trump Officials Talk South Korea Deal That Could Bring Reactor to TN

How the U.S. Is Removing Regulatory Hurdles to Increase Nuclear Power

NRC Begins Review of General Matter’s Paducah Uranium Enrichment License Application

Fleischmann Seeks Yucca Mountain Law Change to Advance DOE Nuclear Campuses

Fire Briefly Triggers Emergency at South Carolina Lab on Former Nuclear Weapons Site

All-Clear at South Carolina Lab After Fire on Site Where Nuclear Bomb Materials Were Made

Fire Breaks Out at South Carolina Nuclear Site

Federal Government Takes Steps to Remove Nuclear Waste from San Onofre

Why the Shipping Industry Is Turning Its Attention to Nuclear Power

Louisiana Regulators Approve Three-Year Advanced Nuclear Research Program

DOE Offers Constellation Up to $5 Billion in Conditional Financing for 1.1 Gigawatts of Nuclear Upgrades

Anfield Receives Draft Permits for Utah Uranium Mill Restart

Energy Chief Pushes Nuclear Power as Energy Costs Soar

Tennessee Nuclear Energy Initiative Aims to Create 10,000 Jobs with $15 Billion Investment

DOE, Nuclear Leaders Highlight $15 Billion in Oak Ridge Investments

Nuclear Waste Cleanup Faces Higher Costs, Delays

Wisconsin, Vermont Eye SMRs at Former Nuclear Plant Sites

Dairyland Power Considers Bringing Nuclear Back to Former Genoa Site

NRC Environmental Review Backs Proposed Kentucky Laser Enrichment Plant

Nucleon Fuel Seeks $20 Million Wyoming Grant for Uranium Conversion Plant

Kentucky Officials Weigh Costs and Utility Commitments for Proposed 6.6-Gigawatt Nuclear Campus

US Utilities Turn Toward Large Nuclear Plants After $17.5 Billion Loan Deal, DOE Says

How Trump and AI Data Centers Are Boosting Nuclear Power

Former Holtec CFO Wins Whistleblower Lawsuit Against Nuclear Company

DOE Cleans Some Nuclear Waste Sites to Residential Standards

Nuclear Power Could More Than Triple by 2060, UN Agency Says

Proposed Six-Reactor Kentucky Campus Could Become Largest Nuclear Power Site in US

Nuclear Developers Pursue Reactor Sites and Customers in Indiana and Kentucky

Wyoming Hosts Natrium Site Tour as Kentucky and Louisiana Advance Nuclear Initiatives

Business, Technology:

Centrus Ships First New Centrifuge for Ohio Uranium Enrichment Expansion

Peter Thiel-Backed Nuclear Fuel Startup Hits a Key Regulatory Milestone

15 MW Microreactor Deployment in US Advances as Hyundai Partners with NANO Nuclear

NuScale and Doosan Sign Contract to Manufacture Reactor Coolant System Components

Curtiss-Wright Invests $30 Million to Expand Nuclear Instrumentation Manufacturing in Texas

Westinghouse Wins ARPA-E Funding to Develop PowerBlock Nuclear Fuel

Texas A&M Receives $5.4 Million to Study Recycling Nuclear Waste into Reactor Fuel

Deep Isolation Begins Site Work for Texas Nuclear Waste Disposal Demonstration

Kratos Wins $33.6 Million Contract for NASA Nuclear Spacecraft Power System

DOE Announces $10.1 Billion in Loans to Constellation, Alliant, for 3.7 GW

Antares Secures BWXT Fuel Agreement for Microreactors, Advances DOE Review of Mark-1

NRC Issues ‘Milestone’ Recommendation for GLE’s Planned Paducah Facility

PNNL Screens 724 Alloy Compositions to Develop Materials for Advanced Nuclear Reactors

Study Finds Silicon in Unirradiated TRISO Fuel; Effects on Performance Remain Unclear

Hyundai Engineering Signs Agreements with NANO Nuclear and ARC for US Reactor Projects

Idaho Researchers Test Prefabricated Walls to Speed Nuclear Plant Construction

Michigan and Swiss Researchers Improve Airborne Radiation Detection for Emergency Response

SpaceNukes Wins DARPA Award to Ground-Test an Autonomous Nuclear Reactor

AMPERA and Imperial Launch £7 Million Nuclear Digital Twin Partnership

Nuclear Shipping Needs Steep Reactor Cost Cuts to Compete, Study Finds

Nuclear Power at Sea: Seattle Startup Targets Norway for Ships and Floating Power Plants

Elementl Secures Korean Backing for Proposed $750 Million Nuclear Push

Elementl Power Eyes $750 Million Deal for US Nuclear Projects

Commonwealth Fusion Signs Letter of Intent for $85 Million to Advance Fusion Electronics

Holtec’s IPO Withdrawal Reflects Valuation and Revenue Challenges

UCF Studies Thermal Storage to Help Nuclear Plants Respond to Changing Power Demand

NRC Finalizes Rule Allowing Reactor Applicants to Use Federal Data

Antares Wins DOE Safety Design Approval for Mark-1 Reactor, Targets Power Generation in 2027

Deep Fission Signs First Energy Agreement for Southeast Kansas Nuclear Project

Fall, Fuel Rod Mishap and Failed Exams Plague US Nuclear Revival Effort

International:

U.S. Pushes Nuclear Energy Expansion in Central Asia and Caucasus

Hungary to Stick with Orban-Era Nuclear Cooperation Deal with US

Westinghouse to Conduct Engineering Study for AP1000 Reactor in Slovakia

Germany Narrows Nuclear Waste Repository Search to Less Than 5% of Its Territory

Hungary Weighs Breaking with Rosatom as Nuclear Plant Build Tests Russian Influence

How Civilian Are Pakistan’s and India’s “Civilian” Nuclear Programs?

South Korean Firms Clash over Czech Nuclear Plant Contract

IAEA Says Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant Worker Reportedly Killed in Drone Attack

Kazakhstan’s Tokayev Calls for Faster Construction of Nuclear Power Plants

World’s First Permanent Nuclear Waste Site Wins License in Finland

KHNP Vows ‘No Delay’ in Czech Nuclear Project After Talks with Builders Collapse

Czech $19 Billion Nuclear Plant Project Hits Snag as South Korea Seeks New Builders

Russia’s Rosatom Says It Is in Advanced Talks to Supply Floating Nuclear Power Plants to African Countries

Taiwan Semiconductor Industry Group Backs Government Review of Nuclear Power Restart

IAEA’s Grossi Calls for Progress in Deploying Nuclear Power as Ministerial Conference Opens

Initial Fuel Load Delivered for Bangladesh’s Second Rooppur Reactor

China Expands Nuclear Power into District Heating and Industrial Steam

Czech Republic, South Korea Envision Wider Nuclear, Tech Ties

Finland’s Fortum Misses Profit Forecast, Says Data Centers Support Long-Term Demand

Plan for Multibillion-Pound Sizewell Nuclear Plant a ‘Terrible Deal’ for UK Taxpayers, MPs Say

Norway’s Research Council Funds Nuclear-Propulsion R&D

Iran Turns to Russia for Nuclear Power as IAEA Oversight Falters

Grossi: Iran Has Made No Effort to Repair Damaged Nuclear Facilities

Canada Looks to the U.S. to Get Its Nuclear Mojo Back

New UK Nuclear Rules Pave Way for US Reactor Developers

South Korea Approves 10-Year Operating Extensions for Kori Reactors 3 and 4

Studsvik and ReNu Plan Radioactive Waste Treatment Pilot Plant in Fukushima

Thailand Accelerates Study for 300-Megawatt Small Modular Reactor by 2037

South Korea Pitches Global Nuclear Manufacturing Role at IAEA Conference

Russia Starts First Reactor on Chukotka Nuclear Icebreaker