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JAMES ROGAN, WASHINGTON EXAMINER: Why Nuclear Power is Exciting Investors

MARCO PERUGINI, THE REGULATORY REVIEW: Trump Administration Using NRC Reforms as Template for Other Independent Agencies

LIAM DENNING, BLOOMBERG: With Westinghouse, US’s Nuclear Champion Follows an Old Playbook

GREGORY A. BEARD, DES MOINES REGISTER: Iowa is Leading America’s Nuclear Power Comeback

RIAN BAHRAN, NUCLEAR NEWSWIRE: We’ve Crossed the Nuclear Tipping Point

KENNETH LUONGO, NATIONAL INTEREST: The US-Saudi Agreement Means Managing New Risks to Expand Nuclear Exports

RICHARD NEPHEW, WAR ON THE ROCKS: The Real U.S.-Saudi Nuclear Deal Is Better Than We Thought

ROBERT BRYCE, SUBSTACK: Is Holtec Worth 22x EBIT?

DUGGAN FLANAKIN, REAL CLEAR ENERGY: The Anti-Nuclear Playbook Comes for Data Centers

JANE DARBY MENTON, CARNEGIE: Is the U.S.-Saudi Nuclear Deal Moving From the Gold Standard to a Gilded Standard?

ADVANCED NUCLEAR DEVELOPERS’ CORNER

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Chris Wright Sells Trump’s ‘Energy Dominance’ Vision

People, Politics:

DOE Nuclear ‘Innovation Campuses’ Could Bring Waste Industry Opportunities

What Does Fleetwide AI Actually Mean for the U.S. Nuclear Industry?

Hearing to Examine Updating America’s Nuclear Waste Management Policy

Commonwealth Fusion Systems CEO: Fusion is Approaching a Turning Point

SC Governor’s Nuclear Advisory Council to Review State’s Nuclear Roadmap, Key Energy Projects

JPMorgan Is Talking About US Grid Risks ‘Every Chance’ It Gets

America’s Transformer Crisis Is a Sign of What’s Coming

Wall Street Is Growing Skeptical of the Data Center Boom

Gov. Greg Abbott Broadens Moratorium on Data Center Approvals to Include Environmental Permits

House Examines Nuclear Waste Plan as States Line Up

Army Plans Small Nuclear Reactor at Aberdeen Proving Ground

Idaho Researchers Develop New Tool to Advance Nuclear Research, Nonproliferation Missions

Independent Nuclear Safety Agency Says It’s Being Stonewalled by Department of Energy

Energy Groups Warn Hochul to Restart Indian Point Nuclear Plant or ‘the Lights Go Out’

A Safer Way to Bet on Nuclear

New Mexico Lawmakers Warn of ‘Urgent Threat’ Over Federal Nuclear Oversight Shortfalls

DOE Seeks Industry Input on Surplus Critical Minerals and Materials at Cleanup Sites

Army Announces Conditional Lease Solicitation Awards for Commercial Power Generation, Securing Installation Power Resilience

Beyond the Moon: NASA Plans a Nuclear-Powered Fleet to Push DEEPER Into Space

USDA Opens Nuclear Power Funding Opportunity for Rural Electric Cooperatives

US Seeks Faster Uranium Enrichment Expansion to Avert Supply Shortages

Nuclear Is Cheaper Than We Think It Is

Think Tank Finds Tariffs, Deteriorating EU Relations Hamper US Nuclear Exports

Industry Groups Call for Governments Commitment for Nuclear Growth

Video: Why the Everyday American Should Care About U.S. Energy | With Secretary Chris Wright

Business, Technology:

Advanced Nuclear Company Newcleo Lists On Nasdaq With $247 Million Spac Deal

SuperCritical Materials Partners with University of Michigan to Advance Offshore Uranium Recovery Systems

Cameco Becomes Selling Agent for All Global Laser Enrichment Output

GE Vernova, Hitachi, SGE and Samsung C&T Sign BWRX-300s MoU

Framatome Announces ‘Groundbreaking’ Commercial Nuclear Fuel Contract

Škoda JS to Supply Control Rod Drives for Rolls-Royce SMR’s Reactors

Idaho Researchers Develop New Tool to Advance Nuclear Research, Nonproliferation Missions

Lattice Fusion Reactor Shows Heat and Gas Signals in Independent Validation Study

Vermont Yankee Decommissioning Is Nearly Complete

Kairos Power and Samsung C&T Agree to Pursue Strategic Investment and Collaboration for KP-FHR Deployment

Kairos Power Gets Up to $100M from Samsung Group to Build Nuclear Reactor for Google

Ameresco and Terrestrial Energy to Deliver IMSR Advanced Nuclear Power to U.S. Army’s Aberdeen Proving Ground

Holtec Prepares NRC License Amendment Following Fuel Assembly Incident at Palisades

Deep Fission and Youngquist Brothers Announce Collaboration on Deep, Large-Diameter Borehole Drilling for Underground Nuclear Reactor Deployment

Centrus Touts Unobligated Uranium Production in HALEU Agreements

CLIMATE:

Trump Emergency Order Casts Uncertainty Over Grid Battery Growth

Costs Take Center Stage at New York’s Climate Week

Trump Moves to Ease Environmental Rules for Data Centers

Trying to Get Away From Gas Turbines, Data Centers Place Their Hopes on Small Modular Nuclear Reactors

A Stunning U.S. Gas Build-Out is Coming — Maybe

Will AI Derail Global Climate Goals?

The Grid’s Extreme Heat Problem is Changing

How America is Adapting to Climate Extremes

The Grid’s Climate Stress Test

Solar Energy Expansion Bypasses Developing Nations in Need of Low-Cost Power

Pawlenty’s Theory of the Case for Solar Success

Heat Waves Affect All Types Of Power Generation, Not Just Nuclear

Climate Tech IPO Market Gets Biggest Boost Since 2022

The AI Boom Tests the Limits of Growth

Trump Tried to Kill Renewables. They’re Growing Anyway.

International:

Nuclear Energy Is the Kremlin’s Latest Leverage Over Washington

Bechtel-Westinghouse Group, PEJ Agree on Terms for Poland’s First Nuclear Power Plant

Turkey’s TUNAS, USTDA Launch New Nuclear Energy Cooperation

South Korea Invests in U.S. Gas Project; Nuclear Delayed

40 Years After Chernobyl, Italy Greenlights a Return to Nuclear Energy

SGE Confident of UK SMR Fleet Prospects

Ontario Starts Construction on Pickering Nuclear Refurbishment

International Roundup: The Philippines, IAEA Remarks, and EDF’s SMR Plans

South Korea Confirms First Project Under $350 Billion US Investment Pact Despite Viability Concerns

SGE, GE Vernova, Hitachi and Samsung C&T Sign MoU to Advance BWRX-300 Fleet Deployment in Europe

Canada Takes Next Step in Potential Listing of Deep Geological Repository Project Under Building Canada Act

Turkey, US Sign $2M Grant Deal For Small Nuclear Reactors

India Begins Initial Fuel Loading at New 700-Megawatt Rajasthan Nuclear Reactor

China Breaks Ground on Helong-2 Fusion Platform, Set to Produce First Hydrogen-Boron Electricity by 2030

The Power Grid’s China Problem: Regulators Target Inverters Amid Cybersecurity Concerns

France Prepares to Start Dismantling First UNGG Reactor

Türkiye, US Agency Sign Grant Agreement on Next-Generation Nuclear Technologies

AI Energy Demand Accelerates China’s Quest for Nuclear Fusion

US Approves $414M Uranium Investment in Niger, Two Years After Troops Left

Global Nuclear Groups Urge Consistent Policies and Financing to Fuel Sector Growth

Nuclear Power is Back on Southeast Asia’s Energy Agenda

CVE and Cambridge Atomworks Eye Nuclear Micro-Reactor Build in UK

Russia Approves Environmental Assessment for New Smolensk Nuclear Units

Avonmouth Factory Approved to Build Tunnels for Sizewell C Nuclear Plant

China Will Dominate Global Nuclear Energy Through 2035, Analyst Says

Pickering Nuclear Reactors Start Coming Off-Line for Massive Refurbishment

South Korea-US $200B Investment Deal Hits Nuclear, Funding Hurdles

U.K. Regulators Plan “Radical Reforms,” Begin Xe-100 Assessment

China Sets Out Fusion Progress, Collaboration Opportunities

Drone Hit Cooling Tower on Thursday at Russian Kursk Nuclear Plant, IAEA Says

Russia ‘Sabotaging’ Power Supply Lines at Zaporizhzhia Plant

Hualong One Nuclear Power Unit Goes Commercial in Hainan, Can Support China’s Computing Power