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DANIEL JOYNER, NATIONAL INTEREST: The Regulatory Pathway Puzzle in Advanced Nuclear Energy

VINCENT IALENTI, BULLETIN OF ATOMIC SCIENTISTS: Will the Trump Administration’s ‘Nuclear Campus’ Plan Break the US Nuclear Waste Gridlock?

JACK ANDREASEN CAVANAUGH, LATITUDE MEDIA: Climate Tech Can’t Scale on Corporate Generosity Alone

JUSTIN E. DRISCOLL, LOHUD: New York Needs Nuclear. Just Look at Our Stretched Grid

ROBERT BRYCE, SUBSTACK: Rage Against The Data Center

APPLIED ATOMICS, UTILITY DIVE: Nuclear Power on a Faster Timeline is Possible. Here is How Utilities Can Make It Work.

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

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U.S. Secures Largest-Ever HALEU Shipment to Power American Nuclear Industry

People, Politics:

Trump’s Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy Launches Small Modular Nuclear Reactors Initiative to Drive Down Costs for U.S. Shipping, Enhance Energy Dominance

Will DOE’s ‘Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campuses’ Solve the US Nuclear Waste Problem?

Feds Propose Framework to Push Nuclear Microreactor Deployment

US Launches Initiative to Develop Nuclear-Powered Commercial Shipping

Trump is Sitting on an Executive Order Pushing Advanced Transmission

NC State Bets on Nuclear’s Future with Push for Next-Generation Reactor

Energy Demands Get Three Mile Island Nuclear Site an AI Makeover

How Come We Have Nuclear Ships but Not Small Nuclear Power Plants?

In Pivotal Move, PJM Puts New Power Market Designs on the Table

Citing ‘Unsustainable Stress’ From Price Volatility, Grid Operator PJM Lays Out Reform Options

Madison in the Running for Next-Gen Fusion Energy Research Facility

NRC Proposes Major Update to Rules for Medical and Industrial Radioactive Materials

A Quieter Hurricane Season This Year Could Still Pummel the US Power Grid

PSEG CEO: Nuclear Outlook for New Jersey Improves on Lifting of Moratorium

Commercial Electricity Sales Have Soared in Virginia, Driven by Data Centers

Trump Administration Explores Nuclear-Powered Commercial Ships

PEJ, Westinghouse and Bechtel Honored with EXIM’s 2026 Energy Dominance Deal of the Year Award

NRC Amends and Expands NEPA Categorical Exclusions for Routine Licensing Actions

NERC Sounds the Alarm that Data Centers Risk Overtaxing the Grid

New TVA CEO Stakes Out Pro-Nuclear Stance, Sending a Message to Trump

GAO: DOE’s Nuclear Waste Facilities Need $1.5 Billion in Repairs

Nuclear Waste Cleanup: Better Data and Project Prioritization Vital to Managing Aging Infrastructure and Communicating Needs

Two Months in, the Iran War Has Changed the Global Energy System Forever

Major Kentucky Utilities Weigh the Inclusion of Nuclear Power to Meet Growing Demand

Nuclear Split: GOP and Key Democrats Push Through Colorado Nuclear Bill

Business, Technology:

CME Seeks to Revive Uranium Trading with Physical Futures Launch, Sources Say

HanmiGlobal Teams Up with AtkinsRealis for US Energy Projects

U.S. Nuclear Capacity Factors: More Power on Order

NRC Proposes Major Update to Rules for Medical and Industrial Radioactive Materials

US Nuclear Regulators Advance Licensing for Aalo Atomics and Oklo Pilot Reactors

Oklo’s NRC Principal Design Criteria Topical Report Approved for Aurora Powerhouse in Idaho

NANO Nuclear Signs Strategic MOU with Supermicro to Power the Next Generation of AI Data Centers with Advanced Nuclear Energy

BWXT wins $1.4B in U.S. Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program Contracts

PEJ, Westinghouse and Bechtel Honored with EXIM’s 2026 Energy Dominance Deal of the Year Award

Standard Uranium Wraps Up Inaugural Drill Program at Sun Dog Project

This Experimental Low-Waste Fuel Could Transform Nuclear Reactors

Summer Outlook 2026: PJM Prepared To Meet Growing Summer Demand With Adequate Resources

What Goes Around Comes Around: The Revival of Toshiba’s 4S?

DOE Approves Design for Idaho Spent Nuclear Fuel Staging Facility

DOE-Idaho Approves Aalo’s Documented Safety Analysis for the Aalo-X Critical Test Reactor

CLIMATE:

Trump’s Crackdown on China-Linked Solar Firms Stalls U.S. Factory Boom

New Signs Iran War is Boosting Clean Energy

Microsoft May Abandon Its Clean Energy Powered Data Centre Targets

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

International:

Europe Made a Mistake by Moving Away from Nuclear Power, IEA’s Birol Says

Japan Transfers 1.7 Tonnes of Advanced Nuclear Fuel to US to Bolster Supply Chain

World’s Largest Nuclear Facility Could Be Built in Ontario with New $300M Deal

Poland Clears Key Safety Hurdle for Nuclear Plant With Preliminary Site Approval

UK Nuclear Sector Targets 40,000 New Workers to Support Energy Renaissance

Turkish Regulator Authorizes Commissioning Work for Akkuyu Unit 2

Billionaire Sees Poland’s Small Nuclear Reactors Online in 2030

Ontario Advances Bruce C Nuclear Project with $300M Pre-Development Agreement

Nuclear Reactor in Central Japan Halted After Steam Leak Near Turbine

Italy and UK Sign Agreement to Coordinate Nuclear Decommissioning Efforts

European Parliament Urges Spanish Government to Reconsider Almaraz Nuclear Plant Closure

Turkish Regulator Grants Commissioning Permit for Akkuyu Unit 2

The World’s Biggest Fusion Reactor Just Hit a Milestone

British-US Consortium Formed To Build UK’s First Private Fusion Power Plant

Podcast: Will Spain Rethink Nuclear Energy Phase-Out Plan?

Ireland Should ‘Examine Seriously’ Nuclear Power Option, Says Taoiseach

Privately Backed Chinese Nuclear Plant a Crucial Milestone

Swedish Reactor Developer Blykalla Partners With ABB to Scale Next-Generation Nuclear Power

Norway Municipalities Launch Impact Assessments Following Government Approval for SMR Studies

Sudbury Workshop to Explore Plan to Bury Nuclear Waste in N. Ontario

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