Budget & Policy

HASC passes NDAA with microreactor amendment

By Photo of Trey Rorie

The House Armed Services Committee passed the fiscal 2027 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that would authorize $160 million for the Department of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Energy in a 44-12 vote Thursday night.
The $160 million is level to what the…

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Antares hits initial criticality for DOE’s pilot reactor program

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‘There is no nuclear renaissance going on,’ environmental groups say

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New York Power Authority issues new nuclear solicitations

Two plant operators in hard hats reviewing controls and switches inside a power plant control room.

FERC grants Constellation’s waiver to move Three Mile Island restart forward

Rows of vertical cylindrical stainless steel centrifuge units arranged in an industrial cascade.

Urenco USA sets expanded uranium enrichment capacity plans into motion

A nuclear power plant facility featuring two large cooling towers alongside a domed reactor containment building.

X-Energy files reactor design application with UK regulator

A nuclear power plant facility featuring two large cooling towers alongside a domed reactor containment building.

DOE stays tight-lipped on nuclear lifecycle campus talks

A nuclear power plant facility featuring two large cooling towers alongside a domed reactor containment building.

Last Energy secures DOE approval of preliminary safety analysis

The U.S. Capitol dome framed by trees with an overlay of paper currency, symbolizing federal budget appropriations.

House Energy Subcommittee to review several federal nuclear bills

A nuclear power plant facility featuring two large cooling towers alongside a domed reactor containment building.

Holtec’s SMR-300 picked for Utah’s Green River project

Cooling towers releasing steam clouds at a nuclear power station.

Curio starts talks with NRC for used nuclear fuel recycling facility

A nuclear power plant facility featuring two large cooling towers alongside a domed reactor containment building.

Rolls-Royce SMR gets two suppliers for SMR program

A nuclear power plant facility featuring two large cooling towers alongside a domed reactor containment building.

Round Up: Deep Fission gets construction partner for reactor; DOE picks two companies for used fuel canister monitoring; Deep Isolation secures over 100 patents

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