Vol. 18, No. 39 
Radiant to build microreactor factory in Oak Ridge
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Advanced Nuclear & SMRs
Secretaries of Energy and Army announce joint nuclear microreactor program
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Secretary of Energy Chris Wright and Secretary of the Army Dan Driscoll announced a new nuclear reactor program Tuesday to deploy microreactors in the military. Called the Janus program, Wright and Driscoll announced the effort at the 2025… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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National Laboratories
Oak Ridge industry day highlights data center potential
The Department of Energy will consider the potential return to the government when it weighs proposals for developing data centers and power plants around the Oak Ridge Site in Tennessee, a DOE official said during a virtual meeting Wednesday. DOE will be looking… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
ANS sends spent fuel recommendations to EnergySec Wright
The American Nuclear Society (ANS) has written Energy Secretary Chris Wright with recommendations for the Department of Energy to implement in creating a national policy for nuclear waste management. Hash Hashemian, ANS president, and Craig Piercy, ANS executive… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]
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Advanced Nuclear & SMRs
Group of governors push for more U.S. nuclear projects
Several state governors have teamed up on a coordinated approach to speed development of advanced nuclear projects. Working through the National Association of State Energy Officials (NASEO), 11 states have issued a request for information (RFI) to create a scalable… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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International
Sizewell C signs two fuel supply contracts
Sizewell C, a new nuclear power plant in England, has signed multi-year fuel supply contracts with Urenco and Framatome, officials said Sunday. Urenco was awarded a six-year fuel supply contract to provide enriched uranium services for the first six years of the… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Advanced Nuclear & SMRs
EnergySec Wright lays out roadmap for fusion
The Department of Energy will utilize public-private partnerships to help fund nuclear fusion while making use of artificial intelligence (AI), Secretary of Energy Chris Wright said at a think tank event this week. DOE has released its Fusion Science and Technology… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Commercial Decommissioning
In update, SCE cites progress in decommissioning SONGS
Southern California Edison (SCE) focused heavily on transporting demolition waste offsite from the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station near San Clemente, Calif., the company said in its recent decommissioning update. In SCE’s second quarter update report, the… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this […]
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Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle
Domestic uranium purchasing grows but still lags foreign sources, EIA reports
The United States nuclear sector’s domestic uranium purchasing was up sharply in 2024, according to a recent annual report from the Energy Information Administration (EIA). In EIA’s Uranium Marketing Annual Report, released Sept. 30, U.S. owners and operators… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]
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Advanced Nuclear & SMRs
Fluor sells NuScale Class A shares
Fluor completed the sale of 15 million shares of its Class A common stock of NuScale Power on Oct. 9 which resulted in net proceeds of $605 million. The completed sale of the stock was converted in August and reflects a gain of over 300% since NuScale, the small… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste […]
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Advanced Nuclear & SMRs
Round Up: Companies name Cascade SMR; UTEP gets NRC grant; NANO to start microreactor work
Amazon and Energy Northwest have named the proposed small modular reactor (SMR) facility in Washington state the Cascade Advanced Energy Facility. The companies hope to construct the proposed SMR in the next five years and bring the first SMR to the Pacific Northwest,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in […]