Publications: Nuclear Energy & Radwaste Monitor

Deep Fission has partnered with Day & Zimmerman for the construction of Deep Fission’s underground Gravity reactor in Great Plains Industrial Park in Parsons, Kan. According to Day & Zimmerman’s Tuesday press release, Day & Zimmerman will oversee the Deep Fission’s project’s pre-construction planning and perform the above-ground construction. The reactor being constructed in Kansas […]

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 NDAA authorized the Office of Nuclear Energy last fiscal year. On May 20, […]

Holtec International said last week it was selected to power the Green River Advanced Nuclear Project in Emery County, Utah,  Holtec will construct its SMR-300 small modular reactor (SMR) in Emery County under Gov. Spencer Cox’s (R) state initiative Operation Gigawatt to double energy production within 10 years. The company’s SMR-300 is a pressurized water […]

United Kingdom-based Rolls-Royce SMR has selected Doosan Enerbility and Škoda JS to supply reactor components for its small modular reactor (SMR) program, the company said on May 27. According to Rolls-Royce SMR’s May 27 press release, the two supply chain companies will conduct pre-production work, including reactor vessel body, design finalization  and manufacturing readiness to […]

Austin, Texas-based Last Energy received the Department of Energy’s approval of its preliminary safety analysis last week for its test microreactor at the Texas A&M-RELLIS campus in Bryan, Texas. Last Energy becomes the most recent nuclear company to achieve this regulatory milestone under DOE’s reactor pilot program, which seeks to have at least three test […]

Curio submitted a letter of intent to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to start the pre-application work and the eventual submission of its operating license for the NuCycle used nuclear fuel recycling facility at a site yet to be determined.  According to Curio’s May 27 press release,  site selection is underway for the proposed fuel recycling […]

A multi-billion-dollar expansion is coming to Urenco USA’s National Enrichment Facility in Eunice, N.M., enlarging the capacity by nearly 50%, the company said Tuesday. Urenco USA, an affiliate of the European Urenco Group, said in a press release it will install 2.1 million separative work units (SWU) of new enrichment capacity of low-enriched uranium at […]

The New York Power Authority released two new solicitations Monday that aim to advance Gov. Kathy Hochul’s (D) plan to add five gigawatts, or 5,000 megawatts, of nuclear power. The first solicitation builds on Hochul’s initial plans to add 1,000 megawatts of new nuclear energy to upstate New York. The New York Power Authority issued […]

The House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Energy subcommittee will host a hearing to examine several pieces of nuclear legislation on June 9 in Room 2123 in Rayburn House Office Building at 10:15 a.m. Eastern Time. The subcommittee panel will look at three bills that have already been introduced during this Congressional session. It will examine […]

Several officials from environmental organizations held a meeting in Washington, D.C. Tuesday warning against reworking the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and streamlining nuclear licensing amid the push of powering artificial intelligence (AI).  Over the past year, various environmental groups have opposed the United States’ renewed interest in nuclear power, spearheaded by President Donald Trump’s administration. Trump’s […]

X-Energy this week submitted an application for its Xe-100 small modular reactor to the United Kingdom’s Generic Design Assessment process. The company is developing the Xe-100 reactor, which is a high-temperature gas-cooled SMR capable of producing 80 megawatts of electricity. The reactor, which is also being reviewed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in the United […]

Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), a member of the Senate Finance Committee lost his Republican primary runoff Tuesday to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, according to national news outlets. Paxton, recently endorsed by President Donald Trump, won about 64% of the vote in the GOP runoff, according to Wednesday morning data from NBC News. The winner […]

NANO Nuclear acquired a transportation and services company named Secured Transportation Services that specializes in delivering radioactive materials. NANO said in a Monday press release that this acquisition represents an important milestone for the company, helping it become a vertically integrated company addressing a challenge in the fuel cycle: the transportation of nuclear materials for […]

Former Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chair Greg Jaczko said this week New York state lawmakers should approve the proposed nuclear moratorium bill to protect taxpayers from possible financial overruns of new nuclear plants. Assembly Bill A114333, named New York State Ratepayer Protection Nuclear Moratorium Act, would install a two-year halt to state funding and permits for […]

The Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD) recently identified four potential sites in the state for a new advanced reactor. In a May 20 press release, NPPD said that Beatrice, Brownville, Norfolk and Sutherland were the top four communities suited for a new reactor.  The four sites identified were as a part of the second phase […]

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission accepted Orano USA’s Project IKE uranium enrichment facility in Oak Ridge, Tenn. for an accelerated review on May 21. NRC said in a press release it plans to complete its technical review of Orano’s construction permit application within 12 months. That evaluation will include a detailed safety and security analysis and […]

California- based Oklo said this week it has been selected for negotiations with the Department of Energy to potentially receive surplus plutonium for nuclear fuel in reactor projects.  This comes after the DOE  issued a request for applications in October 2025.for companies interested in being part of the federal Surplus Plutonium Utilization Program. DOE plans […]

Torrance, Calif.-based Antares Nuclear signed a long-term enrichment services deal with Urenco on May 21 to supply high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) for its new microreactors. Under the agreement, Urenco will provide enrichment services for HALEU to assist with Antares’ planned microreactors deployments across North America and other markets, Antares said in a press release. The […]

Berkeley, Calif.-based Deep Fission launched its initial public offering (IPO) on May 20, saying in a press release it expected the initial IPO price to be between $24 and $26 per share.  The nuclear company is targeting a valuation of nearly $1.6 billion, according to an article by Reuters. Deep Fission began the roadshow for […]

Houston-based nuclear startup Deployable Energy said last week it received the Department of Energy’s approval for preliminary safety analysis for its microreactor demonstration. Deployable Energy applied to be a part of DOE’s reactor pilot program but was not one of the 10 companies chosen in August 2025. But the nuclear startup was selected under DOE’s […]

The United States should hold off on nuclear fuel reprocessing, until the proliferation concerns around the process are addressed, a former National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) official said recently. In a May interview with Exchange Monitor, Scott Roecker, who formerly served as the director of the Office of Nuclear Material Removal at NNSA, told the […]

The Nuclear Company has launched a next-generation nuclear security platform called NOS Security this week that would modernize protection of nuclear infrastructure, construction sites and operating facilities across the United States and allied nations.  NOS Security, developed over the past year, is an integrated cyber-security platform for the nuclear industry, The Nuclear Company said in […]

Republican incumbents easily won their party primaries Tuesday in Idaho, where the Department of Energy’s Idaho National Laboratory (INL) is based. Meanwhile in Kentucky, the GOP House of Representatives member representing DOE’s Paducah Site also won his primary easily.  Longtime House Appropriations Committee member and INL backer Rep. Mike Simpson (R-Idaho) carried more than 63% […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a time of growing energy demand, investment in nuclear power can be important to the economic future of the United States, Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) said last week.  Gallego told the Nuclear Energy Institute’s Policy Forum May 12-13 that getting the right mix of nuclear energy in the domestic energy portfolio […]

NextEra’s proposed purchase of Dominion Energy would create a nuclear power giant, with eight active plants between the utilities and a nith that might be restarted. NextEra said on Monday that it will purchase Dominion Energy for nearly $67 billion to combine two of the largest utilities in the United States. According to the companies’ […]

Miami-based tritium nuclear technology developer City Labs has been awarded a $1.5 million contract by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the company said this week. City Labs said in a press release the funding, under DARPA’s Rads to Watts program, will support the development of a new class of high-power radiation voltaics energy […]

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s Doug Weaver was reconfirmed by the Senate Monday to serve a full five-year term as a commissioner that will expire in June 2031. Weaver was confirmed alongside nearly 50 of President Donald Trump’s other nominees in the en bloc package, Senate Resolution 690, spearheaded by the Republicans. The nominees’ confirmation passed […]

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has found no significant impact in the environmental assessment of Dow and X-Energy’s construction permit application for their Texas small modular reactor (SMR) station.. NRC said on Monday the environmental assessment was completed ahead of schedule. It also determined an environmental assessment was sufficient for X-Energy’s Texas project than an […]