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 deployment related activities. Secured Transportation Services was acquired by NANO’s subsidiary, Advanced Fuel Transportation, for $13 million.
“This acquisition is about more than logistics, it’s about unlocking the full potential of advanced nuclear,” said Jay Yu, Chairman and President of NANO Nuclear. “With STS [Secured Transportation Services], we now control a vital link in the nuclear value chain that very few companies possess globally.”
Minnesota lawmakers have approved funding a study on building new reactors in the state, and could set the stage for repeal of the state’s 32-year nuclear moratorium.
According to a Monday Minnesota Public Radio News article, the state lawmakers funded $500,000 to the Minnesota Department of Commerce to contract the Great Plains Institute to conduct the study. It will examine the costs, federal regulations, financial risks pertaining to nuclear energy. It will additionally look at waste management and the possibility of reprocessing used nuclear fuel. The report is due by the end of January 2027.
The study comes as Minnesota considers multiple power avenues to meet growing energy demands and its carbon-free electricity goal by 2040. While the state has a nuclear moratorium in place, it does have two operating nuclear power plants in Monticello and Prairie Island operated and owned by Xcel Energy.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission received a construction permit application from Eden Radioisotopes Wednesday to build a medical isotope production facility in Lea County, N.M.
The application, submitted on May 5, proposes to build a non-power production and utilization facility that includes a 1.8-megawatt thermal non-power reactor to irradiate targets, according to an NRC press release. It also includes a processing facility to extract the desired isotopes for medical imaging and radiotherapeutics purposes.
The agency said it is reviewing the construction permit application to decide if it is complete and acceptable for a detailed review. Eden Radioisotopes would have to pursue a separate application in future to obtain an operating license for the facility, NRC said.
Department of Energy’s Kyle Haustveit has been sworn in as undersecretary of energy following his recent confirmation by the Senate along with 40-plus other nominees by President Donald Trump.
With Haustveit being confirmed as the undersecretary of energy, acting undersecretary of energy Alex Fitzsimmons has been shifted to work as the associate deputy secretary of energy and senior advisor to the secretary, according to a DOE May 22 press release.
Fitzsimmons took over as acting undersecretary of energy after Preston Wells Griffith bounced out of that position in October 2025. Prior to that, Fitzsimmons was appointed to be DOE chief of staff under Secretary of Energy Chris Wright.
The White House Office of Personnel Management is seeking public comment on its proposal to implement non-disclosure agreements, or NDAs, for future and current federal employees.
According to a Wednesday Federal Register notice, the proposal is meant to ensure employees “comply with current legal obligations to safeguard non-public, confidential, or proprietary information, created or obtained through their official duties, while expressly preserving the right to make disclosures authorized by law.”
The Office of Personnel Management is taking comments on the NDA requirement between now and June 26. Among other things, the OPM notice seeks public feedback on what scope of information should be covered by the NDA and whether it should cover only unclassified information? “Does the NDA clearly communicate the types of information that would be subject to non-disclosure requirements,” according to the notice.
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) will run for another term in Florida’s 20th Congressional district amid Florida’s new redrawn district maps, she announced on her X account May 22.
“Today I’m announcing my candidacy for reelection in Congressional district 20. Because we can not let [President Donald] Trump destroy Broward County’s power,” Wasserman Schultz said. “I’ll continue to use my seniority in Washington to make Broward a safer, less expensive place to live, raise a family, and retire.”
Wasserman Schultz has been a representative for over 20 years. She is a member of the House Appropriation Committee and its Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies. The subcommittee is responsible for funding the Department of Energy and Nuclear Regulatory Commission.