Nuclear Energy

DOE disbursed $271 million to PG&E under the Civil Nuclear Credit Program for Diablo Canyon Unit 1.

MARAD and the Port of Corpus Christi signed an agreement to explore small modular reactors for maritime use.

US nuclear fleet: 96 reactors, 57 plants, 98,441 MW capacity and a 91 percent 2025 capacity factor.

US nuclear capacity sits near 98 GW as EIA catalogs SMR and microreactor designs under development.

NRC held an August 13 hearing on TVA's construction permit for a 300 MW BWRX-300 reactor at Clinch River.

NRC staff detailed a 550 page licensing rewrite that would extend operating license renewals to 40 years.

DOE awarded over $2.7 billion to four companies to rebuild US uranium enrichment capacity.

TVA filed an NRC construction permit for a BWRX-300 SMR at Clinch River in Tennessee.

EIA projects a record 86 GW of US capacity additions in 2026 while nuclear stays flat.

NRC renewed both Plant Hatch licenses in Georgia in under 12 months, extending operation to 80 years.

Urenco, Centrus and General Matter outline US uranium enrichment expansion backed by DOE deals.

Apollo Atomics closed a $26M seed round to shrink reactor steam generators and cut nuclear costs.

EIA data: US reactors paid $58.46 per pound for uranium and $108.70 per SWU in 2025.

US nuclear fleet data: 92 percent capacity factor, 94 reactors, 8,000 MW of uprates, 73,000 jobs.

TVA board approves its 2026 resource plan, FY 2027 budget and new data center rate class.

We Energies would buy 86 percent of Point Beach nuclear output through 2053 under a new NextEra agreement.

US utility-scale generation hit a record 4,429 billion kWh in 2025, with nuclear near 18 percent.

US nuclear plants ran near 91 percent capacity factor in 2025, the highest of any generating technology.

DOE conditionally committed $17.5 billion in loans for long-lead equipment for up to 10 AP1000 reactors.

TVA's 300 MW Clinch River BWRX-300 SMR moves through NRC review with commissioning targeted for 2032.