Nuclear Energy

DOE announces a conditional $4.2B loan for Vistra uprates adding 433 MW in Pennsylvania and Ohio.

Valar Atomics plans a 456-reactor campus on over 9,000 acres of BLM land in Utah.

EIA data: 778 million MWh of U.S. nuclear output in 2021, a 93% capacity factor, and retirements.

EIA chart shows U.S. nuclear capacity additions by year; Vogtle 4 closed an 11-year build.

Nano Nuclear seeks Radnostix assets for a licensed Lea County, N.M. fuel cycle site, pending NRC approval.

Constellation and Google sign a 20-year PPA backing 890 MW of new nuclear capacity in PJM.

EIA charts show US nuclear refueling outages averaged 34 days in 2024, down from 38 days in 2023.

EIA chart maps US nuclear plants with data center power agreements, including Talen and Constellation deals.

Commerce announces $120B Korean investment to build eight large US reactors at federal sites.

NRC issues the first US construction permit for a BWRX-300 SMR to TVA at Clinch River, Tennessee.

Westinghouse and USC plan an AP1000 workforce program at a proposed Nuclear Innovation Center.

Constellation and Amazon agree a 690 MW power deal that includes a 190 MW Calvert Cliffs uprate.

NRC approves the first US commercial small modular reactor construction permit, for TVA's Clinch River site in Tennessee

General Matter applies to the NRC for a Paducah, Kentucky enrichment plant on land leased from DOE.

TVA is expected to receive an NRC construction permit for a BWRX-300 small modular reactor at Clinch River.

Chart shows the US supplied 28% of enrichment services used by its reactors in 2023, with Russia at 27%.

EIA data shows 99% of uranium concentrate used by US reactors in 2023 came from imports.

NRC proposes a licensing rule overhaul and Indiana becomes the nation's 41st Agreement State.

NRC finalizes its environmental finding for the Crane restart, clearing Constellation to skip a full impact statement.

DOE adds $1B for X-energy's Texas SMR project, pushing federal backing to $2.1 billion total.