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DOE selected 11 advanced reactor projects for its Nuclear Reactor Pilot Program in August 2025, targeting criticality in at least three reactors by July 4, 2026 via a DOE Atomic Energy Act fast track.

The NRC formally accepted NANO Nuclear's KRONOS microreactor construction permit application at the University of Illinois on May 20, 2026, the first commercially ready microreactor at this milestone.

Two years after Plant Vogtle Units 3 and 4 came online, Georgia Power customers face 20 percent rate increases while the plants deliver the Southeast's largest source of clean nuclear baseload power.

The NRC approved TerraPower's Natrium construction permit on March 4, 2026, the first commercial non-LWR reactor construction permit in 40 years. Construction at Kemmerer, Wyoming began April 24.

The Department of Energy awarded General Matter a $900 million contract to build domestic HALEU enrichment capacity in P

DOE-backed enrichment projects in Tennessee and New Mexico advance as fuel executives cite firm demand, ANS reports.

Fluor signs on to X-energy's four-unit SMR project at Dow's Seadrift, Texas site as US SMR activity accelerates.

DOE awards $8.8M to Framatome's Richland fuel plant, part of a $94M federal push to expand US nuclear fuel capacity.

DOE selects Oklo for surplus plutonium talks, opening a new fuel pathway for advanced small modular reactors.

FERC waiver lets Constellation transfer 760 MW of grid rights, keeping the 2027 Three Mile Island restart on track.

Georgia Power's 2026 SEC filings show $4.6 billion in federal credit facilities secured by Vogtle Units 3 and 4.

Georgia Power IRP proposes 112 MW nuclear uprates at Vogtle and Hatch to serve 8,200 MW load growth including Metro Atla

Meta partners with Oklo to build a 1.2 GW small modular reactor campus in Ohio using 16 Aurora Powerhouse reactors to po

EIA projects nuclear power will hold 18-20% of US electricity generation through 2026 as plant restarts including Palisa

NRC granted TerraPower a construction permit in March 2026 for a Natrium sodium-cooled reactor in Wyoming, the first new

DOE selected TVA and Holtec for 400 million dollars each to deploy advanced light-water SMRs in the US.

DOE awarded $94M to 8 US companies including Nebraska PPD, BWX Technologies, and Constellation Energy to advance small m

Nuclear power poised for a Florida comeback as AI data center demand strains the Southeast grid. NRC approves first-ever

At SMU Energy Outlook 2026, Vistra CEO Jim Burke and investor Ray Rothrock projected modest near-term nuclear growth despite a 400-gigawatt federal goal for 2050.

Energy demand from AI-driven data centers is growing faster than the grid can expand. EPRI projects AI power demand could reach 50 gigawatts by 2030, larger than Pennsylvania's entire grid.