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INL MARVEL microreactor team shares fabrication lessons including Stirling engine redesign and ultra-tight tolerances on

Plant Vogtle Units 3 and 4 in Waynesboro, Georgia operate steadily as Southern Nuclear and Georgia PSC advance rate reco

The NRC approved Duke Energy's Robinson Nuclear Plant for a 20-year operating license extension on April 22, 2026 in the fastest subsequent license renewal review in agency history.

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.

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

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