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Here is a recap of industry happenings from the recent past:

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TerraPower’s Natrium reactor advances on several fronts

TerraPower has continued making aggressive progress in several areas for its under-construction Natrium Reactor Demonstration Project since the beginning of the year. Natrium is an advanced 345-MWe reactor that has liquid sodium as a coolant, improved fuel utilization, enhanced safety features, and an integrated energy storage system, allowing for a brief power output boost to 500-MWe if needed for grid resiliency. The company broke ground for its first Natrium plant in 2024 near a retiring coal plant in Kemmerer, Wyo.

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NRC issues white safety finding to V.C. Summer

July 13, 2026, 1:04PMNuclear News

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has upheld and finalized a “white” safety finding at V.C. Summer power plant in Jenkinsville, S.C., over the plant’s failure to properly preplan and...

A closer look at the NRC’s reactor licensing revamp

July 10, 2026, 1:06PMNuclear News

Make no mistake about it: the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s proposed rulemaking on reactor licensing, safety oversight, and siting practices is expansive. When it was unveiled on July 1,...

Criticality safety standard from ANS open for public comment

July 9, 2026, 1:19PMANS News

The American Nuclear Society recently opened a draft standard for public review.ANS-8.22-202x, Nuclear Criticality Safety Based on Limiting and Controlling Moderators, is a revision of...

NEPA review changes coming under NRC proposed rule

July 8, 2026, 3:49PMNuclear News

p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 8.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Aptos; color: #000000} The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is proposing changes to its environmental review regulations under the National...

Palisades: Restart projects, Holtec IPO, lawsuit dismissal—but no restart date

July 8, 2026, 9:28AMNuclear News

The ongoing work to restart Holtec’s Palisades nuclear power plant, which last operated in 2022, has transitioned out of large-scale projects and into smaller activities, plant owner and...

The deadline arrives: Checking in on the Reactor Pilot Program

July 2, 2026, 3:56PMNuclear News

On May 23, 2025, President Trump signed Executive Order 14301, “Reforming Nuclear Reactor Testing at the DOE,” which instructed the Department of Energy to create a Reactor Pilot Program...

Proposed rules on ALARA, reactor licensing revamp introduced by NRC

July 2, 2026, 12:44PMNuclear News

A proposed rule from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission would update radiation protection regulations and remove “as low as reasonably achievable” (ALARA) language without changing specific...

Fostering a nuclear landscape to power America's next 250 years

July 2, 2026, 7:00AMNuclear NewsJosh Freed

On top of the many celebrations planned for America’s 250th birthday, the Trump administration wants to mark a nuclear milestone as well: achieving criticality for at least three advanced...

Clinch River construction permit recommendation follows safety evaluation

July 1, 2026, 11:59AMNuclear News

Staff at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission have recommended the agency issue a construction permit to the Tennessee Valley Authority for its plans to construct a GE Vernova Hitachi Nuclear...

From theory to reality

June 24, 2026, 7:01AMNuclear NewsCraig Piercy

Recently, I spent an afternoon at Kairos Power’s Hermes construction site in Oak Ridge, Tenn. What I saw there was not a rendering, not a licensing presentation, not another panel about the...

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