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January 8, 2021, 11:59AMNuclear News

Here is a look back at the top stories of 2020 from our Research and Applications section in Newswire and Nuclear News magazine. Remember to check back to Newswire soon for more top stories from 2020.

Research and Applications section

ARDP picks divergent technologies in Natrium, Xe-100: Is nuclear’s future taking shape? The Department of Energy has put two reactor designs—TerraPower’s Natrium and X-energy’s Xe-100—on a fast track to commercialization, each with an initial $80 million in 50-50 cost-shared funds awarded through the Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program. Read more.

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Proposed FY 2027 DOE, NRC budgets ask for less

April 7, 2026, 2:56PMNuclear News

The White House is requesting $1.5 billion for the Department of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Energy in the fiscal year 2027 budget proposal, about 9 percent less than the previous year.The...

NRIC’s DOME “open for business”

April 10, 2026, 2:03PMNuclear News

On Wednesday, Idaho National Laboratory announced that the National Reactor Innovation Center’s Demonstration of Microreactor Experiments (DOME) test bed is now “open for business.” With...

Helion outsources research by funding external partners

April 10, 2026, 10:39AMNuclear News

Helion has launched a program formalizing its process of funding projects with external research partners. On Tuesday, the fusion company announced it would fund 25 proposals ranging from...

Shine receives $263M conditional DOE loan to complete isotope facility

April 9, 2026, 4:51PMNuclear News

Fusion technology company Shine has been issued a conditional commitment for a loan of up to $263 million by the Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Dominance Financing (EDF) to support...

ARPA-E commits $135 million for fusion commercialization

April 9, 2026, 3:46PMNuclear News

Yesterday, the Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy (ARPA-E) announced its largest concentrated investment in fusion technology so far, committing $135 million over the next 18 months to...

New X-ray imaging for ITER-supporting tokamaks

April 8, 2026, 4:06PMNuclear News

As researchers continue to seek ways to better understand the plasma inside fusion machines to fully harness fusion energy, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory is leading a project to provide...

Kenya, Rwanda eye nuclear reactors

April 8, 2026, 1:01PMNuclear News

Kenya and Rwanda are continuing to make progress toward deployment of their first nuclear reactors sometime in the near future, according to recent developments coming out of the African...

Project Omega and INL to further investigate UNF recycling with ARPA-E award

April 8, 2026, 7:16AMNuclear News

Nuclear technology start-up Project Omega announced that it has been awarded a contract through the Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) to advance used...

NRC proposed rule for licensing reactors authorized by DOE, DOD

April 6, 2026, 3:28PMNuclear News

Nuclear reactor designs approved by the Department of Energy or Department of Defense could get streamlined pathways through the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s commercial licensing process...

IAEA provides updates on Iran nuclear facilities

April 6, 2026, 1:18PMNuclear News

Today, the American Nuclear Society issued a press release joining the International Atomic Energy Agency’s calls for maximum military restraint around nuclear power plants and civilian...

The year in review 2020: Research and Applications

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