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Looking back at 2021—Nuclear News January through March

January 7, 2022, 10:35AMNuclear News

This is the second of five articles to be posted today to look back at the top news stories of 2021 for the nuclear community. The full article, "Looking back at 2021,"was published in the January 2022 issue of Nuclear News.

Quite a year was 2021. In the following stories, we have compiled what we feel are the past year’s top news stories from the January-March time frame—please enjoy this recap from a busy year in the nuclear community.

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Trump Media to merge with fusion startup TAE Technologies in $6B deal

December 19, 2025, 9:31AMNuclear News

Trump Media & Technology Group, the American media and technology company majority owned by President Trump, and California-based fusion company TAE Technologies, announced on Thursday the...

NRC grants Clinton and Dresden license renewals

December 18, 2025, 3:00PMNuclear News

Three commercial power reactors across two Illinois nuclear power plants—Constellation’s Clinton and Dresden—have had their licenses renewed for 20 more years by the Nuclear Regulatory...

Thea Energy releases preconceptual plans for Helios fusion power plant

December 18, 2025, 9:30AMNuclear News

Fusion technology company Thea Energy announced this week that it has completed the preconceptual design of its fusion power plant, called Helios. According to the company, Helios is “the...

PR: American Nuclear Society welcomes Senate confirmation of Douglas Weaver as NRC commissioner

Senate confirms Douglas Weaver as commissioner for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

December 17, 2025, 3:10PMPress Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The American Nuclear Society (ANS) applauds the U.S. Senate’s confirmation of Douglas Weaver to serve as a commissioner of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC):...

Fusion office bill introduced in line with DOE reorganization plan

December 17, 2025, 12:05PMNuclear News

Sens. Alex Padilla (D., Calif.) and John Cornyn (R., Texas) have introduced bipartisan legislation to formally establish the Office of Fusion at the Department of Energy. This move seeks to...

The legacy of Windscale Pile No. 1

December 17, 2025, 9:29AMNuclear NewsJeremy Hampshire

The core of Pile No. 1 at Windscale caught fire in the fall of 1957. The incident, rated a level 5, “Accident with Wider Consequences,” by the International Nuclear and Radiological Event...

Diablo Canyon gets key state approval

December 16, 2025, 7:00AMNuclear News

Pacific Gas & Electric has announced that the California Coastal Commission, the state agency in charge of protecting California’s roughly 840 miles of coastline, unanimously voted to...

Browns Ferry’s reactors receive subsequent license renewals

December 15, 2025, 12:02PMNuclear News

The operating licenses for the three boiling water reactors at Browns Ferry nuclear power plant, in Athens, Ala., have each been renewed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for an additional...

NRC proposes rule changes in response to EO

December 11, 2025, 3:00PMNuclear News

In April, President Donald Trump signed Executive Order 14270, “Zero-Based Regulatory Budgeting to Unleash American Energy,” which calls for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (along with...

Nieh sworn in to NRC

December 9, 2025, 7:04AMNuclear News

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is now back up to four commissioners. Following a 66–32 confirmation vote in the U.S. Senate last month, Ho Nieh was officially sworn in last week.He fills...

Looking back at 2021—Nuclear News January through March

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