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Senate passes defense bill with advanced nuclear provisions

July 27, 2020, 7:07AMNuclear News

In an 86 to 14 vote, the Senate on July 23 passed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2021, incorporating by amendment S. 903, the Nuclear Energy Leadership Act (NELA). The House of Representatives passed its version of the NDAA, which supports $740 billion in funding for national defense, earlier in the week in a less bipartisan manner, 295 to 125. Members of both chambers will now begin negotiations to hammer out a final bill to send to the president—a process that could take months.

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Five companies receive DOE awards for HALEU transport packages

December 12, 2025, 9:37AMNuclear News

Five companies are the recipients of Department of Energy awards to support the development, modification, and licensing of transportation packages for high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU)...

Webinar: UMich’s The Reactor Around the Corner

December 4, 2025, 9:30AMANS Nuclear Cafe

The latest report from the University of Michigan Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program’s Technology Assessment Project (TAP) will be the focus of a webinar on December 11, from...

Antares raises funds for microreactor development

December 4, 2025, 7:00AMNuclear News

Advanced nuclear energy start-up Antares has announced the close of a $96 million Series B funding round, led by Shine Capital with participation from Alt Capital, Caffeinated, FiftyThree...

X-energy raises $700M in latest funding round

November 25, 2025, 3:01PMNuclear News

Advanced reactor developer X-energy has announced that it has closed an oversubscribed Series D financing round of approximately $700 million. The funding proceeds are expected to be used to...

Coming up: The 4th annual ARCSC workshop

November 24, 2025, 12:01PMANS News

The 4th Annual Advanced Reactor Codes and Standards Collaborative (ARCSC) Workshop will take place on December 4 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (EST). The event, which will be hosted at the...

NRC extends comment period for X-energy’s TX-1 fuel facility

November 19, 2025, 11:25AMNuclear News

Due to the days lost to the government shutdown, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has extended the public comment period for a draft environmental impact statement for the TX-1 advanced...

Construction begins on X-energy’s Oak Ridge advanced fuel facility

November 18, 2025, 12:07PMNuclear News

Small modular reactor developer X-energy and its subsidiary TRISO-X announced yesterday the start of aboveground construction for its TX-1 advanced nuclear fuel fabrication facility in Oak...

Industry Update—November 2025

November 17, 2025, 12:00PMNuclear Newsadvanced reactor marketplace, business developments, contracts,

Here is a recap of recent industry happenings: ADVANCED REACTOR MARKETPLACE TerraPower’s Natrium plans for Wyoming, Utah move forwardTerraPower has reported a number of developments related...

NSDA approved for Oklo’s Aurora Fuel Fabrication Facility

November 13, 2025, 7:02AMNuclear News

The Department of Energy’s Idaho Operations Office has approved the Nuclear Safety Design Agreement (NSDA) for Oklo Inc.’s Aurora Fuel Fabrication Facility (A3F) at Idaho National...

Leading the charge: INL’s role in advancing HALEU production

October 24, 2025, 3:00PMNuclear NewsDonna Kemp Spangler

Idaho National Laboratory is playing a key role in helping the U.S. Department of Energy meet near-term needs by recovering HALEU from federal inventories, providing critical support to help...

Senate passes defense bill with advanced nuclear provisions

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