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TerraPower announces delay due to lack of fuel availability

December 19, 2022, 12:00PMNuclear News

TerraPower, the advanced nuclear company backed by Bill Gates, announced last week that the start date for its Natrium reactor has been pushed back. As Russia is currently the only commercial source of the high-assay low- enriched uranium (HALEU) the plant requires, the company faces a lack of fuel availability. TerraPower originally planned to use Russian fuel to get its demonstration reactor up and running by 2028, but Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has dashed those plans.

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NRC completes safety review for TerraPower’s Kemmerer project

December 3, 2025, 9:30AMNuclear News

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission recently announced that it has completed its final safety evaluation (SE) for the construction permit application for Kemmerer Power Station Unit 1 in...

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...

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)...

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...

INL makes first fuel for Molten Chloride Reactor Experiment

December 8, 2025, 9:33AMNuclear News

Idaho National Laboratory has announced the creation of the first batch of enriched uranium chloride fuel salt for the Molten Chloride Reactor Experiment (MCRE). INL said that its fuel...

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...

NRC receives construction application for isotope production reactor

November 24, 2025, 7:00AMNuclear News

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission announced that it has received the first portion of a construction permit application from Oklo subsidiary Atomic Alchemy that requests permission to build...

Nieh confirmed for the NRC

November 19, 2025, 3:00PMNuclear News

Earlier today, the U.S. Senate officially confirmed Ho Nieh in a 66–32 vote to serve as a commissioner on the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission through the remainder of a term that will...

TerraPower announces delay due to lack of fuel availability

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