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2024: The State of Advanced Reactors

January 19, 2024, 3:07PMNuclear NewsMatt Wald

Designs for high-tech products, and the start-ups that offer them, will always outnumber the commercial successes. Ditto: many more power plants are proposed than actually get built, no matter what the technology.

This is an axiom of free-market economies, but in early November 2023 it became painfully obvious in the advanced reactor field. NuScale Power, the only advanced reactor that has made it through the licensing gauntlet, acknowledged that the consortium of utilities that was its intended launch customer had failed to put together a feasible package.

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Quality is key: Investing in advanced nuclear research for tomorrow’s grid

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Westinghouse signs MOU with Tetra Tech for Canadian new-build projects

February 2, 2026, 7:13AMNuclear News

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Industry Update—February 2026

February 4, 2026, 9:31AMNuclear News

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OPG completes Darlington refurbishment construction

February 3, 2026, 9:34AMNuclear News

Ontario Power Generation, Canada's leading power generator, has completed construction work on its massive Darlington refurbishment project, the utility announced yesterday. The overall...

Hawaii report recommends against nuclear development

January 26, 2026, 12:00PMNuclear News

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Saskatchewan expands its nuclear plans

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Grand Gulf’s early site permit renewal application on the docket

January 30, 2026, 7:32AMNuclear News

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Plans for Poland’s first nuclear power plant continue to progress

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Building Poland’s nuclear program from the ground up is progressing with the country's first nuclear power plant project: three AP1000 reactors at the Choczewo site in the voivodeship of...

Stellaria applies to build a molten salt reactor prototype in France

January 29, 2026, 11:19AMNuclear News

French advanced reactor developer Stellaria has formally submitted an application with the French government for authorization to build a prototype of its fast breeder molten salt reactor...

Westinghouse teams with Nordion and PSEG to produce Co-60 at Salem

January 28, 2026, 6:48AMNuclear News

Westinghouse Electric Company, Nordion, and PSEG Nuclear announced on Tuesday the signing of long-term agreements to establish the first commercial-scale production of cobalt-60 in a U.S....

2024: The State of Advanced Reactors

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