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The NRC’s proposed package rule solves a real problem. It isn’t the one blocking fresh fuel. Guest Column by: Elliot Marsh On July 27, 2026, the NRC published a proposed rule that would modernize how fuel transportation packages get certified. It carries Docket ID NRC-2025-1667, and the comment period closes August 26. The nuclear trade press coverage framed it as a step toward easier microreactor deployment, and that framing is fair: the proposal would allow higher radiation level limits for certain Type B packages, including those carrying irradiated microreactors, and would let applicants use risk-informed or performance-based approaches to demonstrate…

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Come join us, November 29, 2026 at 9:30am – 5pm Eastern Time (US & Canada)At the Riverside Church 91 Claremont Ave New York, NY 10027 United States Get your tickets now!  At a time of growing geopolitical tensions and regional conflict, the risk of nuclear weapons being used is the highest it has been since the Cold War. Yet some governments are investing more in their nuclear arsenals and giving nuclear weapons a greater role in their security policies. But another path is possible.Around the world, governments, civil society organisations, communities affected by the use and “testing” of nuclear weapons,…

The nasty truth about Small Nuclear Reactors’ toxic fuel and toxic wastes 27 July 2026,  A lot of enthusiastic guff goes on about the joys of Small Modular Nuclear Reactors (SMRs). They don’t say much about the fuels that SMRs require. So – just for fun, let’s take a look at that. Let’s pretend, for the moment, that SMRs actually exist, and that they are privately funded, cheap, clean, safe, and welcomed by local communities. So – that’s all good. Now – what about their fuel? They don’t need as much, or perhaps ANY dirty uranium mining. Ain’t that great? Well…

Michigan utility interests have contributed $115,000 to a campaign opposing a proposal to limit utility political spending, underscoring a fierce and increasingly expensive fight over the measure that could appear on the November ballot.   A required campaign finance disclosure filed Monday shows that Consumers Energy parent company CMS Energy Corp. gave $50,000 to Protect MI Free Speech, the committee formed to oppose the ballot initiative. The June 10 contribution follows a $15,000 contribution made by CMS Energy last year.  The new disclosure also lists a July 3 donation of $50,000 from Michigan Energy First, a dark money group closely tied…

Last week, Microsoft announced a $60 million, multiyear commitment to the Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Genesis Mission, the national initiative to embed artificial intelligence (AI) across the country’s 17 national laboratories. The company’s stated goal, echoing DOE’s own framing, is to help “double the productivity and impact of American research and innovation within a decade.” Two nuclear energy projects anchor the announcement: a research reactor at Purdue University that Idaho National Laboratory (INL) helped adjust remotely and autonomously using distributed cloud computing, and an AI tool built to speed up the document-heavy work of nuclear licensing. Bryan Lopez, Microsoft’s senior…

There has been a lot of activity among talking heads in Washington this past week about President Trump taking uranium enrichment off the table for any deal that offers U.S. nuclear energy technologies, e.g., Westinghouse AP1000 reactors, to Saudi Arabia. So, the question is what does Saudi Arabia really want from the U.S or is it willing to go elsewhere for reactors and enrichment capabilities? If the Saudis walk away from a U.S. nuclear deal, while they might not get enrichment, they most certainly can buy nuclear reactors from China as well as the fuel to run them. China, as…

Among the CO2-free energy options, nuclear fusion is regarded as particularly promising and is being pursued in large-scale projects such as the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER)1. The reaction fuel consists of the hydrogen isotopes deuterium and tritium. However, only about 2% of the fuel is consumed and therefore, a continuous recycling by isotope separation is required. The exhaust stream additionally contains protium due to secondary neutron-induced reactions and outgassing from structural materials2,3. Consequently, the materials and technologies used for isotope separation in fusion power plants must exhibit high selectivity for ternary hydrogen isotope mixtures and, in addition, radiation stability.Currently,…

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The Review Conference (ReCo) of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons will take place from 30 November to 4 December 2026 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, with South Africa serving as President. This page will provide updates about the meeting itself and practical information for civil society organisations that wish to participate. Key dates 11 September 2026 – Deadline for organisational accreditation 29 September 2026  – UNODA will confirm whether your organisation has been approved or denied 2 October 2026  – Deadline for NGO side event applications to ICAN 2 October 2026  – Deadline for…