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Britain courts private cash to fund ‘golden age’ of nuclear-powered AI. SMR trials are on the horizon, but commercial viability is not expected until the 2030s. Things get a little hazy over the question of any financial support. Framework aims to lure investors into powering the compute boom Dan Robinson, Thu 5 Feb 2026, The British government today launched the Advanced Nuclear Framework to attract private investment in next-generation nuclear technology for factories and datacenters. The framework aims to accelerate development of advanced modular reactors to power the AI infrastructure boom and provide [?]clean energy for economic growth. The Department for Energy Security…

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), the federal agency responsible for licensing and oversight of civilian nuclear facilities, on Feb. 4 said it would launch a sweeping organizational restructure intended to consolidate decision-making authority, integrate licensing and inspection teams, and align the agency with presidential directives for accelerated nuclear technology deployment. The reorganization will create three core “business lines”—new reactors, operating reactors, and nuclear materials and waste—each of which will integrate licensing and inspection functions “to create a single point of accountability and improve coordination between licensing and inspection teams from the onset of projects,” it said. The NRC also…

In recent years, a number of states have passed laws prohibiting utilities from using money they collect from customers to fund the companies’ political activities and extravagant expenses. Now, ratepayers in these states are already seeing savings in the millions of dollars. Increased savings in CT Recent utility accountability legislation in Connecticut has saved gas and electric customers from footing the bill for nearly $14 million of their utilities’ spending on political influence and advocacy activities and Board of Directors’ perks in the past year. This marks an increase from the previous year, where customers saved over $9.7 million.  The…

DOE Seeks Homes for the Elements of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle Standard Nuclear Lands $140 Million in Series A Funding Centrus Plans Expansion of Oak Ridge Centrifuge Plant Oklo Selects Kiewit Nuclear Solutions as EPC for 1st Aurora Nuclear Power Plant INL Spins Up New “Teton” Supercomputer Type One Energy Initiates Licensing of Fusion Power Plant at TVA Site Japan’s Kyoto Fusioneering Partners with Oak Ridge National Laboratory New NIA Report Right-Sizing Reactors New Book : Nuclear Energy: Boom, Bust and Emerging Renaissance Nuclear Scaling Initiative Secures $3.5M to Promote U.S, Reactor Orderbook DOE Seeks Homes for the Elements of…

Photo credit: The White House Today, 4 February 2026, marks the final day of the last remaining nuclear arms control agreement between Russia and the United States which expires tomorrow, 5 February. Learn more about what the Treaty required, why it expired and what the international community can do in response. What did New START do? New START, which was initially agreed in 2010 and extended for five years in 2021, limited U.S. and Russian deployed, strategic nuclear weapon arsenals. There is no agreed definition of what constitutes a “strategic” or “non-strategic” nuclear weapon, but the treaty defines strategic nuclear…

Judge’s gavel, Themis sculpture and collection of legal books on the brown background. (Updated 3/3/26 at 3pm with additional cases) This post is an update on previous posts (here and here) related to the remanded petition for the Center for Biological Diversity v. Public Utilities Commission of the State of California in the First Appellate District (Case No. A167721). There have been several petitions filed against the CPUC since August 2025. For the Center for Biological Diversity v. Public Utilities Commission of the State of California petition the California Supreme Court remanded to the First Appellate District, the docket now…

Is nuclear clean, renewable energy? Nuclear energy has produced electricity in America since 1958. But is nuclear energy clean, renewable energy? Johanna Neumann, Caitlin Soch In 1951, in Idaho, researchers powered a lightbulb using nuclear energy for the first time, and the American Atomic Energy Age was born. The Atomic Age came to symbolize progress, modernity and the power of science. By 1958, the first commercial nuclear power plant was up and running in Shippingport, Pennsylvania. In just seven years, research took us from powering a lightbulb with nuclear energy, to powering over a hundred thousand homes.  In 2023, there were 93 operating nuclear reactors in the United States.…

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The UK government says it wants more community energy projects. But the complexity of applying for funding and the lack of a guaranteed return have stymied progress. Ros Taylor reports. Ed Miliband & Bridget Phillipson view school solar panels. Credits: UK Government l Flicker, Public domain. Ask most Britons what they know about Barnsley, a town in Yorkshire, and they might mention brass bands, the Pennines or the coalfields. The last of the coalmines closed 30 years ago. Solar power would probably not be on the list. Yet in the world of community energy (CE), Barnsley is a pioneer: it…

For much of the 20th century, the U.S. set the global standard for civilian nuclear energy. American innovation shaped reactor design, safety culture, and regulatory practice worldwide. Yet today, as nuclear power regains prominence amid concerns over climate, energy security, and industrial competitiveness, America faces a quieter but more consequential challenge: the erosion of its nuclear fuel supply chain. In the global nuclear marketplace, leadership is no longer defined solely by who designs or builds reactors. It increasingly depends on who can reliably provide the fuel services that sustain them over decades. On that front, America’s position has weakened while…