Author: Fission Today

The Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources convened March 19 for a full committee hearing to examine the Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) implementation of President Trump’s May 2025 nuclear energy executive orders. Three witnesses—DOE Assistant Secretary Theodore Garrish, Kairos Power CEO Dr. Michael Laufer, and Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Director Dr. John C. Wagner—testified, painting a picture of an American nuclear sector moving with urgency not seen in decades, while flagging the supply chain vulnerabilities, regulatory ambiguities, and workforce gaps that could slow the momentum. Here are the key takeaways from their testimony. 1. The 400-GW Target Is Driving…

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Oklo & Centrus Ink Joint Venture for Nuclear Fuel Services in Ohio Centrus Partners with Palantir to Use AI in Uranium Enrichment Framatome and NuScale Power Ink Nuclear Fuel Delivery Contract DOE Focuses Funding on Uprates of Existing U.S. Reactors DOE Slow Walks Talks About 10 AP1000s Amid Offers from Rivals DOE Approves Safety Documents for MARVEL Microreactor Initial Criticality Radiant Receives DOE approval of Preliminary Document Safety Analysis EU’s Von der Leyen Has a Plan for Nuclear Energy EU Has a Nine-Point Plan For Deployment of SMRs French SMR Start Ups Secure $210 Million Oklo & Centrus Ink Joint…

When I learned several months ago that Daniel Ellsberg had pancreatic cancer, and was opting not to treat it, I was not quite sure what I ought to do. I consider it a great honor that I got to spend several days with Ellsberg, a few years back, and was periodically in touch with him since then. I’d like to think he was something of a friend, though I never knew him deeply or for that long of a time. After thinking on it for several days, and feeling conflicted, and talking about it with a friend whose life experience…

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In September 2025, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan signed a Strategic Mutual Defence Agreement. The text does not mention nuclear weapons – but the way it has been presented raises serious concerns about a de facto Pakistani nuclear umbrella and a new form of outsourced deterrence. On 17 September 2025, Saudi Arabia – a member of the Nuclear non-Proliferation Treaty – and nuclear-armed Pakistan signed a Strategic Mutual Defence Agreement. The pact commits both states to treat any attack on one as an attack on both, formalising a long-standing security partnership and signalling a shift in Gulf states’ security away from…

Trump’s NATO Warning Sounds More Like a Threat 17 March 2026 AIMN EditorialBy Peter Brown, When Donald Trump warned that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization could face a “very bad future” after a lukewarm response from allies to help secure the Strait of Hormuz, the remark sounded less like diplomacy and more like a threat. NATO was not created to serve as a backup force for American military adventures. It was created for collective defence. The alliance’s core principle – Article 5 – obliges members to assist one another only if a member state is attacked. That principle has been invoked exactly once: after the…

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For much of the 21st century, the North American power sector drifted along on near-zero demand growth. Utilities retired aging coal plants, developers filled interconnection queues with wind and solar, and investors looked elsewhere for excitement. Then came the data center boom—and seemingly overnight, the industry found itself in a full-blown supply crisis. In a wide-ranging conversation on The POWER Podcast, S&P Global Energy’s Hill Vaden and Doug Giuffre laid out the forces reshaping electricity markets and why the next year and a half may be the most consequential period for energy investment in decades. Their message was clear: the…

Tokyo, Japan – Today, 15 years have passed since the Great East Japan Earthquake and the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, which devastated the northeast region of Japan. Greenpeace Japan extends heartfelt condolences to the victims and their families who are still suffering the aftermath of this catastrophe. Sam Annesley, Executive Director of Greenpeace Japan, said:  Today marks 15 years since the Great East Japan Earthquake and the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident. We honor the memory of those who lost their lives and offer our deepest sympathies to the survivors. Our hearts remain with the families…