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Neutron Bytes asked Pacific Fusion to bring readers up to date on its development plans to produce a working commercial fusion power plant. In response to emailed questions, Keith LeChien, the co-founder and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Pacific Fusion, responded with the answers. Background In October 2024 Pacific Fusion, a fusion development company based in Fremont, CA, previously unknown operating in “stealth mode,” rocketed to the forefront of attention in the fusion industry startup scene by scoring $900 million in Series A funding from an “A List” of high-tech investors. The firm secured more than $900 million in investor commitments. Hemant…

France tries to cope with second premature heatwave in less than a month 19/06/2026 – France is in the grip of a heatwave, which Météo France expects to be “wisdespread, prolonged and intense”. The thermometer is set to climb even higher in the coming days, reaching or exceeding 40°C on June 21, leading to several municipalities to cancel Fete de la Musique celebrations. The state-owned utility EDF has also warned that three nuclear plants face production curbs next week because of high temperatures on the Rhone and Garonne rivers. June 24, 2026 – Posted by Christina Macpherson | climate change, France…

With another hot summer approaching, the EU is facing a new test of its energy transition: whether renewable electricity can translate into lower fossil fuel use, affordable heating and cooling, and homes that remain liveable in a warming climate. As Brussels prepares its Electrification Action Plan, journalist Seden Anlar explores how far electrification can go on its own. Credits Anthony Indraus | Unsplash, all rights reserved. As May rolls into June, many parts of Europe are, you guessed it, dealing with yet another spell of extreme heat. Fresh headlines about the hottest spring, hottest month or hottest day on record.…

Newly released federal data offers the clearest look yet at which electric and gas utilities disconnect the most residential customers for falling behind on their electric bills. The Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) latest dataset follows an April report that showed that utilities disconnected customers’ residential electric service 13.5 million times for unpaid bills in 2024, and residential gas service 1.6 million times. That report broke down data by state, but not by individual utility provider.  When accounting for how many customers the utilities serve, the new data shows that American Electric Power’s Public Service Company of Oklahoma (PSO) reported the…

An independent developer of utility-scale nuclear power projects said it has an agreement with GE Vernova Hitachi Nuclear Energy for a nuclear power plant utilizing small modular reactors (SMRs). Elementl Power on June 18 said the facility, sited along the Ohio River about 100 miles southeast of Columbus, has a planned capacity of as much as 1.5 GW. Elementl said the company has signed an Early Works Agreement with GE Vernova Hitachi Nuclear Energy to utilize that company’s BWRX-300 SMRs. The company said it would be among the first SMR-based nuclear projects in the U.S. The planned facility’s site is on…

Rolls-Royce Wins Bid for Three SMRs in Sweden How Will the Rolls-Royce Project be Financed? Japan Inks Muliple Deals to Take its HTGR to Market Oklo to Purchase Fuel from Centrus for Its Ohio Reactors Oklo and Standard Nuclear Form Alliance for Recycling Spent Nuclear Fuel Elemental Power Selects GE-Verona BWRX300 SMR for Ohio Site Shine, Newcleo Sign on to Nuclear Fuel Recycling Consortium NRC Proposes Rule Changes to Accelerate Advanced Nuclear Fuel Infrastructure Zeno Power to Build a Nuclear Battery Manufacturing Plant in Sunol, CA Terrestrial Energy Lands at Texas A&M-RELLIS to Build its IMSR Advanced Reactor TerraPower Kicks…

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Trump’s ‘nuclear bros’ race to deliver US atomic revival   At a factory in Texas, Matt Loszak is building a new type of nuclear reactor hehopes will allow the US to reclaim leadership in an industry dominated byRussia and China. “Our goal is to ship hundreds and possibly thousands ofreactors every year,” the 35-year-old founder of Aalo Atomics said as heinspected components for the Aalo-X, designed to power AI data centres.Aalo is one of several US start-ups planning to switch on new reactors thismonth ahead of a July 4 deadline set by President Donald Trump to mark the250th anniversary of America’s…

Valar Atomics has achieved self-sustaining criticality and completed zero-power testing at Ward 250, its Gen IV tri-structural isotropic (TRISO)-fueled modular high-temperature gas reactor (HTGR), at the Utah San Rafael Energy Lab in Emery County. The project is the second advanced reactor to go critical under the Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Reactor Pilot Program and the first DOE-authorized reactor built and operated outside the national laboratory system. The milestone, confirmed by DOE’s Office of Nuclear Energy at about 4:30 p.m. MDT on June 18, involved a “zero-power fueled criticality demonstration,” the DOE said. It marks the second advanced reactor criticality under Executive Order 14301, which…

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