Small Modular Nuclear Reactor

The reactor is cooled by steel tubes filled with sodium

Energy

Modular next-gen US nuclear reactor goes critical

Nuclear energy in the West took another step forward as the first privately developed, non-light-water reactor to go critical in the United States in more than 40 years reached a major milestone when the Antares Nuclear Mark-0 test reactor came online at Idaho National Laboratory.

THe hybrid plant runs on both natural gas and nuclear fuel

Energy

Hybrid Texas power plant blends the best of gas and nuclear

Want to build a power plant and can't decide between nuclear and natural gas? Why not opt for both? That's the strategy that Blue Energy has developed in collaboration with GE Vernova for a proposed 2.5-GW hybrid facility in Texas that uses both fuels.

The main module of the Ward250 loaded on a C-17

Military

World-first nuclear reactor delivery by US Air Force

In a world first, the US Department of Defense (aka the Department of War) airlifted a complete 5-MW nuclear reactor using a C-17 Globemaster III transport from March Air Reserve Base, California to Hill Air Force Base, Utah, for assembly and operation.

The reactor will be installed in a Vard 3 construction ship as a demo

Marine

Small modular nuclear reactors could cut commercial shipping emissions

Nuclear power isn't just for naval ships anymore as demonstrated by the Nuclear Propulsion in merchant Shipping (NuProShip II) project led by the Norwegian University of Science and Technology which is looking at fitting nuclear reactors to heavy-duty commercial vessels.

With its planned Kaleidos trial next year, Radiant will be the first to test a new reactor in the US in more than half a century

Energy

Nuclear start-up raises mega cash in race to deliver portable reactors

Radiant Nuclear is making big moves in its mission to bring its 1-MW microreactors to market, recently raising $300 million to scale its commercialization efforts ahead of shipments to customers in 2028.

Render of the new Amazon nuclear plan in Washington State

Energy

Amazon goes nuclear with new modular reactor plant

In the shadow of a service outage that affected millions of users, outside of Richland, Washington, internet commerce giant Amazon is building the first of a series of modular nuclear power stations to protect its data services from outages.

A conceptual NuScale modular nuclear plant

Energy

TVA, ENTRA1 propose 6 GW of modular nuclear reactors in biggest US deal yet

It seems that the United States is keen to get in on the nuclear renaissance as the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) has signed an agreement with Houston-based ENTRA1 Energy to build enough modular nuclear reactors to generate 6 GW of power.

Artist's concept of demonstrator micro-reactor installation

Military

USAF taps Oklo for military's first nuclear micro-reactor in Alaska

In a major milestone for modular nuclear power on the way to the mainstream, the US Department of the Air Force has issued a Notice of Intent to Award (NOITA) to Oklo that may lead to the construction and operation of a military reactor in Alaska.

Members of the research team are seen here adding salt into the loop

Energy

Molten salt test loop to advance next-gen nuclear reactors

Moving toward an operational molten salt nuclear reactor in the next decade, Southern Company and the Idaho National Laboratory have completed the inaugural run of a first-of-its-kind test bed to foster rapid development of the technology.