ADVANCE Act Clears Senate
The ADVANCE Act, included in the 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) by the Senate, was passed by the Senate in an 86-11 bipartisan vote. The NDAA now must be
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Sweden adopts “100% fossil-free” target
Sweden has done something very few countries or jurisdictions have done with respect to energy: they have kept their eye on the goal. The Swedish Parliament adopted an energy target
Warming towards cold fusion
In Fusion Runs Hot and Cold, Jonah Messinger, the Breakthrough Institute’s Senior Energy Analysist, provides a comprehensive overview of the state of the science of low energy nuclear reactions (LENR),
Dow Chemical CEO Gives Wall Street Lesson on New Nuclear
Dow Chemical CEO, Jim Fitterling appeared in a CEO interview segment with Sara Eisen on CNBC on May 12 and proceeded to discuss Dow’s plan to build X-energy’s advanced nuclear
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Support for nuclear power soars
Grist writes: “US support for nuclear power soars to highest level in a decade: As the country looks to decarbonize, nuclear’s popularity continues to climb.” This is what Akielly Hu,
Nucleation Presents at ARPA-E Fission Summit
Valerie Gardner, founder and managing partner of Nucleation Capital, and Dr. Rachel Slaybaugh, a partner at DCVC, presented remarks on the topic of “Procuring Investments for Commercialization” in the concluding
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El Salvador Explores Nuclear Entry with Gen IV
El Salvador has just taken a small but meaningful step towards building an advanced climate-resilient economy and accelerating next-generation nuclear. The government has decided to explore becoming a nuclear nation
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Industry decarbonization moves ahead with Dow Chemical / X-energy partnership
Dow Chemical has signed a development agreement with X-energy Reactor Company to build its DOE-funded demonstration 4-pack Xe-100 advanced nuclear plant at a Dow Chemical Gulf Coast site. Dow’s very
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Energy Insiders Plan for More Nuclear
RTO Insider has reported on the discussion at the NARUC meeting in mid-February, in which the Tennessee Valley Authority CEO, Jeff Lyash, made the case for his need for nuclear
Menu of Nuclear Options Begins to Grow
Ontario Power Generation and partners signed a commercial contract to build a GE Hitachi-designed BWRX-300 small modular reactor (SMR). Several other groups are also looking at the BWRX-300, which at