Aalo Atomics has become the second company in Nucleation’s portfolio to receive approval from the U.S. Department of Energy for the preliminary safety analysis of its reactor demonstration, marking a key regulatory milestone under DOE’s accelerated Reactor Pilot Program ahead of a targeted 2026 criticality...
SHINE Technologies has raised $240M to expand its nuclear medicine operations, including large-scale production of Lutetium-177 used in targeted cancer therapies, following its recent acquisition of Lantheus’ SPECT business...
Published by Nucleation Capital in Advanced Nuclear, Company Milestone, Fusion, Medical Isotopes, Neutron services, NEWS, Nuclear financing, Nuclear R&D, Portfolio Venture, Private companies, Venture capital support for nuclear
Portfolio company, Copenhagen Atomics, has completed two years of continuous high-temperature molten salt pump operation, surpassing 100,000 combined pump runtime hours across its test infrastructure and generating durability data critical for molten salt reactor deployment...
Published by Nucleation Capital in Advanced Nuclear, Company Milestone, NEWS, Nuclear innovation, Nuclear R&D, Portfolio Venture, Private companies
Radiant has received DOE approval of its Preliminary Documented Safety Analysis for the Kaleidos reactor, marking the first full-power test approved under the DOE’s new authorization pathway and paving the way for final startup authorization at INL’s DOME facility...
Published by Nucleation Capital in Advanced Nuclear, Company Milestone, Department of Energy, Energy transition, Fission, Future of Energy, NEWS, Nuclear competitiveness, Nuclear innovation, Nuclear R&D, Portfolio Venture, Private companies, US competitiveness, US technological leadership
Portfolio company, Deep Isolation, launches its Full-Scale, At-Depth Demonstration Program to advance its deep borehole nuclear waste disposal technology and generate operational data to support regulatory confidence, following the completion Project UPWARDS announced in December last year.
Published by Nucleation Capital in Advanced Nuclear, Company Milestone, Department of Energy, NEWS, Nuclear R&D, Nuclear waste, Portfolio Venture, Private companies, Reduced ecosystem impacts, Solving climate, Solving nuclear waste, US competitiveness, US technological leadership
Nucleation portfolio company Blue Energy received NRC approval for its licensing approach, clearing the way for faster, financeable nuclear projects and cutting years off traditional deployment timelines through a first-of-its-kind gas to nuclear model...
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SHINE Technologies has completed the acquisition of the Lantheus SPECT portfolio and manufacturing facility while naming Michael Rossi as CEO of the new SHINE SPECT division...
Published by Nucleation Capital in Advanced Nuclear, Company Milestone, Fusion, Medical Isotopes, NEWS, Nuclear innovation, Nuclear R&D, Portfolio Venture, US competitiveness, Venture capital support for nuclear
Portfolio company Aalo Atomics officially announced at the Aaloverse Summit that it has shipped its first five Aalo-0 modules from Austin to the Idaho National Laboratory, validating its mass-manufacturing approach ahead of 2026 reactor criticality...
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Syntholene Energy has commenced trading on TSXV after a reverse merger with a Canadian company, under the ticker ESAF.
Published by Ian Brusewitz in Advanced Nuclear, Company Milestone, Future of Energy, Investor activity, NEWS, Portfolio Venture, Private companies, US competitiveness, US technological leadership, Venture capital support for nuclear
Deep Isolation has finished its three-year DOE-supported UPWARDS project, validating the first disposal-ready universal canister system engineered to store, transport, and ultimately dispose of spent fuel from advanced reactors across multiple repository types...
Published by Nucleation Capital in Advanced Nuclear, Company Milestone, Department of Energy, NEWS, Nuclear competitiveness, Nuclear innovation, Nuclear R&D, Nuclear waste, Portfolio Venture, Private companies, US competitiveness
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