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Why did the Carbon Free Power Project get cancelled? What does that mean for NuScale? By Rod Adams, Nov. 10, 2023Cross-posted from our related blog, Atomic Insights I’ll start with
Continue readingAbout NuScale and implications of the CFPP cancellation
Jessica Mathews, writing for the Fortune Term Sheet Newsletter, alerted us to the change just made by CalSTRS, one of the largest pension funds in the world. In “CalSTRS taps
Continue readingLarge Investors doubling down on Emerging Managers
Nucleation Capital completed its second full year as a fund at the end of June, 2023. During these eight quarters, we made ten investments and built a portfolio that showcases
John Kerry, working on the sidelines of US Climate Action, announced the winners of Project Phoenix and a new US initiative called NEXT, short for Nuclear Expediting the Energy Transition
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
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
Continue readingDow Chemical CEO Gives Wall Street Lesson on New Nuclear
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,
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
Continue readingNucleation Presents at ARPA-E Fission Summit
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
Continue readingEl Salvador Explores Nuclear Entry with Gen IV
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
Continue readingIndustry decarbonization moves ahead with Dow Chemical / X-energy partnership