Boris Johnson, the UK Prime Minister, penned an oped in the Financial Times calling for a 12 billion-pount, 10-point plan to effect Britain’s green recovery. Johnson wants to create 250,000
Continue readingBoris Johnson’s green plan puts advanced nuclear in top three
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected two teams—one led by TerraPower in partnership with GE Hitachi, building a 345 MWe sodium fast reactor with a molten salt energy
Continue readingDOE announces funding for three advanced reactor builds
Kärnfull Energi is a new, hip and very climate-focused Swedish utility that recently launched offering Swedes a 100% nuclear energy option. They are neither building nor generating new nuclear power,
The Nuclear Energy Leadership Act (NELA, S.903) which had 22 bipartisan co-sponsors, was introduced as an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (NDAA, S.4049) by
Continue readingUS Senate passes Nuclear Energy Leadership Act but reconciliation remains
Wired Magazine dives deep on TRISO pebble fuel, which consists of particles of an alien-looking fuel with built-in safety features that will safely power a new generation of high-temperature reactors.
Continue readingNuclear ‘Power Balls’ May Make Meltdowns a Thing of the Past
Christine King, a member of the Nucleation Capital team, was selected to serve as the director of the Gateway for Accelerated Innovation in Nuclear (GAIN) initiative, effective Feb. 17. As
Continue readingChristine King named Director of Gateway for Accelerated Innovation in Nuclear
Philanthropy’s potential role in the science and development of nuclear power is significantly constrained, both by the overlap with impact investors and the traditionally dominant role played by government, especially
Peter Diamandis, Chairman and Co-Founder of Singularity University, founder and executive chairman of the XPRIZE Foundation, writes a tech blog. We were sent a copy of the email that he
Continue readingPeter Diamandis on energy abundance and the future of nuclear
Bill Gates wrote: “I’m thrilled that senators from both sides of the aisle have come together to support advanced nuclear. This is exactly the kind of leadership our country needs
Continue readingN.E.L.A. reintroduced, Bill Gates “thrilled”
S512, the Nuclear Energy Innovation Modernization Act reforming NRC processes to better adapt to Advanced Nuclear, was signed into law on January 14, 2019 with bi-partisan co-sponsors and overwhelming support