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...
Aalo Atomics has signed a fuel fabrication contract with Global Nuclear Fuel, a GE Vernova-led alliance with Hitachi, to supply low-enriched uranium fuel rods for the Aalo-X reactor ahead of its targeted 2026 criticality at Idaho National Laboratory...
Published by Nucleation Capital in Advanced Nuclear, Advanced Nuclear Customers, Department of Energy, Fission, NEWS, Nuclear R&D, Portfolio Venture, Private companies, Uranium mining & Fuel resources, US competitiveness
Idaho National Laboratory is partnering with NVIDIA as part of the DOE-backed Genesis Mission to integrate AI and accelerated computing into reactor design, licensing, and operations, leveraging national supercomputing infrastructure to support digital twins, advanced simulation, and deployment acceleration...
Published by Nucleation Capital in Advanced Nuclear, Advanced Nuclear Customers, Artificial Intelligence, Big Tech, Data centers & Digital Infra, Department of Energy, Electrification, Energy transition, LINKS, Nuclear competitiveness, Nuclear innovation, US competitiveness
Nuclear energy is seeing a surge of activity and interest—but obstacles remain. Given the growing number of important opportunities to for individuals to show their support, we're now listing such initiatives as best we can.
Published by Nucleation Capital in Carbon emissions, Climate change, Fail-safe fuels, Fission, Global emissions, Nuclear competitiveness, Nuclear innovation, Nuclear waste, Nucleation communications, Pro-nuclear campaign, RESOURCES, Solving climate, Solving nuclear waste, US competitiveness, US technological leadership, Women in Nuclear, Zero emission energy
In an already oversubscribed Series D round, Radiant has added Lockheed Martin as a strategic investor, reinforcing defense-sector alignment ahead of first reactor startup and commercialization of its Kaleidos microreactor...
Published by Nucleation Capital in Advanced Nuclear, Advanced Nuclear Customers, Fission, National Defense, NEWS, Nuclear financing, Nuclear R&D, Portfolio Venture, Private companies, US competitiveness, US technological leadership
Deep Isolation appointed Joseph Nelson as Chief Financial Officer, bringing public company and capital markets experience as the company advances its full-scale demonstration program and prepares for public listing.
Published by Nucleation Capital in Advanced Nuclear, NEWS, Nuclear R&D, Nuclear waste, Portfolio Venture, Private companies, US competitiveness, US technological leadership
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
CORE POWER convened its largest U.S. maritime nuclear summit to date in D.C., bringing together DOE, NRC, maritime regulators, classification societies, and industry participants to advance deployable pathways for floating nuclear power plants and nuclear propulsion, including licensing, classification, liability, safeguards, and ship integration...
Published by Nucleation Capital in Advanced Nuclear, Department of Energy, Fission, Government, NEWS, Nuclear competitiveness, Nuclear financing, Nuclear innovation, Nuclear maritime propulsion, 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
The Department of Energy has announced new plans for Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campuses to modernize the U.S. nuclear fuel cycle and support potential advanced reactor deployment nationwide...
Published by Nucleation Capital in Advanced Nuclear, Construction costs, Data centers & Digital Infra, Department of Energy, Energy transition, Government, Government support, LINKS, Nuclear competitiveness, Nuclear R&D, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Nuclear-inclusive energy policy, Trump Administration, US competitiveness, US technological leadership
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