Advanced nuclear ventures met & exceeded America’s reactor criticality goals!

Advanced nuclear meets the challenge of bringing three or more reactors to criticality by July 4th!

July 4, 2026

Aalo Atomics achieves criticality at INL

Aalo Atomics became the fourth company to achieve criticality with their advanced, Gen IV microreactor by July 4th, under Executive Order 14301 propelling the advanced nuclear sector towards commercializatio.

June 30, 2026

Deployable Energy achieves criticality at INL

Deployable Energy became the third company to achieve criticality with their 1-MW Gen IV microreactor prior to July 4th, under the Executive Order directives propelling the sector towards commercializatio.

June 25, 2026

History in the Making in Idaho

Aalo Atomics has completed assembly of its Aalo-X Critical Test Reactor at Idaho National Laboratory, with fuel delivery imminent and final DOE approval pending, and expects to achieve criticality within weeks, ahead of the July 4 deadline this summer...

June 23, 2026

Vital Climate Science Resource Re-emerges As Non-Profit

Climate.us launches independent website for trusted climate information

For more than a decade, NOAA’s Climate.gov website was among the U.S. government’s most important platforms for climate information for the public. At the start of 2025, if someone in the U.S. googled “climate,” Climate.gov was the top result. It served 15+ million visitors in 2024 and had more than half a million social media followers and its reach was growing every year.

In the first half of 2025, Trump administration officials at NOAA terminated Climate.gov’s full-time federal and contractor staff, ordered removal of content, and redirected the home page to a page under more direct control of political appointees. With little fanfare, Climate.gov found itself unable to continue its operations which would deprive the public of a highly trusted source of climate information. Finding themselves unable to permit this loss, former Climate.gov staff decided to take matters into their own hands to continue the site's mission. In June, 2026, they launched Climate.us, as a new online platform that will carry on the legacy of Climate.gov and even expand its scope.

A new home outside the federal domain allows the team to rescue Climate.gov and other federal assets, including the Fifth National Climate Assessment, bringing key climate information together under one roof. The Climate.gov team, which has long excelled at delivering elegant content through which the public, journalists, educators, and students could easilylearn about climate, will now build a next-generation platform expanded to serve new audiences—climate service providers, community planners, app developers, etc.—seeking data and tools for analysis and decision-making.

Climate.us is now run by an independent nonprofit entity hosted and managed by Multiplier, a 501(c)(3) organization. An advisory panel with members representing target audiences and stakeholders will guide the site’s scope of contents and utility; science and data experts will help content teams ensure information is based on the best available science. We are thrilled by the heroic actions of the Climate.gov staff and their bold, forward-thinking strategy to safeguard public access to vital, trusted climate data and services. We have provided a donation in support of this effort and hope you will too. Please visit the Climate.us fundraising site and consider providing support in any amount.

References:

Climate.gov, no longer providing climate data according to this notice:

UPDATED: June 24, 2025. In compliance with Executive Order 14303 (“Restoring Gold Standard Science”), the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy’s June 23, 2025 Memorandum (“Agency Guidance for Implementing Gold Standard Science in the Conduct & Management of Scientific Activities”), 15 USC § 2904 (“National Climate Program”), 15 USC § 2934 (“National Global Change Research Plan”), and 33 USC § 893a (“NOAA Ocean and Atmospheric Science Education Programs”), you have been redirected to NOAA.gov. Future research products previously housed under Climate.gov will be available at NOAA.gov/climate and its affiliate websites.

Climate.us, rising from the ashes of Climate.gov.

GiveButter Climate.us Launches New Independent Website for Trusted Climate Informtion by the climate.us team.

YouTube Video, “Climate.us: independent, nonprofit, and immune to politics”, May 2025.

The Guardian, Scientists breathe new life into climate website after shutdown under Trump, by Eric Holthaus, Aug 30, 2025.

New York Times, Former NOAA Employees Revive Climate Site Shut by Trump Administration, by Quinn Glabicki, June 23, 2026.

Published by Nucleation Capital in Air pollution, Brilliant thinkers, Carbon emissions, Climate change, Climate Costs, Climate mayhem, Climate policy, Department of Energy, Energy transition, Extreme weather, Future of Energy, Global emissions, LINKS, Rainforest protection, Reduced ecosystem impacts, Scientific debate, Solving climate, US technological leadership

June 23, 2026

Witnessing Atomic History in the Making at the INL

If you've been focused for most of your career on seeing the nuclear industry modernize and introduce a multitude of improved products and services to expand the use of nuclear power around the world, then you'd absolutely choose to camp out in Idaho Falls for the next couple of weeks as nearly a dozen companies race towards achieving criticality with their reactors.

Which is why Rod Adams, Nucleation's managing partner for the last five years and host of Atomic Insights & The Atomic Show for just over thirty years, arrives in Idaho Falls this week to watch nuclear history being made.

Here are now a few pictures from his arrival and participation in the hosted tours being provided by the INL. Rod already has a pretty packed schedule but if you are going to be in Idaho Falls and want to connect with Rod, please use this form and we'll make sure you can reach Rod.

June 18, 2026

Shine, Newcleo join up to close nuclear fuel cycle ()

US fusion venture, Shine Technologies, has joined MARIE, a consortium that is working to build US nuclear fuel recycling capability, agreeing to work with Newcleo to link Shine's recycling capabilities with Newcleo's reactors, which are designed to run on recycled fuel.

Published by Nucleation Capital in Advanced Nuclear, Advanced Nuclear Customers, Energy abundance, Fission, Fusion, NEWS, Nuclear competitiveness, Nuclear innovation, Nuclear R&D, Nuclear waste, Portfolio Venture, Private companies, US competitiveness, US technological leadership

May 23, 2026

Office of Nuclear Energy Assesses Its Progress One Year after EOs ()

It has been a year since 4 Executive Orders directed an unprecedented transformation in the U.S.'s approach to nuclear power. Here the Office of Nuclear Energy reviews its progress.

May 14, 2026

Deep Isolation’s S-1 approved by SEC, preparing to trade

Nucleation portfolio company, Deep Isolation Nuclear, announced the registration of its S-1 by SEC as of May 8th, which will finally allow the company's shares to commence trading.

This news was shared by the company along with a number of other updates during what became the company's first investor call as a public company on May 14, 2026.

We are pleased to share that, after an extended delay, the SEC has finally declared Deep Isolation's registration statement effective, which allows the company to achieve initial liquidity. The company is now working with the OTC Markets Group to arrange for the company's common stock to be traded on the OTCQB (Quebec) exchange. We will be sending out a notification regarding this liquidity event to appropriate LPs in the coming days.

Among the highlights shared by the company for the first quarter of 2026 were:

The launch of the company's non-radiactive, full-scale, at depth demonstration project at the Halliburton Drilling Technology facility near Cameron, Texas.
Selection into ARPA-e’s SCALEUP Ready program, providing up to $20 million to accelerate market adoption of Deep Isolation’s deep borehole waste disposal technology and the first time a company in the nuclear industry has been selected to participate.
The appointments of a General Counsel, a Chief Financial Officer, a new Board Director and new Advisor.
Revenue of $1.4 million, a net loss of $5.4 million for the quarter, with 3/31/26 cash remaining of $22 million.

Please read more at the company's press release "Deep Isolation Nuclear, Inc. Reports Operational and Financial Results for the first quarter of 2026."

Published by Nucleation Capital in Advanced Nuclear, Company Milestone, Fission, Government, NEWS, Nuclear R&D, Nuclear waste, Portfolio Venture, Private companies, Reduced ecosystem impacts, Solving nuclear waste, US competitiveness, US technological leadership

May 12, 2026

US seeks to develop SMRs for commercial shipping ()

The Department of Transportation has launched a Request for Information (RFI) from the nuclear industry on the potential development of an SMR for use within the marine transport system, as part of an initiative aimed at developing such a reactor for the U.S.

Published by Nucleation Capital in Advanced Nuclear, Advanced Nuclear Customers, Energy transition, Fission, Future of Energy, Government support, LINKS, Marine transport, Nuclear innovation, Nuclear R&D, Portfolio Venture, Trump Administration, US technological leadership, Zero emission energy