Growing Energy demand provided demand pull for both traditional and next-generation reactors throughout Q3 of 2025. Yet further boosting momentum was the announcement by the DOE that they had selected ten ventures for accelerated design review of a test unit. This has lit a fire under those and other ventures already making progress to try to get the DOE to allow them to build something by July 4, 2026.
DOE has named 10 advanced reactor teams—including Aalo and Radiant—for accelerated licensing reviews as part of a pilot program to get three test reactors running...