AE Industrial Partners has completed its $845 million acquisition of L3Harris Technologies' space propulsion, power, and avionics divisions, relaunching Rocketdyne as a standalone company. Nuclear propulsion for Mars and space-based nuclear energy systems are among… read more...
Clean Core Thorium Energy has signed a supply agreement with BWXT Canada to manufacture full-scale ANEEL fuel bundles at Canadian Nuclear Laboratories. The thorium and low-enriched uranium fuel is intended for irradiation in an operating… read more...
The second unit of China's Taipingling nuclear project in Guangdong began commercial operation on August 3, 2026, completing phase one of the largest Hualong One plant in the Greater Bay Area. Together, both units will… read more...
Italy formalizes Nuclitalia, the joint venture between Enel, Ansaldo Energia and Leonardo to assess water-cooled SMR technologies. Meanwhile, GE Vernova breaks ground on the Western world's first modular reactor in Canada and announces $14.2 billion… read more...
The Physics Department of ICFAI University Tripura hosted the national conference INP-NPG 2026, bringing together scientists, academics, and industry experts to discuss advances in nuclear physics, small modular reactors, and AI applications in the nuclear… read more...
Unit 3 of the Changjiang nuclear power plant in China's Hainan province has achieved first criticality, with its 1,100 MWe Hualong One reactor sustaining a controlled chain reaction for the first time. Grid connection is… read more...
June 2026 marks a turning point for the Western nuclear industry, with four microreactor designs reaching criticality in the US, $17.5 billion committed for the AP1000, and BWXT's mPower SMR eyed for floating nuclear platforms.… read more...
Beijing-based startup VeloAlpha has developed FusionAlpha, an AI-powered simulator capable of accelerating fusion reactor design by up to 10,000 times compared to existing codes. The breakthrough could dramatically cut costs and hardware development cycle times… read more...
The U.S. Department of Energy has approved the final safety analysis for Oklo's Groves Isotope Test Reactor in Texas, clearing the path toward first criticality by July 2026. It marks the first advanced reactor on… read more...
Two U.S. researchers receive high-profile awards for work directly tied to advanced nuclear reactor construction and materials development for extreme environments. A clear signal of how much the sector is investing in core expertise and… read more...
