On April 22, 2026, Ontario Power Generation lowered a nearly 953-tonne basemat into a 35-metre excavation at the Darlington site, marking the official start of construction on the Western world's first grid-scale SMR. The GE… read more...
Radiant is building the world's first serial production facility for portable nuclear microreactors in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The 1-megawatt Kaleidos unit fits inside a standard shipping container and can be transported by road, rail, sea,… read more...
Bangladesh has begun loading nuclear fuel into the Unit 1 reactor at Rooppur, becoming the 33rd country in the world to produce nuclear energy. The 2,400 MW plant, built by Rosatom, marks a developing nation's… read more...
Physicists at Vilnius University have developed a sensor capable of detecting and localizing radioactive sources with exceptional accuracy. The technology targets nuclear plant monitoring, high-energy physics research, and industrial radiation protection. read more...
Construction at Hungary's Paks II nuclear plant is advancing rapidly: the excavation for Unit 6 spans 150 metres wide, 190 metres long and 23 metres deep, while the first concrete pour for Unit 5, completed… read more...
Holtec International is on the verge of restarting the Palisades nuclear plant in Michigan, which would become the first commercial reactor ever brought back online after entering decommissioning in the United States. The same site… read more...
Utah has unveiled the most ambitious nuclear energy plan in the United States, featuring 10 small modular reactors, a manufacturing hub in Brigham City, and a reactor already brought to criticality. Governor Spencer Cox is… read more...
Four private nuclear reactors achieved criticality in the United States before July 4, 2026, surpassing President Trump's executive order target of three. No country had ever brought three advanced microreactor designs to criticality within a… read more...
SGE, the SMR development platform founded by Polish billionaire Michał Sołowow, has submitted a £35 billion proposal to the UK government to build 14 BWRX-300 reactors across three sites, delivering a combined capacity of 4.2… read more...
The United States brought three advanced microreactors to criticality within June 2026 alone, meeting a presidential executive order deadline ahead of schedule. The machines, no larger than shipping containers, were built at speeds and costs… read more...
