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U.S. Department of Energy Selects Five States to Explore Building Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Hubs

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced on July 28 that it has selected Utah, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Idaho as potential host states for Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Hubs. The DOE has signed memorandums of understanding with these five states and will continue to evaluate the conditions and plans for hosting the hubs in each state. On January 28 of this year, the DOE issued a Request for Information, inviting states to express interest in building Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Hubs. The proposed hubs are intended to support full lifecycle activities for nuclear fuel, including fuel fabrication, uranium enrichment, spent nuclear fuel reprocessing, and waste disposal. Depending on state priorities and regional capabilities, the hubs may also accommodate...

2026-07-30

IAEA and University of Saskatchewan Sign Agreement to Strengthen Nuclear Talent Development

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the University of Saskatchewan recently signed a "Practical Arrangement" to enhance cooperation in nuclear knowledge management, nuclear energy education, research support, and talent development. The agreement was signed on July 24 at IAEA headquarters. Baljit Singh, Vice-President of the University of Saskatchewan, and Mikhail Chudakov, IAEA Deputy Director General and Head of the Department of Nuclear Energy, signed the "Practical Arrangement" on July 24 at IAEA headquarters. (Photo: IAEA) Under the agreement, the two parties will collaborate through training workshops, expert missions, and educational material development...

2026-07-30

American Fusion Company Launches Texatron Test Program at Texas Tech University

American Fusion Company announced on July 29 that, after completing preliminary laboratory preparations and verifying the remote ignition system, the company has launched the Texatron test program at Texas Tech University. The company is the developer of proprietary technologies related to the Texatron fusion engine. According to the company, a total of seven members of the American Fusion engineering and scientific team conducted a one-day preparation session at the research facilities of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Texas Tech University. The activities included laboratory environment setup, inspection of instrumentation and supporting systems, system interface verification, and preparation for Texatron platform operation...

2026-07-30

Public Meeting Held on Restart Plan for Three Mile Island Unit 1

As electricity demand from AI-related data centers rises, multiple locations across the United States are reassessing the value of nuclear reactors originally slated for decommissioning. Recently, the restart plan for Unit 1 of the Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant in eastern Pennsylvania has entered the public engagement phase. The Three Mile Island plant has long been under scrutiny due to the 1979 accident at Unit 2, which involved a nuclear fuel meltdown and the release of radioactive materials. The proposed restart involves the adjacent Unit 1, which has been in the decommissioning process since 2019. Upon restart, it will operate under the name "Crane Clean Energy Center." On July 28, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission...

2026-07-30

NextEra and Brookfield Plan $100 Billion Data Center Campus at Former Paducah Uranium Enrichment Site in the U.S.

NextEra Energy and Brookfield Asset Management plan to develop a data center campus and supporting power generation facilities with a total investment exceeding $100 billion at a federally owned former uranium enrichment site in Paducah, Kentucky, USA. The project is located on or near the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Paducah site. According to relevant announcements, the campus is expected to provide over 1.2 gigawatts of data center computing capacity and deliver up to 1.8 gigawatts of power to the grid. The project is scheduled to begin operations in 2028 and reach full development approximately four years later; other information indicates that overall construction is expected to be completed around 2031.

2026-07-30

Bill Gates May Visit South Korea Next Month, Advanced Nuclear Energy and AI Cooperation Expected to Be on Agenda

Industry insiders revealed on July 29 that Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft and chairman of the Gates Foundation, plans to visit South Korea as early as next month and has requested a meeting with South Korean Prime Minister Han Duck-soo's office. Currently, both sides are coordinating the meeting time and agenda, with the specific visit date and meeting arrangements yet to be confirmed. If the visit proceeds, it will be Gates' second engagement with South Korea on advanced industrial cooperation following his trip last year. In August last year, Gates visited South Korea, focusing on discussing cooperation plans in areas such as artificial intelligence and next-generation small modular reactors (SMRs). During the visit, Gates also...

2026-07-30

DOE's Oak Ridge National Laboratory and REV Advance Shared Fusion Test Platform Construction

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)'s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and fusion energy consulting and investment firm Rutherford Energy Ventures (REV) have officially launched a new public-private partnership framework development effort to build shared fusion test platform infrastructure at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The collaboration framework, named the Fusion Accelerated Scaling Leverage Alliance (FULCRA), aims to explore new design and financing models for the proposed Fulcrum test facility at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, addressing critical capability gaps identified in the DOE's Fusion Science and Technology Roadmap...

2026-07-29

Trump to meet with heads of advanced nuclear reactor companies; projects from four firms reaching critical stage.

U.S. President Donald Trump is scheduled to meet with executives from several advanced nuclear reactor companies at the White House on July 24 (local time) to highlight key technological breakthroughs.According to White House officials, the CEOs of Antare

2026-07-27

The IAEA says it has not yet received a request to verify nuclear cooperation between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia.

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) stated on July 23 that it is aware of plans by the United States and Saudi Arabia to request the agency to conduct verification activities regarding a nuclear cooperation agreement currently under discussion b

2026-07-27