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Kairos V2 Passes with Flying Colors
Kairos Power has a second safety-approved reactor design on the books. The company announced this week that its Hermes 2 reactor—the follow-on to the Hermes demo reactor—has passed a key safety review by the NRC, notching a key milestone on the path to a construction permit. Build, baby, build: It’s been about a year since […]
Rolls-Royce and the UK Take Nuclear Power Spacebound
Rolls-Royce has its tech on land, at sea, and in the air, so there’s only one place left to go—space. The company announced this morning that it won a £4.8M ($6.2M) award from the UK Space Agency under the country’s National Space Innovation Programme (NSIP). The award will help Rolls-Royce push forward on developing its […]
A Q+A with Brian Riordan, COO of Avalanche Energy
Ignition caught up with Riordan to talk about the company’s approach to the monumental challenge of building commercial fusion.
A Q+A with Rod Adams, Managing Partner at Nucleation Capital
Rod Adams, managing partner at advanced nuclear energy investment firm Nucleation Capital and author of the blog Atomic Insights, is as pro-nuclear as they come.
A Q+A with Liz Muller, CEO of Deep Isolation
As governments the world over consider how to decarbonize their energy infrastructure while still ensuring access to reliable, abundant power, nuclear energy often rises to the top of the list of options. But there are still holdups, and one question comes up time and time again: What can be done about the waste?
A Q+A With Michael Crabb, SVP of Commercial at Last Energy
Michael Crabb, SVP of commercial at Last Energy, has spent his career working in energy investment and financing. For him, when it comes down to it, all the groundbreaking technology in the world don’t mean a thing if it doesn’t fill a need and compete on price.
Blue Laser Fusion Closes a $37.5M Seed Round
Blue Laser Fusion is hard at work building a fusion generator it plans to commercialize within the decade. Yesterday, the company announced the closing of a $37.5M seed round to advance its growth and tech development.
Blykalla Secures a $7.3M Funding Round
A Swedish SMR developer just got funding to take the next step in development. Blykalla announced this week that it secured 80M SEK ($7.3M) in new funding from investors.
Curio Secures $14M
Curio Legacy Ventures has secured $14M in new funding to support the development of its nuclear fuel recycling systems, the company announced on Thursday.
Oklo Goes Public Via SPAC Merger
Oklo, a fast fission startup, has completed its SPAC merger with AltC Acquisition Corp.. Tomorrow, the combined company—now known as Oklo Inc.—will begin trading on the NYSE under the ticker “OKLO.” Oklo joins other advanced SMR companies on the public market, including NuScale and BWX Technologies. Not all sunshine: The road ahead for a nuclear […]
