CivilPolicy

Cut That Red Tape, Says UK Prime Minister

The US and its new DOGE office aren’t the only ones slashing government programs in the name of efficiency and productivity. The UK has taken up the gauntlet, too. UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has taken aim at the rules and regs governing the nuclear industry at home—namely, those restricting nuclear energy development to a […]

FusionVC/PE

Helion Raises a $425M Series F

We’ve got what you’ve all been waiting for, folks: the first fusion megaround of 2025. Helion announced this week that it has raised a $425M Series F round. The Washington-based fusion company, famously backed by OpenAI’s Sam Altman, is working to develop commercial fusion on a much shorter timeline than its competitors.   Lightspeed Venture Partners […]

Military

Rolls-Royce Secures £9B for UK Nuclear Submarines

The UK’s nuclear deterrent looks different from other world powers. It’s a singular approach—rather than building the capability to deploy nuclear weapons by air or land, the UK transports its deterrent via submarine. Rolls-Royce is the only company that supplies the nuclear power systems for the UK’s submarine fleet, and on Friday, that program got […]

Policy

Nuclear Policy Under Trump, Pt. II

President Donald Trump is back in office, and true to style, he kicked off his second presidency with an audacious (and large) batch of executive orders. We don’t have to tell you that.  If the president’s day-one changes set the tone for the next four years, we might expect streamlined government licensing processes and shorter […]

Fusion

The State of Fusion 2025 

The past year has been a big one for the fusion sector. It was a huge year for fundraising, with more than $2B in investor dollars flowing into the sector, and for regulatory development, with US regulators making rules to ensure that fusion tech is ultimately treated differently than reactors on the other side of […]

Fuel

The State of the Uranium Saga 

The results are in: The spot price of uranium at the end of 2024 rang in at $72.63 per pound. If you’ve been tracking the uranium market’s highs and lows over the last year or so, that seems like a significant drop. At the beginning of 2024, short-term prices were coming in at more than […]

CivilCommercial

Constellation Pulls $1B for Powering Government Ops

While we were away, the US government was busy arranging a massive carbon-free boost to its operations infrastructure. On Jan. 2, the General Services Administration (GSA), the independent government agency that manages government buildings and real estate, announced two monster contracts with nuclear operator Constellation ($CEG). The $840M contract is the largest energy services contract […]

CivilCommercialFusion

Fusion’s 2024 Wrapped

We’re still at least a handful of years from a working commercial fusion plant, but across the country and world, we’re getting closer every day. Fusion firms found success in fundraising, partnerships, and technological development this year in their quest to unlock the limitless power of the sun. Here’s our roundup of the highlights. Raising […]

CivilCommercialReactors

Your 2024 Fission Industry Wrapped

We started covering the fission industry with Ignition’s launch back in February. At that point, we had no idea (OK, maybe an inkling) that this year would hold so many pivotal moments in fission development for the US market.  Here’s our recap of the moments and trends that mattered most in the US fission sector. […]

CivilFuel

The DOE’s LEU Production Picks

The US is gearing up for another nuclear revolution, but there are a few snags in those plans. Over the last year, concerns have been rising over the continued availability of uranium to power the existing and future fleets of American reactors, and the DOE has been working to ensure that the domestic supply chain […]