There’s a new fusion company building a machine in the land down under, and it’s just notched a milestone on its way to generating fusion power. OpenStar, a New Zealand startup developing a levitated dipole fusion machine, announced Tuesday that it had achieved first plasma in a test that sustained temperatures of 300,000°C for 20 […]
The relationship between AI and nuclear goes both ways. We’ve seen the deals signed to power the vast energy needs of AI with nuclear power—and now it’s time for AI to give a little something back. That’s the goal of a collaboration announced this week between Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) and Atomic Canyon, […]
It’s that time of year again, folks. Companies are reporting their earnings for the third quarter of 2024—and it was certainly an eventful quarter. Here’s our roundup of the first few calls of this earnings season. Constellation sees a way forward: Constellation ($CEG) faced a setback this week when FERC rejected the interconnection agreement between […]
Six months after its founding, SMR startup Deep Atomic has revealed a reactor design concept that’s sized especially for data center customers. The company said last week that it would focus its energy (no pun intended) on potential data center customers by building tailor-made reactors. “The data center energy demand peak and the peak interest […]
Antares, a company building modular microreactors for use on Earth and in space, announced Wednesday that it raised a new batch of funding to forge ahead with development. The $30M Series A round was led by Caffeinated Capital and AltCap. It also included participation from Rogue, Uncommon Capital, Shrug, Banter Capital, Box Group, and Shine […]
…But it’s not all over yet. Ultra Safe Nuclear Corp. (USNC), a leading microreactor developer working with a handful of US and foreign government agencies on reactor and fuel development projects, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy this week. The bankruptcy announcement isn’t the last we’ll hear from the company. USNC’s filing revealed extensive restructuring plans, […]
It’s been a long time coming for a waste disposal project in Sweden. Now, it’s finally happening. After about 13 years pursuing a long-term waste repository project with Swedish regulators, Svensk Kärnbränslehantering AB (SKB) has officially secured an environmental permit from the Land and Environment Court to build and operate nuclear waste repositories. The permit […]
Vietnam has never had a nuclear power plant. That could be about to change. This week, Vietnam’s Minister of Industry and Trade, Nguyen Hong Dien, presented a draft energy law to the country’s National Assembly that proposes the state assume a monopoly on the financing, construction, and operation of advanced nuclear plants. The move is […]
The US is one step closer to a domestic supply chain for high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU). Five months after a ban on Russian uranium imports freed up $2.7B in federal funding, the DOE has picked four companies to handle domestic production. Drumroll please…the winners are: Each company will receive a minimum of $2M funded by […]
Nuclear is the hip thing in tech right now. Amazon’s deals and Microsoft’s recent announcement make that very clear, and Google’s not one to be left out of the fun. This week, Google announced a deal with SMR developer Kairos Power to procure ~500 MW of nuclear power starting in 2030 as it ramps up […]
