Reactors

Reports Reveal the State of Nuclear This Year

There’s a wealth of new data on global nuclear power generation and development. This week, two important annual reports on the nuclear sector from IAEA and the World Nuclear Association hit the shelves—so to speak—and revealed in new detail how the globe’s atomic power production is going. All in all, nuclear power generation is up, […]

CommercialReactors

Teaming Up for Commercial Nuclear Shipping

With the amount of goods traveling every day on massive container ships across the oceans, it stands to reason that those ships could use a nuclear boost—and developers of Gen IV reactors want to make it happen. This week, UK-based nuclear startup Core Power announced that it entered into an agreement with Lloyd’s Register, a […]

VC/PE

Aalo Atomics Clinches $27M Series A

Austin’s local nuclear energy startup, Aalo Atomics, just got a major funding boost as it looks to beef up its team and make progress toward its holy grail: mass manufacturing of nuclear reactors. The company announced yesterday that it’s raised an additional $27M in funding from investors. 50Y and Valor Equity Partners led the round, […]

Earnings

$SMR, $BWXT and $CEG Report Q2 Earnings

Earnings season is in full swing, and you know what that means: Another roundup of companies reported results from the second quarter of 2024. Let’s get right into it. NuScale Cuts Costs, Looks for Revenue Opps NuScale is doubling down on the “cost-saving initiatives” revealed last quarter as it climbs its way back from a […]

Policy

Pew Finds Most People Support Nuclear Expansion

Despite the important role that nuclear plants play in supplying the US with carbon-free, reliable baseload power, they get a bad rap. Historical concerns over the safety of nuclear energy after accidents, comparisons to nuclear weapons tech and proliferation, and pushback from environmentalists over waste and radiation have all negatively contributed to the public’s ever-changing […]

Earnings

Q2 2024 Nuclear Energy Earnings Roll In

It’s that time of year again—nuclear energy companies trading in the public markets have started reporting their earnings for Q2 and H1. So far, Cameco and Kazatomprom have phoned in with results, and we’re here to share the highlights. Cameco stays the course The Canadian uranium producer reported last week that it’s on track to […]

FusionVC/PE

Type One Energy Raises $53.5M for Fusion Development

Investor enthusiasm for fusion is alive and well. Our proof: a fresh batch of funding to the tune of $53.5M for Type One Energy, a startup building a stellarator in Tennessee. The investment completes Type One’s seed round, which stands at a grand total of $82.4M after the company announced a $29M portion last year. […]

CivilFusion

South Korea Allocates $866M to Harness the Power of the Sun

Korea’s fusion development is about to get a major government windfall as the nation races toward commercial opportunities. Last week, South Korea’s National Fusion Energy Committee, an office within the Science Ministry, announced that it would start a 1.2T won ($866M) program to bolster domestic commercial fusion development. The funding, separate from the vast amounts […]

CivilCommercial

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 […]

CivilCommercialReactors

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 […]