Kairos Wraps ETU 1.0 Testing
Kairos has notched another milestone on the way to deploying its first Hermes molten salt reactor by completing testing on its first engineering test unit.
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AWS’ Nuclear-Powered Data Center Gets Pushback
There’s a fight brewing in Pennsylvania over the future of an AWS project that would hook a new data center directly up to the Susquehanna nuclear power plant. The story so far: In March, AWS made waves when it announced it had purchased a $650M data center campus from Talen Energy that had a direct […]
NANO Nuclear’s Cooling Tech Acquisition Sends Stock Surging
NANO Nuclear Energy ($NNE) is having a good week. The newest nuclear energy IPO on the market is trading up nearly 46% since Monday morning and reached an intra-day high of $36.14 per share on Tuesday.
N-ergy Raises $1.5M to Speed Up Advanced Materials Testing
N-ergy recently raised a $1.5M pre-seed round to build out a data-powered autonomous advanced materials factory that can dramatically speed up the design, manufacture, and qualification of new materials—from five years to three months, start to finish.
TAE and Oxy: A Match Made in Carbon-Free Heaven
TAE Technologies may have just unlocked a new application for fusion power: capturing carbon directly from the atmosphere. This week, the California fusion startup signed a memorandum of understanding with Oxy Low Carbon Ventures to look into supplying fusion power and heat to direct air capture (DAC) facilities that would filter carbon emissions straight out […]
Xcimer Pulls a $100M Series A
Xcimer Energy has topped the year-to-date record for a fusion company fundraise with its $100M Series A.
Curtiss-Wright to Acquire Ultra Energy for $200M
Curtiss-Wright Corp., a provider of high-tech parts and services for aerospace and defense, commercial power, and industrial markets, announced plans on Monday to acquire Ultra Energy for $200M in cash.
Last Energy to Further Develop Nuclear Power Systems with NATO
This morning, Last Energy, a US company developing a scaled-down, manufacturable, shippable nuclear reactor, announced that it’s partnering with the NATO Energy Security Centre of Excellence to research how micro-nuclear tech could fit the alliance’s needs.
Nuclear License Renewals: Critical and Costly
The US nuclear fleet is seeking a new lease on life. Constellation Energy, the nation’s largest nuclear operator, has filed two plant renewal applications with the NRC since the start of 2024, with more than half its fleet expected to follow suit over the next decade.
Atomic Canyon Superpowers Its Nuclear AI with Oak Ridge
You’ve heard of nuclear plants powering the data needs of AI. Now, get ready for AI to help the nuclear sector in return.