The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today made conditional commitments to provide high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) to three U.S. companies to meet near-term fuel needs. The second round of HALEU allocations will support the testing of two advanced reactor designs and jumpstart a new domestic advanced fuel line to unleash an American nuclear energy renaissance. “President Trump...
The Palisades Nuclear Plant is located on the shoreline of Lake Michigan, a short two-hour drive from Chicago. It came online in 1971 and was retired in 2022, ranked at the time as the eighth-oldest nuclear plant in the country. Now, the plant is set to restart and make history as the first American nuclear plant to do so.
Airloom Energy is debuting a new type of wind energy technology that differs significantly from current offerings on the market.
Alphabet’s Google and Kairos Power will deploy an advanced nuclear plant connected to the Tennessee Valley Authority’s electric grid by 2030, the companies announced Monday. TVA has agreed to purchase up to 50 megawatts of power from Kairos’ Hermes 2 reactor. It is the first utility in the U.S. to sign a power purchase agreement with...
President Trump’s nomination of attorney Laura Swett to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission comes at a pivotal moment for American energy and technology. The promise of artificial intelligence presents incredible economic opportunity but also brings new challenges for energy and national security. Fortunately, the Supreme Court’s unanimous decision in Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County has tilted the...
“You have to go see the waste — did you see the waste?” Isabelle Boemeke shouted into the wind, which whipped her long, dark braid behind her as she stood on the California shoreline in San Luis Obispo. The waste in question was the leftover uranium rods from producing nuclear energy, which are stored in...
An AI-powered recycling firm called Glacier has developed next-generation robotic systems to end waste.
During his 2024 campaign, President Trump frequently talked about the “liquid gold” under our American feet. He meant oil and natural gas reserves. We have fossil fuels in such abundance that we export energy to the rest of the world. It’s quite a change from the 1990s and 2000s when the U.S. was supposedly going...
Peak Energy’s passive sodium-ion battery system cuts costs, reduces fire risk, and onshores key manufacturing Peak Energy has shipped the first-ever grid-scale sodium-ion energy storage system (ESS) to the U.S. electric grid, launching a new era in battery innovation. The company’s fully passive, gigawatt-hour-scale system eliminates moving parts, slashes operational costs, and removes components responsible for most...
Nuclear startup General Matter is expected to formally announce details Tuesday about the enrichment facility it intends to create at the U.S. Department of Energy Paducah Site. The announcement is set for 10 a.m. at the DOE Paducah site, featuring remarks from Gov. Andy Beshear, U.S. Sens. Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul and U.S. Rep....
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