Nuclear Energy

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Energy Dominance Financing (EDF) is providing a $4.2 billion conditional loan commitment to independent utility-scale generator Vistra Corp. to increase nuclear power generation as AI and data centers drive demand. U.S....

Italy has formally reopened the door to nuclear power after its Senate granted final approval to a government framework legislation — already passed by the Chamber of Deputies — that re-establishes a regulatory structure for nuclear energy in the...

South Korean shipbuilding major HD Hyundai has announced investments totalling more than US$800 million directed at two distinct manufacturing initiatives — an expanded onshore production facility for high-power generation engines and a dedicated small modular reactor (SMR) manufacturing plant. A...

Tech giant Google has signed a long-term Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Finnish energy company Fortum, securing up to 50% of the Loviisa nuclear power plant's capacity and providing critical financial certainty for the plant's life extension and power...

Kazakhstan has signed a landmark contract to design, supply, and construct its first nuclear power plant, moving the long-planned project into a concrete implementation phase as the country works to strengthen energy security and prepare for growing electricity demand. The...

NuScale Power Corporation is taking a meaningful step toward modernizing nuclear engineering and project execution by deploying nuclear-specific artificial intelligence tools across its engineering and knowledge-management functions. The initiative brings together NuScale Power's advanced small modular reactor expertise, Nuclearn's AtomAssist...

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has officially launched a landmark global initiative aimed at advancing the use of nuclear energy in civilian shipping and floating nuclear power plants. Named ATLAS — Atomic Technologies Licensed for Applications at Sea...