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U.S. Army Mobilizes $2.2B Janus Program to Deploy More Than 20 Commercial Microreactors
The U.S. Army has mobilized up to $2.2 billion for a five-year effort to build and operate more than 20 commercial nuclear microreactors across military installations, selecting five reactor developers…
NRIC Adds 13 Projects to Nuclear Energy Launch Pad, Expanding Advanced Reactor and Fuel-Cycle Pipeline
The Department of Energy's (DOE's) National Reactor Innovation Center (NRIC) has selected 13 new projects across 12 companies for its Nuclear Energy Launch Pad initiative in a significant expansion of…
PJM Widens Response to Data Center Load as Capacity Shortfalls Deepen
PJM Interconnection has proposed a new framework that would allow large data centers and other major electricity users to enter service without first securing enough new capacity to cover their…
 
Westinghouse eVinci Reaches Criticality Milestone at Nevada Test Site
Westinghouse's eVinci microreactor has completed zero-power criticality testing at the National Criticality Experiments Research Center (NCERC), a National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) facility at the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS).…
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Texas 2.5-GW Gas-Plus-Nuclear Project Proceeds to Engineering, Licensing Phase
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Brookfield, NextEra to Develop $100B Data Center Campus at DOE's Paducah Site, Paired With 4.6 GW of Dedicated Generation
A coalition led by Brookfield and NextEra Energy has unveiled plans to build a $100 billion, privately funded artificial intelligence (AI) data center campus at the U.S. Department of Energy's…
NVIDIA, Cloverleaf Partnering to Advance Data Center Development
Technology giant NVIDIA is furthering its support of artificial intelligence (AI) and data center construction. Cloverleaf Infrastructure, a group that supports the AI buildout by providing power sources and infrastructure…
The Janus Five: 20+ Commercial Nuclear Microreactors, Starting in 2028
Five advanced nuclear companies will build, own, and operate more than 20 commercial nuclear microreactors across five U.S. Army installations under the Janus Program, a milestone-based effort designed to place…
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3 GW Off PJM, Again: What NERC’s 2024 Investigation Already Told Us
More than 3 GW of data center load left the PJM system on July 22, 2026, after a single transmission fault. The North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) investigated the…
Don’t Ask States to Become Nuclear Waste Dumps. Make Them Partners in Solving the Problem
A new federal effort to develop nuclear “lifecycle” campuses has produced something Washington, D.C., has rarely seen: states competing for a role in managing America’s used nuclear fuel.
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