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Trump Media Group, Fusion Company TAE Merging in $6-Billion Deal The Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG) is merging with a California-based company focused on development of nuclear fusion in a $6-billion deal. The all-stock transaction announced December 18 would create one of the first publicly traded fusion companies.

X-energy, Doosan Lock In 16-Unit Xe-100 Component Reservation as Doosan Commits to New SMR Factory Small modular reactor (SMR) developer X-energy has secured a binding reservation agreement with South Korean power-generation equipment giant Doosan Enerbility to manufacture main power system steel components for 16 Xe-100… Advanced Nuclear Developers Raise New Capital as 2025 Investment Hits Record Levels and Demonstrations Near Three advanced nuclear developers—Radiant, Last Energy, and ARC Clean Technology—announced the closing of major private funding rounds in mid-December 2025, signaling renewed investor momentum behind microreactors and small modular reactors…

In Case You Missed It Nuclear, Natural Gas Power Generation Planned for Massive New Mexico Data Center Site A Texas-based developer and operator of next-generation digital infrastructure and integrated power assets announced it has entered into a land option purchase agreement for a site in New Mexico that would feature a vast data center center campus. The plan announced November 6 calls for more than 2 GW of natural gas-fired generation capacity, and 5 GW or more of nuclear power, to energize the 3,500-acre site.

Japan Prepares to Restart Unit at World's Largest Nuclear Power Plant Local government officials in Japan have given approval for the restart of a reactor at the world's largest nuclear power plant. The Kashiwazaki-Kariwa facility, where seven reactors have total generation capacity of nearly 8,000 MW, has sat idle since early 2012 in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011, which caused Japan to shut down its nuclear power industry. Bulgarian Group Has Deal to Build Up to Six BWRX-300 SMRs A Bulgarian energy company, along with a European project developer, has signed a letter of intent for a joint venture (JV) that could build a fleet of as many as six small modular reactors (SMRs) in the country. Blue Bird Energy AD and SGE S.A. on December 22 announced the JV would deploy BWRX-300 SMRs from GE Vernova Hitachi (GVH).

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Shimane 2 Highlights Progress in Japan's Nuclear Restart Program The Unit 2 reactor at the Shimane nuclear power station resumed operation in January 2025, more than a decade after it, and all other reactors in Japan, were taken offline. Japanese officials want restarted nuclear units to help supply needed power and lower the cost of energy across the country. Flamanville 3: Europe's Hard-Won Nuclear Milestone Flamanville 3 synchronized to the French grid in December 2024 after a prolonged, hard-fought build—an achievement that reflects years of technical recovery, regulatory rigor, and lessons now shaping

Thea Energy Completes Fusion Power Plant Preconceptual Design Fusion technology company Thea Energy said it has completed its preconceptual fusion power plant design. The company, founded in 2022 as a spin-out of the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory and Princeton University, is advancing the stellarator as part of its Helios system. Utah Groups Look at Nuclear Options to Power World's Largest Data Center Site An energy company focused on supporting artificial intelligence (AI) through infrastructure has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with a Utah-based nuclear power services company, as the groups evaluate ways to provide electricity for a massive data center campus in that state. The Uranium Renaissance: Revitalizing America’s Nuclear Supply Chain As the global demand for clean energy intensifies, nuclear power is enjoying a resurgence not seen in decades. However, this renewed interest has exposed a critical vulnerability in the U.S.… BWRX-300 SMR Reaches Regulatory Milestone in UK The GE Vernova Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GVH) BWRX-300 small modular reactor (SMR) has completed Step 2 of the Generic Design Assessment (GDA) process in the UK. Nuclear Startup Announces Kansas Site for Mile-Deep Reactor Pilot A California-based nuclear energy company with plans to place small modular reactors (SMRs) in mile-deep boreholes said it will break ground December 9 for a pilot project at a site… A First for Military Nuclear Power: TRISO Fuel Arrives at Project Pele Project Pele, the Department of War’s (DOW’s) first-of-its-kind transportable nuclear microreactor prototype, has received its tri-structural isotropic (TRISO) particle fuel at Idaho National Laboratory (INL), where formal system testing is… INL Taps AWS, GE Vernova, Oil Majors for First MARVEL Microreactor Experiments Idaho National Laboratory (INL) has selected the five commercial teams that will potentially demonstrate advanced applications—including data center integration—at its much-watched Microreactor Application Research Validation and Evaluation (MARVEL) platform, an… Framatome Selected to Deliver Critical Digital Control Upgrades at Columbia Generating Station Framatome said it has been awarded a contract to upgrade several digital control systems at Energy Northwest's Columbia Generating Station. The scope of the project includes system design, engineering, manufacturing,… Antares Raises $96 Million in Series B Funding to Accelerate Nuclear Microreactor Development Antares, an advanced nuclear energy startup, announced the close of its $96-million Series B funding round, which was led by Shine Capital with participation from Alt Capital, Caffeinated, FiftyThree Stations, Industrious, and other investors. DOE Selects TVA, Holtec to Receive $800 Million to Advance SMR Deployment The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) said the agency has selected the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) and Holtec Government Services to support early deployments of advanced light-water small modular reactors (SMRs) in the U.S. The DOE on December 2 said project teams with the two groups will receive up to $800 million in "federal cost-shared funding" targeted for projects in Tennessee and Michigan. China's Molten Salt Reactor Reaches Thorium-Uranium Conversion Milestone China’s Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics (SINAP) in November reported it had achieved thorium-to-uranium fuel conversion inside an operating molten salt reactor (MSR). The milestone provides the first On the Steam Side of Nuclear Energy Siemens Energy develops conventional islands for small modular reactors. When Rolls-Royce SMR began developing its small modular reactor (SMR)—using a unique factory-built approach to proven pressurized

What We’re Watching LLNL and Fraunhofer ILT partner on next-generation fusion lasers Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology (ILT) are joining forces to transition laser-ignited inertial fusion from experiments to industrial applications in a collaboration called ICONIC-FL (International Cooperation on Next-gen Inertial Confinement Fusion Lasers). Through a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) facilitated by… Read more by clicking here. NEI’s Top Blogs of 2025 A seemingly impossible amount of things happened in 2025. As we come to the end of the year, I know there’s one thing that is on everyone’s mind, and it’s not Stranger Things coming back or Spotify Wrapped. It’s NEI’s top blogs of 2025. We are true trendsetters in this country, and we understand we have a responsibility to share this with you. So, without further ado, I present to you our top blogs of 2025. … Read more by clicking here.