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The Energy Department just handed eight companies $94 million to fast-track small modular reactors — clearing the licensing and supply snags that stall new plants

The U.S. Department of Energy in May 2026 awarded more than $94 million to eight American companies working to get small ...
Chattanooga Times Free Press

Costs rise for every TVA energy source but small modular nuclear, wind

The cost of building most kinds of power plants has risen since the Tennessee Valley Authority published a draft of its long-term power plan in 2024, according to new estimates the federal utility ...

NPPD identifies 4 Nebraska communities as potential small modular reactor sites

Nebraska Public Power District has narrowed its search for a site for a proposed small modular nuclear reactor to four ...
Mathrubhumi EnglishOpinion

Small Modular Reactors still face big doubts

The real question is no longer whether Small Modular Reactors are good or bad. The honest question is -- can they really be ...
The Holland Sentinel

Holtec granted $400M to develop first small modular reactors in U.S.

The U.S. Department of Energy has chosen Holtec as one of two developers nationally to receive hundreds of millions of federal dollars to finalize the first small modular nuclear reactors manufactured ...
Marine Log

MARAD launches initiative to develop Small Modular Nuclear Reactors

U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy. “By partnering with industry experts and outside-the-box thinkers to develop a ...
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Britain just picked the site for its first small modular reactors at Wylfa — a single project built to pump 1.5 gigawatts into the grid

After years of false starts and abandoned plans, the UK government has committed to building Britain’s first fleet of small ...
E&E

DOE selects TVA, Holtec for $800M small nuclear reactor award

TVA and Holtec were each selected to receive $400 million in federal cost-shared funding for initial projects in Tennessee and Michigan. The Energy Department selected the Tennessee Valley Authority ...
Finance & Commerce

Small modular reactors could power AI data centers

Editor’s note: This article, distributed by The Associated Press, was originally published on The Conversation website. The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and ...

Rwanda to explore deployment of small nuclear reactors with US help

KIGALI, May 19 (Reuters) - Rwanda signed agreements on civil nuclear cooperation with the United States and U.S. company Holtec International on Tuesday, as it assesses the potential for deploying ...