Nuclear
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DOE advances talks to fuel advanced nuclear reactors with old plutonium
The Trump administration is in “advanced negotiations” to turn Cold War-era weapons liabilities into reactor fuel.
Catherine BoudreauMay 26, 2026 -
A blueprint for scalable fusion power
Carrie von Muench, COO of Pacific Fusion, unpacks the state of the market from bottlenecks to financing.
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ARPA-E awards record $135 million to speed commercial fusion energy
This marks the agency's largest-ever investment in the moonshot technology.
Catherine BoudreauApr 8, 2026 -
Building a domestic nuclear fuel supply chain
Scott Nolan, founder and CEO of General Matter, gets into the details of rebuilding uranium enrichment in the US.
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The state and future of nuclear waste
Dr. Jen Shafer digs into the details of waste itself and solutions for its safe disposal.
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What TerraPower’s big milestone says about future nuclear projects
Bill Gates’ reactor startup has a construction permit — and a lot of open questions about its path to operation.
Alexander C. KaufmanMar 10, 2026 -
The path to market for new nuclear reactors
Katy Huff, former assistant secretary for nuclear energy, helps make sense of a wave of new reactor announcements.
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Inside Meta’s massive nuclear push
We examine the details of Meta’s 6.6-gigawatt nuclear deal. How much is real and how much is aspirational?
