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Raven-Flint wins DOE backing for U.S. uranium conversion plant
Raven-Flint was selected for the U.S. Department of Energy’s NRIC Nuclear Energy Launch Pad to advance a domestic uranium conversion project. The company is developing a conversion process that does not use elemental fluorine.
Radiant wins $750M contract from U.S. Army to delivery energy independence to U.S. military bases
Radiant, the company building the world’s only plug-in ready, transportable commercial nuclear microreactors, today announced that the U.S. Army, in partnership with the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), has executed a binding agreement totaling up to $750 million dollars to develop and deploy 15 Kaleidos nuclear microreactors through the Army’s Janus Program. Radiant’s award is one of the largest contracts ever issued by DIU across their portfolio, and the largest award within the Janus Program.
Lightbridge Corporation (“Lightbridge” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: LTBR), an advanced nuclear fuel technology company, today announced that it has been selected to participate in the Nuclear Energy Launch Pad INL, administered by the U.S. Department of Energy’s (“DOE”) National Reactor Innovation Center (“NRIC”) at Idaho National Laboratory (“INL”). Selection provides an accelerated pathway toward DOE authorization for Lightbridge to design, build, and operate a dedicated facility at INL to manufacture Lead Test Assemblies (“LTAs”) of Lightbridge Fuel — the Company’s proprietary metallic nuclear fuel — for testing in U.S. commercial power reactors. LTAs represent the final fuel qualification stage between reactor testing and commercial fuel sales. Lightbridge now has an accelerated pathway to establishing manufacturing capability for producing LTAs.
Standard Nuclear Announces Fuel Supply Agreement with Antares Nuclear, Inc.
Standard Nuclear (NYSE: STDN) ("Standard Nuclear" or the "Company"), a reactor-agnostic producer of TRISO nuclear fuel and the only U.S. company with industrial-scale TRISO fuel fabrication facilities, today announced the execution of a binding fuel supply agreement ("FSA") for supply of TRISO fuel with Antares Nuclear, Inc. ("Antares"), a nuclear fission energy company developing microreactors for defense and space applications.
Army reaches agreement with private industry for nuclear micro-reactors
The Department of the Army is announcing today that the Janus Program has selected five nuclear energy vendors, and five initial locations.
In partnership with the Department of War Innovation Unit (DIU), the Army is awarding up to a combined $2.2 billion to own, construct, and operate nuclear microreactors on military installations. These vendors will deliver safe, secure, and reliable nuclear power, strengthening the Army’s ability to project power globally, while supporting the revitalization of American industrial capacity and technological leadership. With the private sector funding expected along with these government dollars, the Army expects more than 20 total nuclear microreactors will be built and operated across Department of War installations.
NRIC selects new Nuclear Energy Launch Pad participants to boost nuclear energy
Today, the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Reactor Innovation Center (NRIC) located at Idaho National Laboratory announced 13 new projects were selected to participate in the Nuclear Energy Launch Pad initiative.