Industry Accomplishment

Oklo to integrate AI reactor workflows

Oklo has announced a Strategic Partnership Project (SPP) with Battelle Energy Alliance (BEA), the managing contractor for the Idaho National Laboratory (INL), to integrate advanced artificial intelligence (AI) technologies into the design and engineering workflows of next-generation nuclear infrastructure including advanced reactor and fuel-system design work.

Oklo and Idaho National laboratory to employ AI-enabled reactor design for advanced nuclear systems

Strategic Partnership Project to apply INL’s Prometheus AI platform to accelerate reactor and fuel-system design workflows in support of the federal government’s Genesis Mission, including work related to Oklo’s Pluto reactor

Clean Core’s fuel test complete at INL’s ATR

Clean Core Thorium Energy has announced the completion of its nearly two-year ANEEL fuel irradiation testing and qualification campaign at Idaho National Laboratory.

ISU, NuCube Energy selected for federal nuclear launch pad program

The next generation of nuclear energy technology could be taking shape in Pocatello after Idaho State University and NuCube Energy were selected for the Nuclear Energy Launch Pad USA Program.
CCTE’s ANEEL fuel successfully reached more than 60 GWd/MTU of burnup in the INL’s Advanced Test Reactor, marking the completion of a multiple year irradiation test and validating the potential of the thorium-HALEU fuel cycle.

Oklo launch nuclear AI partnership

Oklo, NVIDIA, and Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) have announced a strategic collaboration to advance nuclear fuel validation and support the development of nuclear-powered AI factories.

National Reactor Innovation Center accepting Launch Pad applications

The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Nuclear Energy and the National Reactor Innovation Center have officially opened the Nuclear Energy Launch Pad’s request for applications.

National Reactor Innovation Center announces first selections for Nuclear Energy Launch Pad

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Energy and the National Reactor Innovation Center (NRIC) announced the first developers selected for the newly established Nuclear Energy Launch Pad. The initiative helps private nuclear developers move their technologies from concept to commercial deployment.

TerraPower begins construction of first U.S. utility-scale advanced nuclear plant in Wyoming

TerraPower has officially started construction on Kemmerer Unit 1 in Wyoming, the first utility scale advanced nuclear power plant under construction in the United States.
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Nuclear microreactor company Antares opens Aiken office

Antares, a company developing pickup-truck-sized nuclear microreactors, cut the ribbon April 24 at an office in Aiken for planning and engineering.