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Meeting a deadline set in President Trump’s May 23 executive order “Reforming Nuclear Reactor Testing at the Department of Energy,” the DOE on June 30 updated information on its National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) rulemaking and published an interim final rule rescinding existing regulations alongside new implementing procedures.

The finding allows DOE to move forward in scheduling and preparing for its first microreactor test at Idaho National Laboratory.

Centrus Energy has produced and delivered 900 kilograms of High-Assay, Low-Enriched Uranium to the U.S. Department of Energy, completing Phase II of its pioneering enrichment contract with the agency.

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oklo Inc. (NYSE: OKLO), an advanced nuclear technology company, announced today that its subsidiary Atomic Alchemy Inc. (“Atomic Alchemy”) has commenced site characterization work at a potential location for a commercial radioisotope production facility in Idaho, at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL).

The U.S. Department of Air Force has announced its notice of intent to award advanced nuclear technology company Oklo a contract to pilot a microreactor at Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska.

Oklo, a U.S. company hoping to build micro nuclear power plants, said on Wednesday the energy logistics agency of the Defense Department has issued a notice of intent to award a power purchase agreement for a pilot reactor.

The U.S. Dept. of Energy’s Loan Programs Office will continue supporting nuclear projects, Energy Secretary Christopher Wright said June 10 while testifying before a House subcommittee about his proposed budget.

The ANS Expert Advisory Group found significant merit in the whole-of-government approach to supporting nuclear energy deployment, innovation, workforce, and supply chain development.

The U.S. Department of Energy’s commitment to supply high-assay low-enriched uranium to Westinghouse, Kairos Power, TerraPower, Radiant Industries and TRISO-X brings demonstration small modular reactors closer to reality.

Westinghouse has received approval for its eVinci microreactor’s Preliminary Safety Design Report from the US Department of Energy, becoming the first microreactor developer to secure such an approved report for the National Reactor Innovation Center’s Demonstration of Microreactor Experiments test bed at the Idaho National Laboratory.