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Microreactors
Start here: Top SMR developers in 2026, ranked by what they've actually built — NNN's reference piece on this topic.
Aalo turns its July 4 criticality into a reactor mass-production push
Aalo Atomics says its July 4 zero-power criticality validated its supply chain and it is expanding into a one-million-sq-ft factory to mass-produce Aalo Pods.
China hot-tests first MW-class helium turbine for reactors
China's CNNC ran the first hot power-generation test of a megawatt-class helium Brayton turbine, a step toward higher-efficiency gas-cooled reactors.
DOE: four advanced reactors hit criticality in 2026
DOE says four advanced test reactors reached criticality in 2026, beating the July 4 Reactor Pilot Program target of three.
US opens DOME, a first-of-a-kind microreactor test bed
Built inside the repurposed EBR-II containment at Idaho National Laboratory, the DOME test bed gives microreactor developers a fast track to fission testing.
