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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.
Centrus and Antares sign multi-year HALEU supply contract
Centrus signed a multi-year HALEU supply contract with Antares Nuclear, with deliveries before 2030 and customer prepayments funding its Piketon expansion.
Centrus to supply Radiant with HALEU for Kaleidos microreactors
Definitive multi-year HALEU supply contract: Centrus will fuel Radiant's Kaleidos microreactors, with unobligated US-origin deliveries before 2030.
Unity microreactor goes viral in Australia's nuclear ban debate
A viral X thread on Deployable Energy's 1-MWe Unity microreactor, framed as 'banned in Australia,' drove a nuclear advocacy surge — here's the verified core.
Nuclear Energy Launch Pad, explained: DOE's private-build fast track
DOE's Nuclear Energy Launch Pad lets private developers build reactors and fuel plants under DOE authorization, at INL or nationwide, with no NRC license.
Westinghouse eVinci microreactor reaches zero-power criticality
Westinghouse completed zero-power criticality testing of its eVinci microreactor at the US NCERC with Los Alamos and Idaho National laboratories.
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.
