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The ADVANCE Act, explained: what changed and where the NRC stands
The ADVANCE Act of 2024 cut NRC fees for advanced reactors, opened foreign ownership and set 36 implementation milestones — 31 were done by April 2026.
DOE nuclear funding, explained: every program paying for the buildout
DOE backs nuclear through loans, cost-shared demos, HALEU contracts and tax credits — $17.5bn in supply chain loans leads the 2026 lineup. The full map.
Top SMR developers in 2026, ranked by what they've actually built
Updated August 2026: SMR developers ranked on construction, licences and firm orders. GE Vernova Hitachi leads; TerraPower adds a fleet EPC deal.
TRISO fuel, explained
TRISO is coated-particle nuclear fuel that keeps fission products inside ceramic layers — the form many advanced reactors and microreactors now specify.
Every Nuclear Plant Under Construction in the US in 2026
The NNN tracker shows one U.S. nuclear unit under construction in 2026: TerraPower's 345 MW Natrium at Kemmerer, Wyoming, with a 2031 completion estimate.
The best nuclear energy news sources (2026)
Updated August 2026: eight nuclear news sources that matter — trade dailies, regulator feeds, and NNN's brief — ranked by what each does best.
The nuclear decommissioning market in 2026: size, players, pipeline
Nuclear decommissioning is an $8–11bn market in 2026: 220 shut reactors, a $120bn European pipeline, US trust funds near $100bn — and a restart wrinkle.
BWRX-300 vs AP300 vs Natrium: which SMR is actually winning?
BWRX-300 leads on deployment, AP300 banks on AP1000 heritage, Natrium adds storage. How the three highest-profile Western SMR programs compare in 2026.
Natrium, explained: TerraPower's reactor with a built-in battery
Natrium pairs a 345 MWe sodium-cooled fast reactor with molten-salt storage that boosts output to 500 MWe — and it's now under construction in Wyoming.
The BWRX-300, explained
GE Vernova Hitachi's BWRX-300 is a 300 MWe boiling-water SMR — the first Western small modular reactor to reach construction, at OPG's Darlington site.
Small modular reactors: the complete guide
Small modular reactors are nuclear plants of up to 300 MWe built from factory-made modules. Who's building them, where, and what's actually under construction.
