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• Federal finance: Up to $1.9B DOE loan to NextEra enables restart of the 615-MW Duane Arnold plant
• Tech utility tie-up: Google's 25-year PPA...

State engagement signals fusion shifting from private strategy to regional priority.

• Facility progress: Pacific Fusion broke ground on its...

Can maritime nuclear power open a new deployment market, and how will regulators handle floating platforms?

• Bluecore secured a $50 million seed...

Hyperscaler demand is driving SMR deals through three-party models with developers and utilities, shifting risk from traditional procurement to direct...

Realta Fusion's magnetic-mirror approach, backed by $45M+ since its 2022 founding, targets compact industrial heat and power systems.

The Madison Gas...

Private fusion funding has reached $14 billion, led by Commonwealth Fusion Systems ($3.94B) and Helion ($3.2B).

• Tech gains in magnets, AI, and chips...

Thea Energy's Helios design uses software-controlled planar coils to shrink a stellarator to an 8 m major radius while targeting 400 MWe continuous...

The Department of Defense will install a Micro Modular Reactor at Naval Weapons Station Crane by September 2028, delivering continuous power to a key...

ONE Nuclear is advancing Project Amberjack toward a multi-unit advanced nuclear campus by securing site control and completing initial siting analyses...

Proxima Fusion has scaled rapidly with over €650M in backing and a team expanding across Munich, Zurich, and Oxford to develop its Alpha and Stellaris...

Blykalla is establishing a US technical center in Austin to accelerate partnerships with data-center operators and industrial firms needing scalable...

Why is irradiation testing a critical gate for advanced nuclear fuels like Lightbridge's?

• It exposes fuel rodlets to controlled coolant chemistry,...

Commonwealth Fusion Systems has now raised $4 billion total, including a fresh $1 billion round from pension funds, sovereign wealth funds and...

Fusionality's $3.7M pre-seed round targets the emerging bottleneck in fusion commercialization: real-time reactor control software that most...

Tennessee's first fusion plant license to Type One Energy signals regulatory maturation that could speed prototype deployment at the Bull Run site...

Private capital and regulatory reform are driving a decentralized nuclear push, targeting data centers, mines, and military sites instead of utility...

• Indiana's new Advanced Nuclear Ready Communities program creates three tiers to formally recognize local readiness for deployment.
• New Jersey's...

Supply-chain innovators can strengthen patent value by targeting adjacent markets alongside fusion.

• Broader framing helps secure wider claims when...

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