American Nuclear Society

06/18/2026

New York’s ambitious efforts to add at least 5 gigawatts of new nuclear power raise several questions: How much will it cost the state, the federal government, and ratepayers? Where does private investment fit into the picture? What nuclear reactor designs should developers pursue?

To provide clarity and direction to these and other concerns, the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority and New York State Department of Public Service recently issued the preliminary draft of its advanced nuclear policy options paper.

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06/17/2026

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission - NRC is set to prepare an environmental impact statement for its review of Holtec International's application to site two Holtec SMR-300 reactors at the Palisades site in Covert, Mich. The two planned reactors would be known as Pioneer-1 and -2.

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06/16/2026

General Atomics announced it is developing design concepts in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Energy for the Fusion Blanket Component Test Facility, which will test full-scale breeding blankets.

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06/15/2026

On Friday, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission - NRC announced that it renewed the operating licenses of Hatch-1 and -2 in under 12 months.

Hatch’s SLR approval comes just over a month after the NRC approved an SLR application for Robinson within 12 months. Robinson was the first reactor unit to undergo the expedited review process.

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06/12/2026

In April, shortly after Kairos Power broke ground on Hermes 2, cofounder and chief technology officer Edward Blandford talked with Nuclear News associate editor Rafael Guerrero at Kairos’s reactor demonstration site in Oak Ridge, Tenn.

In their conversation, Guerrero and Blandford talked about Kairos’s plans, from the granular details (such as the advantages of electron beam welding) to the bigger picture of its path to commercialization.

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06/11/2026

The U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Energy turned its attention to nuclear permitting reform at a June 9 hearing—looking at a total of six proposals.

During the hearing, lawmakers and subject matter experts discussed three bills and another three drafts that address fuel recycling, ACRS, NRC hearings and staff compensation, DOE transparency, and domestic uranium enrichment.

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06/10/2026

The final executive session of the American Nuclear Society’s 2026 Annual Conference was titled “With Great Processing Power Comes Great Responsibility: Ethics and Opportunities for AI and Tomorrow’s Workforce” and focused on how the nuclear industry should work to meet the unprecedented moment that AI is bringing to everything from plant operations to workforce development.

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06/09/2026

On June 1, the planned restart of the Crane nuclear power plant (formerly Three Mile Island-1) received a boost when the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved Constellation's waiver request to transfer certain rights to the Middletown, Pa., plant.

Two days later, the restart—which could happen as early as 2027—hit another significant milestone when the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission - NRC announced that its preliminary environmental assessment review determined the restart would have no significant environmental impacts.

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06/05/2026

1,200 of you made it to Denver for the 2026 ANS Annual Conference—and what a conference it was! Whether you attended sessions, networked, or took part in ANS courses, we'd love to hear what your highlights were! ⚛️

06/05/2026

“The nuclear renaissance is real here,” said Ontario Power Generation's Subo Sinnathamby on May 8, one year to the day after OPG secured a final investment decision to build the first of four planned BWRX-300 reactors at its Darlington nuclear power plant, and shortly after the new reactor’s foundation was lifted into place.

Today on Nuclear Newswire, she and GE Vernova Hitachi Nuclear Energy's Sean Sexstone discuss the progress made at Darlington so far, and what the road ahead looks like. Read more:

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