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Press ReleasesJanuary 14, 2026U.S. Department of Energy designates Idaho National Laboratory as its leading institution for critical research, development, and demonstration efforts concerning used nuclear fuel management.Office of Nuclear Energy
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Press ReleasesDecember 18, 2025The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Nuclear Energy today awarded more than $590,000 in funding to three universities to enhance nuclear energy instruction.Office of Nuclear Energy
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Press ReleasesDecember 3, 2025Researchers at Idaho National Laboratory have successfully created the first batch of fuel salt for the Molten Chloride Reactor Experiment.Office of Nuclear Energy
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Press ReleasesDecember 2, 2025Funding will help expand the nation’s nuclear energy capabilities, grow the nuclear energy workforce, and restore American energy dominance.Office of Nuclear Energy
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November 25, 2025The fast modular reactor (FMR) design is one of three early-stage concept projects the U.S. Department of Energy supported under its Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program.Office of Nuclear Energy
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November 17, 2025X-energy's fuel fabrication facility will be the first of its kind in the United States and will manufacture the company’s proprietary TRISO fuel for its commercial reactors.Office of Nuclear Energy
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Press ReleasesNovember 12, 2025Framatome’s accident tolerant fuel assembly completed four years of operation at Constellation Energy’s Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant in Maryland.Office of Nuclear Energy
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Press ReleasesNovember 6, 2025Irradiation testing of TRISO-X fuel will take place over the next 13 months at INL’s Advanced Test Reactor facility.Office of Nuclear Energy
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Press ReleasesOctober 16, 2025The U.S. Department of Energy released its Fusion Science and Technology Roadmap, a national strategy to accelerate the development and commercialization of fusion energy on the most rapid, responsible timeline in historyEnergy.gov
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Press ReleasesSeptember 30, 2025The U.S. Department of Energy today announced another step forward in the Trump administration’s efforts to strengthen domestic supply chains for nuclear fuel.Energy.gov