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Press ReleaseDecember 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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November 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 ReleaseNovember 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 ReleaseOctober 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 ReleaseSeptember 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
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September 15, 2025U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright today delivered the U.S. National Statement at the General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna, Austria.Energy.gov
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Energy Department Announces $134 Million to Advance U.S. Fusion Leadership Through Targeted ResearchPress ReleaseSeptember 10, 2025The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $134 million in funding for two programs designed to secure U.S. leadership in emerging fusion technologies and innovation.Energy.gov
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August 26, 2025The U.S. Department of Energy today made conditional commitments to provide high-assay low-enriched uranium to three U.S. companies to meet near-term fuel needs.Energy.gov