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Cameco And Brookfield Positioned To Lead New Jersey's $24 Billion Nuclear Build Out New Jersey has launched a competitive procurement process for new nuclear capacity under the Power New Jersey Act signed last month. The framework targets at least 1,100 MW of electrical power (MWe) at pre-approved sites and carries an estimated $24 billion price tag.  Westinghouse's AP1000 reactor sits coincidentally at about ~1,200 MWe. State officials are emphasizing shovel-ready locations and lessons learned from earlier projects to accelerate deployment. Federal financing tools that can cover up to 80% of costs are...

Nano Nuclear Progresses HALEU Transport Package Nano Nuclear released a notable update this morning for achieving conceptual design milestones on its proprietary, optimized High-Assay Low-Enriched Uranium (HALEU) transportation package, developed in partnership with German nuclear logistics heavyweight GNS. Through subsidiary Advanced Fuel Transportation (AFT), the company has nailed down two optimized payload baskets capable of hauling multiple advanced fuel forms including uranium oxide, TRISO, uranium-zirconium hydride, uranium mononitride, and even molten salt reactor fuel. All of it was run through an NRC Quality Assurance program, with initial analyses indicating full regulatory compliance....

US-backed Ukrainian drone attacks on Russia on Thursday killed at least four people, according to local authorities, including a three-year-old boy in the Voronezh Oblast. Voronezh Governor Alexander Gusev said 36 Ukrainian drones were shot down over the region and that the boy was killed when one crashed and caused a fire in his home. […]