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Nuclear News Daily—4/16: LLNL-Inertia / Senate bill / UKAEA road map

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Apr 16, 2026

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In this issue: More on LLNL and Inertia’s R&D agreements, a tour of Chernobyl, a bill to expand DOE authority in the Senate, Japan and Bulgaria repository updates, and more. Throwback Thursday: This Sunday will mark 114 years since the birth of Glenn...

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도입부: In this issue: More on LLNL and Inertia’s R&D agreements, a tour of Chernobyl, a bill to expand DOE authority in the Senate, Japan and Bulgaria repository updates, and more.

LLNL and Inertia sign R&D partnership agreements

Yesterday, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Inertia Enterprises announced a strategic research and development partnership to address fusion challenges including laser development, fusion target design, and target fabrication technologies on the path to a commercial power plant. Go deeper on Nuclear NewsWire.

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The Bureau of Land Management

is reviewing an environmental assessment of the proposed Dewey-Burdock uranium mining project in South Dakota and is taking public comment on its draft assessment through May 14. E&E News

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The United Kingdom

’s Atomic Energy Authority has released its 2026–2030 organizational strategy for its national fusion laboratory. Objectives include bolstering exports, developing a new workforce, and building new research facilities. NIA UK

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The cruise industry

is exploring nuclear power to drive a sustainable and emissions-free fleet. Before adopting nuclear-powered propulsion, remaining hurdles include international regulatory alignment and public perception. Lloyd’s Register

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CANES at MIT

held a symposium focused on U.S. nuclear energy dominance. It highlighted the need for international partnerships, streamlined regulations, and public rebranding. MIT

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In a new exclusive

, reporter Matthew Sparkes tours Chernobyl, talking with scientists about how the exclusion zone has recovered, the impact of the war on the site, and the legacy it holds today. New Scientist (registration required)

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Bulgaria officially opened

its national repository for low- and intermediate-level radioactive waste. The site has a total capacity of 138,200 cubic meters. Officials expect for it to be filled over the next 60 years. World Nuclear News

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New York expects

to select a community to host at least 1 GW of new nuclear energy by the end of the year. Bloomberg (subscription required)

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EPRI’s recent report

on the applications of heavy beam welding for heavy section components of various types of reactors illustrates how the technology can be leveraged to speed nuclear deployment. Power Magazine

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U.S. utilities

plan to invest $1.4 trillion over the next five years, driven by the AI boom and the need to upgrade the aging power grid. Wall Street Journal (subscription required)

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The White House

is investigating claims, amid circulating conspiracy theories, that recent deaths and disappearances of scientists who may have had access to classified nuclear and aerospace materials might be connected. The Times

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Senate bill looks to clarify DOE authority over advanced reactors

Sen. Mike Lee (R., Utah), chair of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), has introduced a bill that would grant the Department of Energy greater authority over new nuclear projects under the federal agency’s oversight. Go deeper on Nuclear NewsWire.

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Rolls-Royce, GBE-N contract kickstarts U.K.’s SMR plans for Wylfa site

Ten months after Rolls-Royce SMR emerged as the United Kingdom’s preferred bidder to build the U.K.’s first small modular reactors, the company and the U.K. government’s Great British Energy–Nuclear have signed a contract allowing work to begin at the site of the decommissioned Wylfa nuclear plant in North Wales. Go deeper on Nuclear NewsWire.

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Japan to survey Pacific island for potential HLW repository

Japan will study the possibility of siting a deep geologic repository for high-level radioactive waste on the remote island of Minamitorishima, about 1,200 miles southeast of Tokyo. Go deeper on Nuclear NewsWire.

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Integrating Waste Management for Advanced Reactors: The Universal Canister System and Project UPWARDS

When the Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy launched the Optimizing Nuclear Waste and Advanced Reactor Disposal Systems (ONWARDS) program in 2022, it posed a challenge that the nuclear industry had never seriously confronted before: how to design waste management solutions that anticipate the coming shift to advanced reactors and not merely retrofit existing systems built for an older generation of technology. Go deeper on Nuclear NewsWire.

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TBT: Celebrating Seaborg

Any of list of history’s most notable nuclear figures would certainly be incomplete without Glenn Seaborg, who was a Fellow of the American Nuclear Society and a member for 43 years. Seaborg is perhaps best known for the 1941 experiment where he and several partners bombarded uranium with deuterons using a 60-inch cyclotron, isolating an unstable element with 94 protons in its nucleus. He later proposed to name this newly discovered element after the planet Pluto, dubbing it plutonium. Seaborg is also credited with the discovery of nine other transuranic elements: americium, berkelium, californium, curium, einsteinium, fermium, mendelevium, nobelium, and seaborgium. Aside from his many scientific contributions to the nuclear world, Seaborg was also a profoundly influential political voice. He served as chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission under Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon and was a science advisor to no fewer than ten presidents. He spoke frequently on the value of nuclear power. One quote published in a brief Nuclear News biography provides his insights on nuclear energy’s value for the environment: An environmentalist myself, I remain convinced that nuclear power remains the best choice—and I believe that in the future most environmentalists will come around to support it. The world is going to need huge amounts of energy if the population in the developing countries is going to enjoy the standard of living we do. Nuclear power's pollution and safety record is at least as good as that of other major sources. The cost of burning coal includes the deaths of miners, strip mines that poison streams, and acid rain. More radiation is released into the atmosphere from a coal-burning plant than from a nuclear plant. Our reliance on oil has led to Exxon Valdez–sized oil spills, acid rain, and our entanglement in the Mideast—where hundreds of thousands of people were killed and tremendous amounts of pollution released in Desert Storm. If a utility tried to build a solar electricity plant large enough to power a city, the facility would cover so much acreage that environmentalists would oppose it, just as they are opposing wind farm construction today. Go deeper: Read more of Seaborg’s story in the April 1999 issue of Nuclear News (pp. 64–66). (members only)

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