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Nuclear News Daily—5/15: DOE $94M SMR boost / Duane Arnold / Oak Ridge milestone

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May 15, 2026

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In this issue: DOE selects companies for $94M in SMR deployment awards, a decommissioning milestone at Oak Ridge, the details of First American Nuclear’s partnership with AtkinsRéalis, and more. Feature Friday: Today’s feature, from the May issue of ...

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도입부: In this issue: DOE selects companies for $94M in SMR deployment awards, a decommissioning milestone at Oak Ridge, the details of First American Nuclear’s partnership with AtkinsRéalis, and more.

Getting back to yes: A local perspective on decommissioning, restart, and responsibility

For 45 years, Duane Arnold Energy Center operated in Linn County, Iowa, near the town of Palo and just northwest of Cedar Rapids. The facility, owned by NextEra Energy, was the only nuclear power plant in the state. In August 2020, a historic derecho swept across eastern Iowa with winds approaching 140 miles per hour. Damage to the plant’s cooling towers accelerated a shutdown that had already been planned, and the facility entered decommissioning soon after. Today the national energy landscape looks very different than it did just six short years ago. Electricity demand is rising rapidly, and reliable, carbon-free baseload power has become increasingly valuable. In that context, Linn County has approved the rezoning necessary to support the recommissioning and restart of Duane Arnold and is actively supporting NextEra’s efforts to secure the remaining state and federal approvals. If successful, Duane Arnold would become one of the first U.S. nuclear facilities to move from decommissioning status back to active operation. For the industry, this is often framed as a technical or economic challenge. For local governments, the conversation is broader. Go deeper: To learn about the nuances of the complicated conversation at the local level, read Charlie Nichols and Mike Lukan’s full story on Nuclear Newswire.

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Utah’s MIDA

approves a $16.5M loan to prepare a potential manufacturing site for hardware production, including uranium enrichment equipment, to bolster local employment and fast-track nuclear energy. Salt Lake Tribune

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U.S. electricity

consumption will grow over 55% by 2050, driven by data centers and electric transport, according to NEMA, which advocates for grid enhancements to manage this surge effectively. Utility Dive

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Experimental data

may indicate an unobserved system of a neutral meson bound to a nucleus, offering insights into hadron masses and quantum chromodynamics. Physics World

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Italy plans

to reintroduce nuclear power, aiming for a legal framework by this summer to align with EU decarbonization goals. World Nuclear News

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The IAEA

is aiding African countries in their efforts to harness nuclear energy for sustainable development. IAEA

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A Russian cargo ship

that sank in 2024 was secretly transporting nuclear reactor components to North Korea. Euro News

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DOE selects companies for $94M in light water SMR deployment awards

Eight companies will collectively receive more than $94 million in cost-share funding to expedite the near-term deployment of small light water modular reactors, the Department of Energy announced Thursday. This Tier 2 disbursement under the Generation III+ SMR Pathway to Deployment Program is follows last year’s $800 million disbursement—which went to the Tennessee Valley Authority and Holtec to aid their deployment, respectively, of a GE Vernova Hitachi Nuclear Energy BWRX-300 at Clinch River in Tennessee and two Holtec SMR-300s at the Palisades site in Michigan. Read more on Nuclear Newswire.

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NRC commissioners talk attrition, recruitment, retention at Senate hearing

Last month, all five commissioners of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission went before the U.S. House Committee on Energy & Commerce’s Energy Subcommittee to discuss the agency’s fiscal year 2027 budget and share priorities and activities key to the agency. On Wednesday, the five took the NRC’s $892.3 million budget request for FY 2027 to the U.S. Senate’s Environment and Public Works Committee, where the focus shifted more toward the attrition of NRC employees and attempts to recruit and retain. Go deeper on Nuclear Newswire.

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Oak Ridge hails demolition of two enrichment buildings in single year

The Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management announced that its Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management is setting a new benchmark in cleanup progress at the Tennessee nuclear site—conducting demolition of two former Manhattan Project–era uranium enrichment facilities in a single year. Go deeper on Nuclear Newswire.

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AtkinsRéalis partners with First American Nuclear

Indianapolis-based reactor development start-up First American Nuclear announced on May 13 that it has entered into a strategic alliance with Montreal-based nuclear engineering company AtkinsRéalis. Together, the companies now plan to jointly develop, test, and license FANCO’s EAGL-1 reactor design. Go deeper on Nuclear Newswire.

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Utah State University expands INL collaboration with SUPER agreement

Utah State University and Battelle Energy Alliance, an Idaho National Laboratory contractor, have signed a memorandum of understanding, committing to a Strategic Understanding for Premier Education and Research (SUPER) agreement, which formalizes and expands the university’s collaboration with INL. Go deeper on Nuclear Newswire.

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