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Rockville’s X-energy closes $700M funding round, continues growth
X-Energy Reactor Company LLC announced it closed an oversubscribed Series D financing round of $700 million from new and existing investors.
Constellation Energy gets $1B loan for Three Mile Island reopening
Baltimore-based Constellation Energy secured a $1 billion loan to help finance the reopening of the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant.
Amazon to spend $20B on data centers in PA — including next to nuclear power plant
Amazon plans to spend $20 billion on two data center complexes in Pennsylvania, including one it is building alongside a nuclear power plant.
Meta turns to Baltimore’s Constellation to use nuclear power for AI needs
Meta has cut a 20-year deal with Baltimore-based Constellation to secure nuclear power to help meet surging demand for AI needs.
Trump signs executive orders to boost nuclear power, speed up approvals
President Donald Trump signed executive orders intended to quadruple domestic production of nuclear power within the next 25 years.
Supreme Court wrestles with frustrating search for nuclear waste storage
The Supreme Court wrestled with whether to restart plans to temporarily store nuclear waste at sites in rural Texas and New Mexico.
Could a Md. coal plant house a small nuclear reactor?
A Maryland energy company and Frostburg State University will explore the feasibility of converting a coal plant to house a small nuclear reactor to generate electricity.
Malfunction shuts down Calvert Cliffs plant reactor
LUSBY — Constellation Energy Nuclear Group says one of two nuclear reactors at the Calvert Cliffs power plant shut down automatically after a malfunction. Calvert Cliffs spokesman Kory Raftery says […]
NRC rejects 3rd Calvert Cliffs reactor
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Monday upheld the earlier denial of a license to a French company for a third nuclear reactor at the Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant.
Nuclear plants shut down units as storm hits coast
WASHINGTON — Parts of two nuclear power plants were shut down late Monday and early Tuesday, while another plant — the nation’s oldest — was put on alert after waters […]
Extra inspectors to nuclear plants as storm nears
WASHINGTON — Additional inspectors are being sent to nuclear power plants in five states as Hurricane Sandy approaches the East Coast. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission says its headquarters and Northeast […]
NRC denies license for third reactor in Maryland
ANNAPOLIS — The Nuclear Regulatory Commission can’t issue a license to a French company to build a new nuclear power plant in Maryland as long as the company is completely […]
