📰 Energy Startup News, Week #12
Newcleo and Danieli to Decarbonize Steel Production with Nuclear Innovation
Newcleo has partnered with Danieli to explore how nuclear energy, particularly lead-cooled fast reactors, can help decarbonize the steel industry. The initiative aims to integrate nuclear power into high-energy industrial processes, reducing reliance on fossil fuels.
🔗 https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/newcleo-daniele-aim-to-decarbonise-steel-production
Newcleo Unveils Plans for Fuel Development Centre
As part of its advanced reactor development, Newcleo has announced a new fuel facility to support its lead-cooled fast reactors. This centre will develop and manufacture MOX fuel, utilizing reprocessed nuclear waste to create a sustainable fuel cycle.
🔗 https://world-nuclear-news.org/articles/newcleo-plans-fuel-development-centre
TerraPower and KBR Join Forces to Deploy Natrium Plants Worldwide
TerraPower has entered a strategic alliance with KBR to accelerate the global deployment of Natrium reactors. This collaboration will focus on engineering and commercializing advanced nuclear technology, strengthening nuclear’s role in grid-scale energy solutions.
🔗 https://www.terrapower.com/terrapower-and-kbr-form-strategic-alliance-to-deploy-natrium-plants-worldwide
HD Hyundai to Aid TerraPower in Commercializing SMRs
HD Hyundai has signed a partnership with TerraPower to support the commercial rollout of Natrium small modular reactors (SMRs). This move underscores a growing industrial shift towards next-generation nuclear technology.
🔗 https://world-nuclear-news.org/articles/hd-hyundai-to-help-commercialise-terrapower-smr
Molten Salt Reactors: The Next Energy Revolution?
Experts believe molten salt reactors (MSRs) could revolutionize energy production by offering enhanced safety, reduced nuclear waste, and increased efficiency. With multiple startups and investors backing MSRs, a new nuclear era may be on the horizon.
🔗 https://interestingengineering.com/science/how-molten-salt-reactors-could-lead-to-the-next-energy-production-boom?group=test_a
Alphabet Pushes for Small Reactors to Cut Nuclear Costs
Alphabet, the parent company of Google, is working to slash the costs of nuclear energy by investing in small modular reactors (SMRs). The company aims to make nuclear a key solution for data center power needs, ensuring a stable, low-carbon energy supply.
🔗 https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/10/alphabet-aims-to-slash-cost-of-new-nuclear-with-small-reactor-deployments-cio-says.html
Moltex Advances Nuclear Waste Recycling Technology
Moltex continues to pioneer nuclear waste-to-energy solutions, developing a closed-loop fuel cycle that could significantly reduce long-term radioactive waste storage issues.
🔗 https://www.nationalobserver.com/2025/03/14/news/moltex-recycling-technology-nuclear-waste-power
Thorizon Secures New Funding for Molten Salt Reactor Development
Thorizon has received a new round of investment to advance its molten salt reactor technology. The funding will accelerate research, testing, and regulatory approval processes, bringing the technology closer to commercialization.
🔗 https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/new-funding-to-advance-thorizon-molten-salt-reactor-development
SMR Investments Surge Amid AI and Data Center Boom
Venture capitalists are pouring funds into small modular reactors, seeing them as the ideal energy source for AI-driven data centers. SMRs promise reliable, scalable power, making them a top choice for energy-intensive computing.
🔗 https://www.businessinsider.com/small-modular-reactor-venture-capital-ai-data-centers-2025-3
X-energy Expands Nuclear SMR Deals with Amazon
X-energy is deepening its strategic nuclear partnerships, signing a new deal with Amazon to deploy SMRs for corporate sustainability initiatives. This move highlights big tech’s increasing reliance on nuclear energy.
🔗 https://www.axios.com/2025/03/14/x-energy-nuclear-smr-tech-deals-amazon
Transmutex Advances Nuclear Waste Recycling in Switzerland
Swiss company Transmutex is developing an advanced nuclear waste recycling process, aiming to convert spent fuel into usable energy. This could be a game-changer for waste reduction and sustainability in nuclear power.
🔗 https://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/transmutex-genfer-firma-will-atommuell-rezyklieren-531468844975
India Bets on Green Hydrogen as a Post-Solar Strategy
With China dominating the solar market, India is shifting its focus to green hydrogen production. Companies like Ohmium believe hydrogen could be the next breakthrough in clean energy, offering an alternative to fossil fuels and battery storage.
🔗 https://the-ken.com/story/india-lost-the-solar-race-to-china-ohmium-thinks-green-hydrogen-will-be-different/
Newcleo and Danieli to Decarbonize Steel Production with Nuclear Innovation
Newcleo has partnered with Danieli to explore how nuclear energy, particularly lead-cooled fast reactors, can help decarbonize the steel industry. The initiative aims to integrate nuclear power into high-energy industrial processes, reducing reliance on fossil fuels.
🔗 https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/newcleo-daniele-aim-to-decarbonise-steel-production
Newcleo Unveils Plans for Fuel Development Centre
As part of its advanced reactor development, Newcleo has announced a new fuel facility to support its lead-cooled fast reactors. This centre will develop and manufacture MOX fuel, utilizing reprocessed nuclear waste to create a sustainable fuel cycle.
🔗 https://world-nuclear-news.org/articles/newcleo-plans-fuel-development-centre
TerraPower and KBR Join Forces to Deploy Natrium Plants Worldwide
TerraPower has entered a strategic alliance with KBR to accelerate the global deployment of Natrium reactors. This collaboration will focus on engineering and commercializing advanced nuclear technology, strengthening nuclear’s role in grid-scale energy solutions.
🔗 https://www.terrapower.com/terrapower-and-kbr-form-strategic-alliance-to-deploy-natrium-plants-worldwide
HD Hyundai to Aid TerraPower in Commercializing SMRs
HD Hyundai has signed a partnership with TerraPower to support the commercial rollout of Natrium small modular reactors (SMRs). This move underscores a growing industrial shift towards next-generation nuclear technology.
🔗 https://world-nuclear-news.org/articles/hd-hyundai-to-help-commercialise-terrapower-smr
Molten Salt Reactors: The Next Energy Revolution?
Experts believe molten salt reactors (MSRs) could revolutionize energy production by offering enhanced safety, reduced nuclear waste, and increased efficiency. With multiple startups and investors backing MSRs, a new nuclear era may be on the horizon.
🔗 https://interestingengineering.com/science/how-molten-salt-reactors-could-lead-to-the-next-energy-production-boom?group=test_a
Alphabet Pushes for Small Reactors to Cut Nuclear Costs
Alphabet, the parent company of Google, is working to slash the costs of nuclear energy by investing in small modular reactors (SMRs). The company aims to make nuclear a key solution for data center power needs, ensuring a stable, low-carbon energy supply.
🔗 https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/10/alphabet-aims-to-slash-cost-of-new-nuclear-with-small-reactor-deployments-cio-says.html
Moltex Advances Nuclear Waste Recycling Technology
Moltex continues to pioneer nuclear waste-to-energy solutions, developing a closed-loop fuel cycle that could significantly reduce long-term radioactive waste storage issues.
🔗 https://www.nationalobserver.com/2025/03/14/news/moltex-recycling-technology-nuclear-waste-power
Thorizon Secures New Funding for Molten Salt Reactor Development
Thorizon has received a new round of investment to advance its molten salt reactor technology. The funding will accelerate research, testing, and regulatory approval processes, bringing the technology closer to commercialization.
🔗 https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/new-funding-to-advance-thorizon-molten-salt-reactor-development
SMR Investments Surge Amid AI and Data Center Boom
Venture capitalists are pouring funds into small modular reactors, seeing them as the ideal energy source for AI-driven data centers. SMRs promise reliable, scalable power, making them a top choice for energy-intensive computing.
🔗 https://www.businessinsider.com/small-modular-reactor-venture-capital-ai-data-centers-2025-3
X-energy Expands Nuclear SMR Deals with Amazon
X-energy is deepening its strategic nuclear partnerships, signing a new deal with Amazon to deploy SMRs for corporate sustainability initiatives. This move highlights big tech’s increasing reliance on nuclear energy.
🔗 https://www.axios.com/2025/03/14/x-energy-nuclear-smr-tech-deals-amazon
Transmutex Advances Nuclear Waste Recycling in Switzerland
Swiss company Transmutex is developing an advanced nuclear waste recycling process, aiming to convert spent fuel into usable energy. This could be a game-changer for waste reduction and sustainability in nuclear power.
🔗 https://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/transmutex-genfer-firma-will-atommuell-rezyklieren-531468844975
India Bets on Green Hydrogen as a Post-Solar Strategy
With China dominating the solar market, India is shifting its focus to green hydrogen production. Companies like Ohmium believe hydrogen could be the next breakthrough in clean energy, offering an alternative to fossil fuels and battery storage.
🔗 https://the-ken.com/story/india-lost-the-solar-race-to-china-ohmium-thinks-green-hydrogen-will-be-different/
