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Sequoia’s Shaun Maguire leads $1B round for nuclear startup Valar Atomics (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-03 | by Julie Bort | tags: sequoia, valar atomics, small modular reactors

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Startup plans to put nuclear-powered data centers in the sea — modular units could be much faster to deploy, but questions about reliability and longevity remain (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-31 | by Jowi Morales | tags: nuclear-powered data centers, atomarine, floating barges

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Rolls-Royce CEO says major hyperscaler nuclear deal is imminent as data center demand soars (cnbc.com)

2026-07-30 | by Elsa Ohlen | tags: rolls-royce, hyperscaler, data centers

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Thea Energy lands $20M federal grant to build its magnets for fusion reactors (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-27 | by Tim De Chant | tags: thea energy, arpa-e, superconducting magnets

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How lasers could help provide fuel for nuclear reactors (technologyreview.com)

2026-07-27 | by Casey Crownhart | tags: laser enrichment, uranium-235, nuclear reactors

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Bluecore Energy raises $10M to build portable nuclear reactors on barges (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-21 | by Dominic-Madori Davis | tags: bluecore energy, small modular reactors, subsea cables

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Nuclear startup Valar Atomics in talks to raise new funding at $6B valuation (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-17 | by Marina Temkin | tags: valar atomics, small modular reactors, sequoia capital

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Realta Fusion generates electricity directly from a fusion reaction, an apparent first (techcrunch.com)

2026-06-30 | by Tim De Chant | get Fusion Reactor Model Kit → | tags: realta fusion, fusion reactors, direct electricity conversion

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Trump Admin Announces $17.5 Billion In Loans For 10 New Large Nuclear Reactors (slashdot.org)

2026-06-24 | get Nuclear Reactor Model Kit → | tags: trump administration, nuclear reactors, loans

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Canada Plans 'Nuclear Renaissance' With Up To 10 Reactors Built By 2040 (slashdot.org)

2026-06-23 | get Nuclear Power Plant Model → | tags: canada, nuclear reactors, darlington

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Canada plans 'nuclear renaissance' with up to 10 reactors built by 2040 (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-22 | by Nick Murray Is A Reporter With The Canadian Press. | get Nuclear Reactor Model Kit → | tags: canada, nuclear reactors, uranium exports

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Canada is looking to build up to 10 new nuclear reactors over the next 15 years (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-22 | by Nick Murray Is A Reporter With The Canadian Press. | get Nuclear Reactor Model Kit → | tags: canada, nuclear reactors, uranium exports

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Rolls-Royce Secures Deal To Build Small Nuclear Reactors For Sweden (slashdot.org)

2026-06-19 | get Small Modular Reactor Kit → | tags: rolls-royce, small nuclear reactors, sweden

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US Aims to Give Cold War Plutonium to Startups For Nuclear Fuel (slashdot.org)

2026-05-30 | get Nuclear Fuel Recycling Kit → | tags: plutonium, oklo, newcleo

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Nuclear startup Deep Fission says it’s going public, again, and I have questions (techcrunch.com)

2026-05-23 | by Tim De Chant | get Deep Fission Reactor Kit → | tags: deep fission, nasdaq, nuclear reactors

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This Experimental Low-Waste Fuel Could Transform Nuclear Reactors (gizmodo.com)

2026-05-06 | get Nuclear Fuel Recycling Kit → | tags: thorium, haleu, reactors

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Ambitious Experiment Aims to Test Tiny Nuclear Reactors for AI Data Centers (gizmodo.com)

2026-04-30 | get Mini Nuclear Reactor Kit → | tags: microreactors, nuclear reactors, ai data centers

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It’s time to make a plan for nuclear waste (technologyreview.com)

2026-04-29 | by Casey Crownhart | get Nuclear Waste Storage Container → | tags: nuclear waste, us reactors, deep geological repository

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Nuclear startup X-energy raises $1B in data center-driven IPO (techcrunch.com)

2026-04-24 | by Tim De Chant | get X-energy Nuclear Reactor Model → | tags: x-energy, small modular reactors, helium cooling

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What’s the key to better vegan cheese? Microbreweries, one startup says. (techcrunch.com)

2026-04-21 | by Tim De Chant | get Vegan Cheese Making Kit → | tags: vegan cheese, casein, aux labs

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What’s the key to better vegan cheese? Microbreweries, one startup says (techcrunch.com)

2026-04-21 | by Tim De Chant | get Vegan Cheese Making Kit → | tags: vegan cheese, casein, aux labs

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Blue Energy raises $380M to build grid-scale nuclear reactors in shipyards (techcrunch.com)

2026-04-21 | by Tim De Chant | get Nuclear Reactor Model Kit → | tags: blue energy, nuclear reactors, shipyards

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A printing press for biological data (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-20 | by Abhishaike Mahajan | get Bioinformatics Data Printer → | tags: biologics, media optimization, iku bio

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NASA Wants to Put Nuclear Reactors on the Moon (wired.com)

2026-04-15 | by Jorge Garay | get NASA Lunar Reactor Model → | tags: nasa, lunar surface, nuclear reactors

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Data activation and Newton’s first law (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-04-13 | get Newton's First Law Book → | tags: newton’s first law, data activation, business inertia

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Radify’s sci-fi plasma reactors could break China’s dominance of rare-earth elements (techcrunch.com)

2026-04-09 | by Tim De Chant | get Plasma Arc Welder Kit → | tags: radify, plasma reactors, china rare-earth

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Radify’s sci-fi plasma reactors could break China’s dominance of rare earth elements (techcrunch.com)

2026-04-09 | by Tim De Chant | get Plasma Arc Welder Kit → | tags: radify metals, rare earth elements, china

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What will power the grid in 2035? The race is wide open (techcrunch.com)

2026-03-28 | by Tim De Chant | get Tesla Powerwall 2 → | tags: fusion power, natural gas, smr startups

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Should We Be Hyped—or Freaked Out—About Nuclear Microreactors? (gizmodo.com)

2026-03-28 | get Microreactor Kit → | tags: microreactors, nuclear, commercial grids

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Sam Altman-backed fusion startup Helion in talks to sell power to OpenAI (techcrunch.com)

2026-03-23 | by Tim De Chant | get Fusion Energy Starter Kit → | tags: helion, openai, fusion