Dan Yurman

Cleveland, Idaho Falls

Editor and Publisher at Neutron Bytes

Contributer at The Energy Collective Group

Time traveler from age of steam. Transcontinental train tracks to deep space orbits in less than 100 years. Nuclear energy, space, media.

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Articles

Rocky Mountains States Ramp Up Nuclear Energy Ambitions

1 week ago | energycentral.com | Dan Yurman

EnergySolutions Plans SMRs at Coal Site in Delta, UT Holtec Selects Utah for Its 300 MW SMRs New State Agreements put Utah at Heart of a Regional SMR Ecosystem Utah Signs MOU with the Idaho National Laboratory Energy Solutions Plans SMRs at Coal Site in Delta, UT EnergySolutions said in a press statement it plans to develop one or more small modular reactors (SMRs) in collaboration with the Intermountain Power Agency IPA) and the State of Utah.
UK SMR Competition May Unravel Over Budget

2 weeks ago | energycentral.com | Dan Yurman

Funding and Costs May Cause UK SMR Competition to Unravel Over Budget Issues UK Industry Report Calls For Quick Decisions On UK’s Sizewell C And SMR Projects Funding and Cost Issues May Cause UK SMR Competition to Unravel According to the Telegraph, Westinghouse has declined to submit a final bid of its 300 MW PWR for the UK small modular reactor (SMR) design competition. The firm did not to respond to media questions about its reasons.
Nuclear Company Inks Series A Investors, Plans to Hire 100 People

3 weeks ago | energycentral.com | Dan Yurman

Nuclear Company Inks Series A Investors, Plans to Hire 100 People US Uranium Enrichment Startup Raises $50M in Series A Funding Terra Innovatum Goes Public Aiming for $230 million Great British Nuclear Releases £600 Million Tender for Engineering Firms to Work on SMRs Project Development Firm Created for Norwegian SMRs EPC Contract for Kaiga-5 And -6 700 MW PHWR Nuclear Plants Westinghouse and University of Saskatchewan Partneron eVinci Microreactor Nuclear Company Inks Series A Investors,...
TVA Plans to Submit an Application for a Construction Permit to NRC for the BWRX-300 SMR

3 weeks ago | energycentral.com | Dan Yurman

TVA Plans to Submit an Application for a Construction Permit to NRC for the BWRX-300 SMR TerraPower Plans Kick-off of UK Generic Design Assessment Process Energy Alberta Plans to Build 2-4 GW of CANDU Reactors India to Commission Prototype Breeder Reactor by September 2026 Vietnam’s Plans 6.4 GW of Nuclear Power TVA Plans to Submit an Application for a Construction Permit to NRC for the BWRX-300 SMR (NucNet contributed to this report) TVA has submitted a notification of intent to the Nuclear...
Sec. Wright ~ US Saudi Nuclear Agreement Likely

1 month ago | energycentral.com | Dan Yurman

Saudi Arabia, US on ‘pathway’ to civil nuclear agreement, Energy Sec. Chris Write says Reuters reports that the United States and Saudi Arabia will sign a preliminary agreement to cooperate over the kingdom’s ambitions to develop a civil nuclear industry, U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright told reporters in the Saudi capital Riyadh on Sunday 04/13/25. Wright met with Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman earlier on Sunday 04/13/25.
Aalo Rolls Out 50 MW SMR Non-nuclear Prototype

1 month ago | energycentral.com | Dan Yurman

Aalo Completes Non-Nuclear Prototype of 50 MW SMR DOD Selects Eight Firms to Supply Advanced SMRs for Military Bases DOE to Release HALEU to Five Advanced Reactor Developers Czech Republic And South Korea to Sign Dukovany New-Build Contract UK Prime Minister ‘Ready to Sign Off’ on Sizewell C Nuclear Project Shanghai Fund to Invest $1.4 Billion in State-Backed Nuclear Fusion Company Fusion Energy Test Center Slated for Eastern Washington Aalo Completes Non-Nuclear Prototype of 50 MW SMR New...
Guest Commentary: DOE data center plans, DOGE firings don’t mix

1 month ago | energycentral.com | Dan Yurman

By Dan YurmanThe Department of Energy (DOE) last week (Apr. 3) announced a plan to boost U.S. artificial intelligence efforts and lower energy costs by co-locating data centers and new energy infrastructure at up to 16 DOE sites. There are multiple problems with DOE’s plan.
DOE Tags 16 Federal Sites for AI Data Centers

1 month ago | energycentral.com | Dan Yurman

DOE Tags 16 Federal Sites for AI Data Centers EDITORIAL: DOE’s Data Center RFI and DOGE Firings of Agency Staff Don’t Mix CNSC Issues Construction License for BWRX300 at OPG’s Darlington Site NANO Nuclear Takes Over Ultra Safe Project at University of Illinois UK Government Invests £20 Million In ‘Starmaker One’ to Accelerate Nuclear Fusion Fusion Industry Trade Group Calls for Increased Federal Funding of Fusion Energy Ghana Selects China for 1st Full Size Nuclear Power Plant, NuScale for...
Terrestrial Energy Goes Public With Gain of $280M

1 month ago | energycentral.com | Dan Yurman

Terrestrial Energy Goes Public with Net of $280 Million SMR Developers Get Ready to Submit License Applications to NRC DOE Re-Issues $900 Million Solicitation For SMRs INL Seeks Industry Sponsors for $5-10 Million to Invest in Nuclear Startups Terrestrial Energy Goes Public with Net of $280 Million Terrestrial Energy merged with a special acquisition company The firm expects to net $280 million from the deal The combined entity of Terrestrial Energy and HCM II Acquisition Corp expects to list...
Multiple Nuclear Reactors Are on the Road to Restarts

1 month ago | energycentral.com | Dan Yurman

DOE Loans Holtec $57M to Restart Palisades NextEra Energy Follows Constellation; Files with Regulators to Restart Duane Arnold Santee Cooper Seeks Proposals to Complete Abandoned V C Summer plant Small Modular Reactors Considered for Site of Kewaunee Nuclear Plant Urenco to Supply HALEU Fuel for Westinghouse eVinci Microreactor EDF in Line for State Loan to Build Six New Reactors France Names New CEO at EDF to Execute Bailout Loans World Bank Mulls Ending Long Standing Ban on Funding Nuclear...