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1. YesterdayYahooLANL director touts record year for plutonium pit productionLANL director Thom Mason told a virtual town hall that the lab's Plutonium Facility had a record year of plutonium pit production, while watchdogs question the output and fire-safety concerns at the aging facility.1 outletDefense1 linked
2. 2d agoWorld Nuclear NewsCentrus, Oklo deal secures fuel for Ohio reactor deploymentOklo signs definitive HALEU purchase agreements with Centrus for fuel deliveries from Piketon, Ohio, beginning 2029, backed by Meta prepayments.1 outletEnergy6 linked
3. 3d agoWorld Nuclear NewsUS test reactor cleared for operationsDOE clears Oklo's Groves-1 test reactor in Texas for unrestricted operations, moving it into its research, testing and training phase.1 outletEnergy11 linked
4. PN3d agoPR NewswireRAVEL and Sandia National Laboratories Explore Power-Aware AI Infrastructure for a More Efficient, Competitive AI FutureRAVEL announced a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement with Sandia National Laboratories to study power-aware orchestration of AI workloads across distributed data centers under its Project Quicksilver initiative.1 outletEnergyAI2 linked
5. 4d agoYahooLEAP District land purchase faces pushback over company’s ties to nuclear power developmentIndiana Economic Development Corp. sought $20 million from the State Budget Committee to expand the LEAP District by 185 acres for an Oklo subsidiary medical radiopharmaceuticals plant.2 outletsEnergy7 linked
6. 13d agoIdaho National Laboratory News · research by Idaho National LaboratoryIdaho National Laboratory receives ARPA-E award to advance next-generation nuclear fuelARPA-E selected INL to lead the IMPACT project under HORNIG to fabricate and irradiate a transuranic chloride molten salt fuel in the Advanced Test Reactor, with Argonne, Moltex and Southern as partners; no dollar value was disclosed.

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   1. 13d agoIdaho National Laboratory NewsEarliestIdaho National Laboratory receives ARPA-E award to advance next-generation nuclear fuel
   2. 10d agoIdaho National Laboratory NewsPickupDepartment of Energy and Purdue partner to improve nuclear reactor construction

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7. ANN11d agoANS Nuclear NewswireNSUF awards 18 Super Rapid Turnaround ExperimentsDOE's NSUF selected 18 Super RTE projects giving researchers up to 12 months and roughly double facility access for irradiation testing; next RTE proposals are due November 9.1 outletEnergy9 linked
8. ANNOct 29ANS Nuclear Newswire · research by ARPA-EDOE’s ARPA-E selects eight transuranic fuel development projectsARPA-E selected eight teams for its HORNIG program to develop transuranic-based advanced reactor fuels, with up to $50 million combined and individual awards from about $1.3 million to $7 million.1 outletEnergy8 linked

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1. AwardNational Nuclear Security AdministrationJan 17DOE NNSA awarded NTESS the DE-NA0003525 contract to manage and operate Sandia National Laboratories.$44B obligatedDE-NA0003525National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLCEnergyLifecycle3 linked