At COP28, held in Dubai in 2023, a clear consensus emerged: Nuclear energy must be a cornerstone of the global clean energy transition. With electricity demand projected to soar as we decarbonize not just power but also industry, transport, and heat, the case for new nuclear is compelling. More than 20 countries committed to tripling global nuclear capacity by 2050. In the United States alone, the Department of Energy forecasts that the country’s current nuclear capacity could more than triple, adding 200 GW of new nuclear to the existing 95 GW by mid-century.

The Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) marked the official launch of the Joint Project on Waste Integration for Small and Advanced Reactor Designs (WISARD) to assess the compatibility of new spent fuels and different waste streams with current back-end solutions, and pinpoint areas requiring future innovation.

A Berkeley entrepreneur is drilling down — literally — into the complex problems facing the tech industry’s desire for nuclear energy to power artificial intelligence.

Are you ready for $10 energy bills? Imagine a nuclear reactor the size of a shipping container quietly powering your local hospital. It pumps out energy that’s cleaner than natural gas, more reliable than solar, and safer than any other energy source.

Deep Isolation, a leading innovator in nuclear waste disposal technology, in a news release said the group applauds the suite of executive orders signed by President Trump on May 23. The orders prioritize revitalizing the nuclear industrial base, accelerating the deployment of advanced reactors, and advancing spent nuclear fuel (SNF) and high-level radioactive waste (HLW) disposal.

A new collaboration between Deep Isolation and Kairos Power has delivered promising results in the challenge of managing nuclear waste from advanced reactors. 

Working with advanced reactor company Kairos Power, nuclear waste disposal technology company Deep Isolation has demonstrated the feasibility and potential commercial readiness of its system for managing used TRISO nuclear fuel.

Nuclear waste disposal technology company Deep Isolation announced it has successfully completed Project PUCK, a government-funded initiative to demonstrate the feasibility and potential commercial readiness of its Universal Canister System (UCS) to manage TRISO spent nuclear fuel.

California-based Deep Isolation, a nuclear waste disposal technology group, said it has successfully completed a multi-year project with the UK government, marking a major step forward in proving the feasibility and commercial readiness of deep borehole disposal solutions.

The Energy Secretary’s plans involve highly radioactive used fuel rods being dropped into holes drilled deep into the Earth’s crust. The experimental approach, pioneered by Deep Isolation.