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Romania's Surprising Bet on American Nuclear Technology
A former coal plant outside Bucharest is about to become the most watched nuclear construction site in Europe, and the choice of technology says as much…
4 hrs ago • NOOCON
How SMR Startups Are Using the Tesla Playbook to Disrupt Energy
Silicon Valley's favorite strategies — direct sales, vertical integration, iterative builds, and patient tech money — have arrived in nuclear, and the…
May 28 • NOOCON
What Does "Modular" Actually Mean — And Why It's a Game Changer for Construction
The word "modular" is doing a lot of heavy lifting in the SMR pitch — here's what it actually means, and why it might finally fix nuclear's most…
May 27 • NOOCON
How the UK went from closing reactors to building new ones
Britain invented commercial nuclear power in 1956, then spent three decades methodically shutting it all down — and is now scrambling to rebuild what it…
May 22 • NOOCON
Why Utilities Are Finally Warming Up to Nuclear After Decades of Skepticism
After forty years of running scared from the atom, America’s electric utilities are back at the table — and this time, they’re not just talking.
May 21 • NOOCON
The Difference Between Fission and Fusion — And Why It Matters for SMRs
Every SMR operating or under construction today runs on fission — but fusion is coming for the crown.
May 20 • NOOCON
India's Nuclear Ambitions: The Sleeping Giant of the SMR World
India has the demand, the resources, the technology base, and now the legislation to become the most consequential SMR market on the planet.
May 15 • NOOCON
The SMR Business Model Explained: Who Pays, Who Profits, Who Takes the Risk
Nuclear energy is a brilliant technology trapped inside a terrible financing problem, and SMRs are the industry's best attempt to fix that.
May 14 • NOOCON
What Actually Happens Inside a Nuclear Reactor? A 5-Minute Explanation
The physics is stranger and more elegant than you probably think.
May 13 • NOOCON
If SMRs Succeed, What Does the World Look Like in 2050?
A thought experiment about a world where small modular reactors actually deliver on their enormous promise.
May 7 • NOOCON
How the US Inflation Reduction Act Changed the Nuclear Game
The 2022 law did something no one fully predicted: it made nuclear power financially competitive again, and SMRs are the biggest beneficiaries.
May 6 • NOOCON
Could SMRs End Energy Poverty? The Case for Reactors in the Developing World
With 730 million people still in the dark, small modular reactors are promising a new path to electrification — but the road there is anything but…
May 5 • NOOCON
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