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Looking back at 2021—Nuclear News January through March

January 7, 2022, 10:35AMNuclear News

This is the second of five articles to be posted today to look back at the top news stories of 2021 for the nuclear community. The full article, "Looking back at 2021,"was published in the January 2022 issue of Nuclear News.

Quite a year was 2021. In the following stories, we have compiled what we feel are the past year’s top news stories from the January-March time frame—please enjoy this recap from a busy year in the nuclear community.

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Nuclear EOs: One year later

May 22, 2026, 12:46PMNuclear News

This Saturday, May 23, will mark one year since President Trump issued four executive orders (EOs) that sought to implement sweeping changes across the U.S. nuclear industry. From regulatory...

DOE, PNNL, and Commerce Dept. collaborate on Ra-226 recovery

May 22, 2026, 7:04AMNuclear News

A collaboration between the Department of Energy’s Office of Isotope R&D and Production and the Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology has recovered...

Senate EPW subcommittee weighs in on three nuclear energy bills

May 21, 2026, 7:20AMNuclear News

Proposed nuclear energy legislation with bipartisan support earned the attention of the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Wednesday morning.Subject-matter experts and the...

Canada funds fusion-based copper-67 production project

May 20, 2026, 12:42PMNuclear News

The Canadian Medical Isotope Ecosystem, which is backed by the Canadian federal government’s Strategic Innovation Fund, has announced funding for a collaboration between Promation, Astral...

Dow gets EA/FONSI for Seadrift project

May 20, 2026, 7:18AMNuclear News

At the end of April, TerraPower announced that it had officially begun construction on its Natrium power plant in Kemmerer, Wyo.—one of the two full-scale demonstration projects in the...

NRC proposes changes to its rules on nuclear materials

May 19, 2026, 2:52PMNuclear News

In response to Executive Order 14300, “Ordering the Reform of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission,” the NRC is proposing sweeping changes to its rules governing the use of nuclear materials...

Legislation looks to address nuclear construction materials, tax credit rules

May 18, 2026, 7:13AMNuclear News

Lawmakers in Congress have introduced a pair of bills this month targeting different aspects of nuclear construction, with one proposal focusing on construction material and the other on tax...

JT-60SA upgraded and ready for restart

May 15, 2026, 12:11PMNuclear News

The project team for the world’s largest operational tokamak, JT-60SA, has announced that it is getting ready to resume operations. The machine has been undergoing upgrades since 2024, with...

Preliminary white safety finding at Comanche Peak prompts NRC conference

May 15, 2026, 9:25AMNuclear News

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission will hold a regulatory conference Tuesday, May 19, with Vistra Operations Company officials to discuss a preliminary “white” safety finding at Comanche...

NRC commissioners talk attrition, recruitment, retention at Senate hearing

May 14, 2026, 9:38AMNuclear News

Last month, all five commissioners of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission went before the U.S. House Committee on Energy & Commerce’s Energy Subcommittee to discuss the agency’s fiscal...

Looking back at 2021—Nuclear News January through March

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