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ATM No 215 2026 FEB 23
US removing guardrails from proposed Saudi nuclear deal, document says
- President Donald Trump has told Congress he is pursuing a civil nuclear pact with Saudi Arabia that does not include non-proliferation safeguards.
- The development comes amid fears of a new global nuclear arms race.
- Trump's report to Congress says that the draft U.S.-Saudi pact on civil nuclear, known as a 123 Agreement, puts the U.S. industry at the heart of Saudi Arabia's civil nuclear development, ensuring nuclear-proliferation safeguards are in place.
ORNL puts Curtiss-Wright’s next-gen fission chamber through high-heat evaluation
- The next generation of nuclear reactors will run hotter than ever before.
- EA recent testing campaign led by the Department of Energy’s ORNL has shown that a prototype high temperature fission chamber — a sensor that detects neutrons — can keep its cool.
- Fission chambers are essential to starting a reactor and measuring its power level in both existing reactors and advanced reactor designs.
TerraPower's Natrium reactor enters UK GDA process
- TerraPower’s Natrium 345 MWe sodium-cooled fast reactor with a molten-salt-based energy storage system has been accepted into the UK's Generic Design Assessment process.
- TerraPower submitted its Generic Design Assessment (GDA) application in October, the first regulatory filing for Natrium technology in a market outside the USA.
- A Generic Design Assessment is the process to assess nuclear power plant designs, notably the safety, security and environmental implications.