#nuclear fuel

Advisers back Long Mott permit, Navy picks Radiant for Crane microreactor

The NRC's Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards said on October 16, 2026 that its review supports a construction permit for Long Mott, a four-unit Xe-100 plant at Dow's Texas site, while listing fuel and source-term work for the operating license. The Navy picked Radiant on October 20 for a prototype microreactor at Naval Weapons Station Crane, Deep Fission signed a Kansas purchase agreement with no minimum purchase, Westinghouse announced an approximately $1 billion LEU+ fuel factory, and an IAEA mission found the UAE's response to a May drone strike at Barakah effective.