New Jersey legislators backed a bill that would require operators of AI data centers and crypto mining facilities to run them with clean energy and submit an energy use plan to the state.

Arizona Public Service notified the Nuclear Regulatory Commission it plans to seek operating license renewals for all three units at Palo Verde Generating Station, potentially extending operations through the mid-2060s.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission reports that 90 of the nation’s 95 operational commercial nuclear reactors met the highest category of performance in the 2025 oversight process.

Bill Gates-backed nuclear power startup TerraPower expects to break ground on its planned Natrium power plant in Wyoming within weeks, the company’s top executive said Feb. 24.

At an oversight hearing on new nuclear capacity, the two parties touted recent bipartisan legislation as helping move things forward, but Democrats said Trump administration cuts and moves to curb the NRC's independence creates crosswinds.

Commercial nuclear energy in the U.S. begins 2026 with strong momentum toward future expansion, but it will be years before new-build capacity comes online and possibly a decade or more before a significant amount of new gigawatts is added to the grid.

The New York Power Authority announced the appointments of Todd Josifovski and Christopher Hanson to its advanced nuclear energy initiative.

U.S. energy agencies including FERC laid out their plans for operations during the federal government shutdown.

FERC granted NextEra Energy’s request to waive certain rules under MISO’s tariff to allow the company to restart its Duane Arnold nuclear plant by the end of 2029.