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DOE

Aalo Atomics' Aalo-X reactor completed a zero-power fueled criticality demonstration on July 4, 2026, as the fourth firm to do so under the U.S. DOE Reactor Pilot Program. Three other unnamed micro-reactor companies also achieved criticality milestones ea

DOE

Aalo Atomics' Critical Test Reactor at Idaho National Laboratory achieved initial criticality in the early hours of July 5, 2026, becoming the fourth DOE-authorized US microreactor to reach the milestone by the 4 July 2026 deadline.

DOE

Aalo Atomics achieved first criticality on July 4, 2026 at Idaho National Laboratory with a zero-power, low-enriched uranium–fueled sodium-cooled test reactor (a full-scale version of its planned 10-MWe Aalo-X), becoming the fourth DOE-authorized reactor

DOE

Deployable Energy has reportedly achieved criticality at Idaho National Laboratory (INL) ahead of the July 4, 2026 deadline set by Executive Order 14301. This is part of the DOE's Reactor Pilot Program targeting first-of-a-kind nuclear technology demonstr

NRC

NRC receives advanced microreactor application from University of Illinois

COMPANY

BWXT confirmed as DRACO nuclear thermal propulsion fuel and reactor supplier

SPACE

White House releases National Initiative for American Space Nuclear Power

DOE Reactor Pilot

The July 4 criticality race: final grid and aftermath.

NRC Licensing

Who's advancing through NRC review, scored live.

Fuel

HALEU supply, enrichment, and the fuel bottleneck.

Space Nuclear

Reactors for orbit, the Moon, and beyond.

International

Advanced-reactor programs outside the US.

Briefings

The full intelligence feed.

Companies

Every company we track, in one index.

Supply Chain

Vendors, forgings, and long-lead components.

Reactors

Design-by-design tracker.

Methodology

How the scoring works.

About

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