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US Approves First Commercial Small Modular Nuclear Reactor Construction

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issues the first US construction permit for a BWRX-300 small modular reactor.

2 publishers · 2 articles · first seen 29 Sept 2026 · updated 8h ago

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2 publishers have covered this in 2 articles since 29 Sept 2026. Hacker News published first, on 29 September at 23:03 UTC; Times of India followed 34h 29m later. The most recent article, from Times of India, appeared on 1 October at 09:33 UTC.

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  1. US approves construction of first commercial small modular nuclear reactor Times of India
  2. NRC issues first U.S. construction permit for a BWRX-300 small modular reactor Hacker News

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