Nuclear Startup Antares Wins $161 Million Award To Develop Reactor For Space
Company plans to deploy RS-1, a variant of its terrestrial microreactor
Antares Nuclear
Standard Nuclear Signs Another Triso Fuel Supply Agreement
FSA with microreactor company Antares will run to 2035
Deployable Energy Announces Unity Demonstration Reactor Achieves Criticality At Idaho National Laboratory
DOE says US has met 4 July reactor criticality target set by president Trump
Valar Atomics’ Ward 250 Becomes Second Advanced Nuclear Plant To Go Critical In US
Landmark part of federal push to achieve criticality for at least three reactors by 4 July 2026
Antares Achieves Initial Criticality Of Privately Developed Advanced Nuclear Reactor
Landmark part of ambitious US federal bid to have three test units online by 4 July
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