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This week’s uranium/nuclear industry news

TOP STORY –  Nuclear Security Is A Hidden Public Cost Of Nuclear Power.

CLIMATE.

• Heatwaves expose nuclear power’s water risk. Romania’s nuclear reactor to remain in operation at least a week.
• Romania seeks to divert Danube water to keep Cernavoda nuclear power plant online. 
• Europe’s heatwave strains nuclear output. 
• Danube’s record low levels force shutdown of Hungary’s only nuclear plant. Danube drought curbs 0.9 GW nuclear output in Balkans.
• France Shuts Off More Nuclear Power as Heat Builds Across Europe – ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2026/08/05/4-a-france-shuts-off-more-nuclear-power-as-heat-builds-across-europe/

SMALL MODULAR NUCLEAR REACTORS.

• Newcleo Takes Key Step Towards MOX Fuel Manufacturing Facility In US –ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2026/08/07/8-b-newcleo-takes-key-step-towards-mox-fuel-manufacturing-facility-in-us/    
•  Moltex’s prospective buyer ends attempt to raise $50M for purchase – ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2026/08/07/8-b1-moltexs-prospective-buyer-ends-attempt-to-raise-50m-for-purchase/   
•  Canada built its nuclear industry to avoid foreign fuel – Its new SMR reactors will depend on it. 
• Venture Capitalists Money Floods Into U.S. Nuclear Startups as AI Power Demand Explodes. 
• Vice President of the European Commission Teresa Ribera warns that modular nuclear reactors are still projects, not an immediately available energy solution. 
•  UK Needs Urgent Guidance On Preferred Reactor Concepts, (for small nuclear reactors) Says Fission Materials Roadmap PICTURE Rolls Royce.
• This startup just raised nearly $500 million to build micro-nuclear reactors for the US militaryhttps://nuclear-news.net/2026/08/03/4-b1-this-startup-just-raised-nearly-500-million-to-build-nuclear-reactors-for-the-us-military/– PICTURE . 
• A Kansas Town Is Split Over Plans to Bury a Nuclear Reactor a Mile Underground.

August 12, 2026 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Weekly Newsletter