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On 21 January 1954 Mamie Eisenhower christened USS Nautilus (SSN-571) at the Electric Boat yard in Groton, Connecticut, the first nuclear-powered submarine, built by General Dynamics.

On 3 June 2025 Constellation and Meta signed a 20-year power purchase agreement for the 1,121 MW output of the Clinton Clean Energy Center in Illinois, starting in June 2027 and backing a 30 MW uprate.

Northrop Grumman's second B-21 Raider stealth bomber took off from Palmdale and landed at Edwards Air Force Base after its first flight, letting the Air Force move from flight checks into weapons and mission-systems testing.

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif signed a pact under which 'any aggression against either country shall be considered an aggression against both', binding the world's top oil exporter to nuclear-armed Pakistan.

Russia said it flew its nuclear-powered Burevestnik cruise missile for about 15 hours and 14,000 km; Putin later said a NATO reconnaissance ship watched the 21 October test and honoured its designers at the Kremlin.

On 18 November 2025 the Department of Energy closed a US$1 billion loan to Constellation to help finance the restart of the 835 MW Crane Clean Energy Center, formerly Three Mile Island Unit 1, in Pennsylvania.

On 7 January 2026 Constellation closed its purchase of Calpine from Energy Capital Partners in a deal valued at US$26.6 billion including debt, combining its nuclear fleet with Calpine's natural gas and geothermal plants.

On 9 January 2026 Meta announced agreements with Vistra, TerraPower and Oklo that extend three operating nuclear plants and fund new reactors, unlocking up to 6.6 GW of clean power by 2035 for its AI data centers.

345 MW generating capacity; About USD 4 billion published project cost (2024 estimate). Under construction.

Russia's Strategic Missile Forces test-fired the Sarmat heavy liquid-fuelled intercontinental ballistic missile, which commander Sergei Karakayev said was successful and would let the first Sarmat regiment go on combat duty at Uzhur by the end of 2026.

Britain's Defence Investment Plan commits GBP 298 billion over four years, including GBP 15 billion more than the previous spending review, raising defence to 2.7% of GDP by 2029 with money for GCAP, the nuclear deterrent, submarines and drones.

On 6 August 2026 Constellation reported adjusted operating earnings of US$2.55 per share for the second quarter and raised its 2026 guidance range to US$11.50 to US$12.50 per share.

The NRC’s Federal Register notice confirms construction permit CPAR-2 for TVA’s Clinch River Nuclear Unit 1 was issued September 28, 2026. It authorizes construction of the reactor facility in Roane County, Tennessee. A construction permit does not establish an operating licence or prove construction has started.

Russia says the first regiment armed with the Sarmat heavy ICBM will go on combat duty at the Uzhur missile division in Krasnoyarsk Territory by the end of 2026, after years of delays and test failures.

No completed generating restart is verified. March 31 is the existing contract-backstop timeline marker, not an announced restart day; Holtec reported fuel recovery October 21.

Constellation’s August 6, 2026 results report progress toward restarting Crane Clean Energy Center in 2027, including FERC interconnection-rights transfer and an NRC fuel-licence amendment. This is restoration of Three Mile Island Unit 1, not a new reactor or a restart of accident-damaged Unit 2.

NE Edge's proposed two-building, nuclear-powered data center at Dominion's Millstone site in Waterford, Connecticut (about 300 MW, 1.5 million sq ft) ended in March 2026 when its 30-year, 231 million USD host-fee agreement with the town defaulted; no project cost has been published.

New Era Energy & Digital (Nasdaq: NUAI) signed a land option in November 2025 for about 3,500 acres in Lea County, New Mexico, for a planned 7,000 MW AI data center campus (more than 2,000 MW of gas generation plus 5,000+ MW of nuclear), with initial power expected in 2028; no cost has been published.

Deep Atomic and partners submitted an INL campus proposal in late 2025. The reported MK 60 concept supplies 60 MW electrical and 60 MW cooling, with 200 MW thermal output. Those are reactor-design quantities, not verified operating data-center IT demand or an approved$800 M campus.

The operator retains a Q1 2029 target, conditional on NRC approval. March 31 is a quarter-end timeline anchor, not a scheduled startup day.

First reactor target: 2030; second reactor later. 3,300 MW generating capacity; About GBP 35 billion published project cost (2015 GBP). Under construction. Capacity and cost describe the whole two-reactor project.

Estimated operation/completion target: Grid connection by end of 2030. 300 MW generating capacity; About CAD 7.7 billion published project cost. Under construction.

Britain's second new-build nuclear station, a near-copy of Hinkley Point C intended to power six million homes. Estimated date.