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Antares reaches zero-power criticality at Idaho National Laboratory
The June 2026 Mark-0 demonstration establishes a reactor-physics milestone, with commercial power and site licensing still separate questions.
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NRC schedules September 22 update on BWXT's advanced reactor project
The public meeting can clarify BWXT's BANR regulatory path, but its notice records discussion—not a license, construction approval, or operating result.
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DOME opens a place to test fueled microreactors
DOE’s April announcement creates testing capacity at Idaho National Laboratory; it does not certify a commercial reactor fleet.
Deployment / analysis
From a reactor demonstration to a dependable energy service
DOME, Mark-0 and proposed Part 57 show why microreactor progress must be assessed across testing, repeatability and a customer’s full service needs.
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