Category: US Energy News

NANO Nuclear Energy Advances Vertical Integration Strategy by Signing Definitive Agreement to Acquire Strategic NRC-Licensed U.S. Nuclear Fuel Processing AssetNANO Nuclear Energy Advances Vertical Integration Strategy by Signing Definitive Agreement to Acquire Strategic NRC-Licensed U.S. Nuclear Fuel Processing Asset

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NANO Nuclear Energy (NASDAQ: NNE) has taken another concrete step toward vertical integration across the U.S. nuclear fuel cycle. On October 1, 2026, the company and its wholly owned subsidiary HALEU Energy Fuel Inc. signed a definitive asset purchase agreement with Radnostix, Inc. (formerly International Isotopes Inc.) and its subsidiary International Isotopes Fluorine Products, Inc. […]

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South Korea Investment in U.S. includes eight huge nuclear power plants for Ohio, Tennessee, South Carolnia and Kentucky

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South Korea’s planned U.S. investment package includes a framework for eight large nuclear reactors, with Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick naming Ohio, Tennessee, South Carolina, and Kentucky as expected host states. The September 30, 2026 White House announcement is real, but it is a commercial framework tied to last year’s tariff deal—not a zero-cost gift fully […]

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China now adding stress to diesel markets – Where do we go from here?

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China is once again withholding refined products from the global market, layering fresh stress onto an already strained diesel complex. On October 1, 2026, trade sources reported that Chinese refiners have suspended oil-product exports for October to destinations other than Hong Kong and Macau, pending new guidance from Beijing. State-owned major PetroChina has canceled planned […]

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Alaska to Get $54 Billion Korean LNG Investment: The Long-Stalled Project, Who’s Involved, and Why It Matters for Midterms, Energy Security, and the Entire United States

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President Donald Trump is set to unveil a major South Korean investment package that includes roughly $54 billion directed at Alaska’s long-planned liquefied natural gas (LNG) project, according to White House officials and multiple reports. The announcement, expected in the Oval Office, is the first major tranche from South Korea’s broader $200 billion in U.S. […]

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From Prosecutor to Congress: How Texas is Securing America’s Energy Future

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Welcome back to the Energy News Beat podcast. Today we’re diving into one of the most critical conversations happening in American politics—energy security, economic policy, and leadership. Our guest is Eric Flores, a former federal prosecutor, Captain in the Texas Army National Guard, and congressional candidate running in South Texas’s District 34 with President Trump’s […]

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Mesabi Metallics will be building the largest steel plant in American history in the great state of Iowa.

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President Donald Trump announced Monday that Mesabi Metallics will construct a roughly $15 billion steel complex in Iowa—described by the White House as the largest steel plant in U.S. history. Combined with additional investment to complete the company’s Minnesota iron ore operations, the integrated project is valued at about $18 billion. The plant is slated […]

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North Carolina’s Republican-controlled Utilities Commission has drawn a rare line in the sand.

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September 18, 2026, the North Carolina Utilities Commission denied Duke Energy Progress a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity for a new natural-gas simple-cycle combustion turbine at the Sherwood H. Smith Jr. Energy Complex in Richmond County. The denial is without prejudice, meaning Duke can refile. The message, however, is clear: data-center load forecasts and […]

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President Trump’s 2026 Jones Act waivers moved tens of millions of barrels of U.S. energy that the domestic fleet could not carry. Freight savings are real but modest on a national scale; the larger story is avoided shortages, reopened domestic routes, and a live stress test of a 1920 law that left the United States with too few ships.

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On March 17, 2026, the Department of Homeland Security issued the longest and broadest Jones Act waiver since at least 1950, covering energy commodities and fertilizer inputs. The waiver was extended twice and now runs through November 15, 2026, with a narrower product list and voyage-by-voyage review after August 17. The Cato Institute’s Jones Act […]

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