Nuclear2026-11-02· World Nuclear News
Texas SMR plant moves to final permitting stage
The Xe-100 SMR advancing to construction permitting is a concrete global nuclear milestone that tests the commercial viability and timeline of small modular reactors. Australia's nuclear ban forecloses this dispatchable, low-emissions option; tracking whether overseas SMRs deliver on cost and schedule is material to future Australian energy policy debates and the case for or against reversing the ban.
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The bigger picture
Energy security is national security. This connects to the wider case at Unprepared: Australia's dependence on a strategic rival, and how ready it is for the world that is coming.
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The numbers, as they move
A short, sourced brief when the figures shift: a transmission blow-out, a supply-chain move, a milestone.