NEWS: Advanced nuclear keeps on advancing.

Antares Nuclear’s Mark-0 demonstration microreactor has gone critical—it’s the first reactor in the DOE’s pilot program to reach this milestone. President Trump hopes that “at least three” of the program’s designs can reach criticality by July 4, per his 2025 executive order...so the time is ticking.

Speaking of the DOE, the Government Accountability Office has determined that the agency “illegally steered funding away from clean energy” last year. The damage: The wind industry only got 22% of the $137M allocated by Congress (and the solar industry got just 13% of $318M in earmarked funds). Meanwhile, geothermal received nearly $30M extra.