Regulatory Hurdle Blocks Nuclear Factory as Radiant Industries Rejects Wyoming for Tennessee

Nuclear Startup To Build Reactor Plant At Manhattan Project Site

Radiant Industries Inc., a California-based nuclear startup, plans to build a factory for its reactors at a site in Tennessee that was once part of the Manhattan Project.

Letter To The Editor: Why We Chose Tennessee Over Wyoming For Our Nuclear Generators

Dear editor: This week we had to make a very tough decision to site our first factory in Oak Ridge, Tennessee instead of Wyoming. We must build where the…

Radiant scraps Wyoming nuclear microreactor manufacturing facility

California-based Radiant Industries cited the state's ban on spent nuclear fuel waste and said it will build a manufacturing plant in Tennessee.

California nuclear startup to build reactor plant at Tennessee Manhattan Project site

What was once the site of uranium enrichment facilities used for the Manhattan Project is now set to become the site of the world’s first mass-produced nuclear reactor.  California nuclear startup Radiant Industries announced on Monday that it would be building its first factory to mass produce micro-reactors in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, encompassing parts of two historic Manhattan Project sites.  The sites, K-27 and K-29, were home to 1940s uranium…

Regulatory hurdle blocks nuclear factory as Radiant Industries rejects Wyoming for Tennessee

CASPER, Wyo. — Radiant Industries, a company pioneering mass-produced portable nuclear generators, has rejected Natrona County as the site for its first advanced manufacturing factory, citing regulatory uncertainty regarding the temporary storage of used fuel as the deciding factor. The company will instead build its factory in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The decision comes after months of open dialogue with state and local officials, as well as commu…

Nuclear Startup to Build Reactor Plant at Manhattan Project Site

Radiant Industries Inc., a California-based nuclear startup, plans to build a factory for its reactors at a site in Tennessee that was once part of the Manhattan Project.