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Advancing the licensing journey for Generation IV nuclear technology in the United States. newcleo has submitted a Regulatory Engagement Plan (REP) to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for its LFR-AS-200 lead-cooled fast reactor.  📄 The REP outlines our proposed framework for pre-application engagement with the NRC, marking an important step in establishing a structured regulatory dialogue to support the future licensing of our technology in the United States. 💬 "This submission to the NRC reflects years of dedicated research and engineering behind the LFR-AS-200. Lead-cooled fast reactor technology offers a uniquely safe and efficient path to clean, reliable energy, and we look forward to a constructive dialogue with the NRC as we advance toward licensing," said Stefano Buono, our founder and CEO. 🔬 This milestone builds on newcleo's extensive international R&D programme, developed in collaboration with leading research organisations across Europe and Japan. Combining experimental testing with advanced modelling, this work provides the technical foundation supporting the future licensing of our Generation IV reactor technology. 🔗 Read the full announcement: https://lnkd.in/dNz3iFRW

Exciting news from the ENEA-Brasimone Research Centre! PRECURSOR’s Turbogenerator has been delivered and installed. PRECURSOR is the 10 MWth non-nuclear demonstrator of newcleo’s Lead-cooled Fast Reactor. It is designed to replicate the full-operating cycle of our reactors, including electricity generation. This happens thanks to a Turbogenerator able to convert the steam coming from PRECURSOR’s Steam Generators into up to 3 MW of electricity, enough to offset part of the facility’s own demand – this makes it truly unique in the world. This component has been manufactured by our partner FINCANTIERI – starting from our specifications – and installed in Brasimone by our SRS Servizi di Ricerche e Sviluppo S.r.l. colleagues. With turbogenerator’s installation finalized, PRECURSOR’s cycle is now complete. From an idea, to a demonstrator, to power. This is PRECURSOR. #newcleo #LFR #NuclearEnergy #PRECURSOR #SMR

🔗 Another milestone in newcleo’s vertical integration journey. We are proud to announce that newcleo has entered into an agreement to acquire Bonifait Pesage, a French specialist in nuclear-grade precision weighing equipment serving the nuclear fuel industry. This acquisition represents another important step in our long-term industrial strategy, pursued since 2023 through the integration of key industrial companies including Fucina Italia srl, SRS Servizi di Ricerche e Sviluppo S.r.l. and Gruppe Rütschi. It will: ✔️ bring critical manufacturing capabilities in-house ✔️ secure preferred access to nuclear-grade weighing equipment for our planned MOX fuel manufacturing facilities ✔️ reduce supply-chain risk ✔️ further enhance equipment customisation As our Founder and CEO, Stefano Buono, explains: “Nuclear-grade weighing equipment is a critical component of safe, regulation-compliant and reliable fuel manufacturing.” Founded in 1954, Bonifait Pesage brings decades of expertise in the design, installation, calibration and maintenance of weighing systems, making it an industry leader in nuclear-grade weighting equipment. Subject to completion of the transaction, we look forward to welcoming Bonifait Pesage to the newcleo group. The completion of the transaction is subject to customary closing conditions.   Learn more about this important milestone ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/e8_2Yevt #newcleo #NuclearEnergy #AdvancedNuclear #FuelCycle #VerticalIntegration #IndustrialStrategy

🇫🇷 🇮🇹 When people think of France and Italy, they think of culture, design, food, and a certain way of life.   They sometimes forget that both are also major industrial countries. Engineering, science, and the ability to turn technological innovation into industry have shaped both nations just as much.   In an op-ed published yesterday in Les Echos and La Stampa, our founder and CEO Stefano Buono shares a simple point of view: France and Italy, working together, can help build a stronger and more independent European industry, where advanced nuclear has an important role to play.   Read the articles and share your thoughts in the comments : 🇫🇷 Les Echos: https://lnkd.in/eqAZcXzf 🇮🇹 La Stampa: https://lnkd.in/edHaAjmr   #newcleo #Europe #Industry #Innovation #Energy #Nuclear #France #Italy

The world is in an energy race. Right now, Europe is falling behind. That was the issue at the centre of today's plenary at the FII PRIORITY Europe 2026 Summit in Rome, "The Energy Trilemma: Security, Affordability, and the New Energy Infrastructure”, where our Founder and CEO Stefano Buono joined Dr. Mohamed Farouk (ADES TECHNOLOGIES HOLDING), Filippo Ghirelli (INFRACORP), Doris Honold (SEFE Securing Energy for Europe GmbH) and Dr. Samir J. Serhan (Acwa), in a discussion moderated by Eithne Treanor, Media Trainer and Communications Expert. Security, affordability and sustainability are too often treated as a trade-off. Strengthen one, sacrifice another. Advanced nuclear refuses that choice. It delivers reliable, low-carbon power, builds infrastructure resilience, and creates genuine energy independence by recycling spent fuel and closing the fuel cycle. One technology, working across all three dimensions of the trilemma at once. "Europe doesn't lack the technology or the talent to lead this transition. What it lacks is urgency. The countries that treat energy as a race are the ones that will stay competitive, and that means moving now, not in a decade.” The United States has understood what's at stake and is accelerating, treating energy, and advanced nuclear in particular, as strategic national infrastructure. The logic is simple. Energy is the backbone of every economy: of industry, of competitiveness, of security. There is no such thing as an energy-poor rich country. Europe has the engineering, the talent and the industrial heritage to lead this race. The question is no longer whether we can but rather it's how fast we choose to move. Thank you to the FII Institute for convening the leaders shaping the infrastructure, technologies and investment behind tomorrow's energy system. #newcleo #nuclear #energey #technology

The Main Vessel of PRECURSOR has now been successfully installed in Brasimone! 🌐 PRECURSOR is a 10 MWth demonstrator for newcleo's commercial Lead-cooled Fast Reactors (LFRs). While non-nuclear, it is fully representative of the plant’s operating cycle, including electricity generation. 💡 The Main Vessel – the “body” of PRECURSOR – is the non-nuclear equivalent of our LFR’s vessel. It will host several key systems, including the steam generators, the decay heat removal dip coolers, the inner vessel, and the electrical core simulator. 🔧 The component was engineered by newcleo and SRS Servizi di Ricerche e Sviluppo S.r.l. and manufactured by Fucina Italia srl, with the continuous support of ENEA. This achievement is the result of a strong industrial collaboration that kept the entire critical path of the component inside the company, from design to production and delivery. 🔜 Next step, turbine delivery and installation toward bringing electricity generation to life. ⌛ Stay tuned for more very soon! #newcleo #LFR #PRECURSOR #Brasimone #ENEA #NuclearEnergy SRS Servizi di Ricerche e Sviluppo S.r.l. and Fucina Italia srl are newcleo companies.

newcleo and SHINE Technologies are joining forces to help close the nuclear fuel cycle.   Today we announced an agreement with SHINE to advance the recycling of used nuclear fuel, combining SHINE's reprocessing technology with newcleo's MOX fuel manufacturing and lead-cooled fast reactors, which are designed to run on recycled fuel.   Under the collaboration, the companies will assess how SHINE can supply newcleo with recovered uranium and plutonium to manufacture MOX fuel, and how SHINE can recycle spent fuel from newcleo's reactors. They also intend to pursue U.S. federal funding opportunities together and to explore collaboration across both the U.S. and the European Union, where drawing down spent-fuel stockpiles is a growing strategic priority.   The approach aims to reduce the volume and radioactivity of used fuel — lowering long-term storage costs while securing a domestic supply of fissile material for the next generation of reactors.   "Closing the fuel cycle will require deep, industry-wide collaboration. Today marks an important step in that direction," said Stefano Buono, founder and CEO of newcleo.   Technical scoping begins this year. Read the full announcement here: https://lnkd.in/d7NfyPWj   #AdvancedNuclear #ClosedFuelCycle #NuclearEnergy #SpentFuel #MOX #CleanEnergy — This communication relates to a proposed business combination involving newcleo and is not an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any securities. For important information — including forward-looking-statement disclosures and where to find related SEC filings — please see the full release linked above.

As newcleo continues to expand its presence in the United States, we are pleased to announce two key appointments that will strengthen our leadership team and support the next phase of our growth. We welcome Dustin Greenwood as Vice President of U.S. Operations and Travis Chapman as Director of U.S. Regulatory Affairs and Licensing. 🔗 Read the full release: https://lnkd.in/dcZQ5txb With decades of combined experience across advanced reactor deployment, nuclear operations, fuel cycle management, licensing and regulatory strategy, Dustin and Travis bring the expertise needed to help advance our mission in one of the world's most important clean energy markets. Please join us in welcoming Dustin and Travis to the team. 🤝 #newcleo #NuclearEnergy #USA #Leadership

Last week we were honoured to welcome a Lithuanian delegation to the ENEA Brasimone Research Centre in Italy. We hosted Vice Minister of Energy Gabriel Gorbačevski and Linas Bauzys, CEO of Altra (Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant operating under the name Altra), together with colleagues from the Ministry of Energy and Altra.   During the visit, the delegation saw the primary vessel of our PRECURSOR demonstrator, currently being installed at Brasimone – a 10 MWth non-nuclear testbed and a tangible step in scaling up our lead-cooled fast reactor technology.   The visit builds on the non-binding memorandum of understanding signed in July 2025 with Altra, which establishes a framework to evaluate a potential collaboration. Under it, the parties are carrying out a staged pre-feasibility study to assess the potential deployment of newcleo's LFR technology in Lithuania, including site evaluation, the potential management of spent nuclear fuel through MOX, and High RES grid integration, subject to the outcome of each phase.   A reflection of what European collaboration can look like: shared ambition, shared technology, and a shared future. 🌍⚡   #newcleo #LFR #AdvancedNuclear #PRECURSOR #Lithuania #CleanEnergy #EuropeanEnergy

How can advanced nuclear technologies contribute to a more sustainable energy future? ⚛️   In a recent article for L'Express, journalist Sébastien Julian takes a closer look at newcleo's approach to advanced nuclear energy, including our work on lead-cooled fast reactors, fuel recycling, and our collaboration with ENEA at the Brasimone research centre in Italy.   The feature offers insight into the technologies and partnerships that underpin our ambition to help close the nuclear fuel cycle and support the transition towards low-carbon energy systems.   Read more below (subscription required) 👇 https://lnkd.in/dF3_tSsz   #newcleo #NuclearEnergy #AdvancedNuclear #FuelCycle #Innovation #CleanEnergy #EnergyTransition