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Power was restored to the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant after a 15-hour outage that forced reliance on emergency diesel generators. IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said it was the 18th loss of off-site power during the war, highlighting grid fragility.
Antares Nuclear's Mark-0 microreactor reached criticality at Idaho National Laboratory on June 4, 2026, becoming the first private advanced reactor to do so under a Trump administration pilot program. The zero-power test used TRISO fuel fabricated by BWXT, with technology from the Defense Department's Project Pele. Antares expects to generate electricity by late 2027, initially targeting military applications.