Articles from Newcleo SA

PARIS, March 25, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Following the submission of a letter of intent to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) on 23 February 2026, newcleo has initiated pre-application engagement with the NRC to support the future licensing of its first advanced nuclear facilities in the United States. These activities relate to a 480 MWth Lead-cooled Fast Reactor (LFR) and an associated mixed-oxide (MOX) fuel fabrication facility (FFF). The fuel fabrication facility forms part of the strategic partnership announced in October 2025 between newcleo and Oklo.

PARIS, March 02, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- S.R.S. Servizi di Ricerche e Sviluppo (“S.R.S.”), a subsidiary of European advanced nuclear technologies company newcleo, has been awarded USD 42 million1 in contracts for the “Research Activities and Experimental Infrastructure for the Lead Fast Reactors Technology Demonstration (4ALFRED)” European Union funded project. The project is being led by Romania’s state-owned nuclear energy company RATEN and forms part of the broader effort to advance the lead-cooled fast reactor demonstrator ALFRED.

BRUSSELS, Feb. 10, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- During the high-level “Taking the Lead” event on EAGLES-300, Belgian Minister of Energy Mathieu Bihet today announced the cooperation between the European EAGLES consortium -with partners Ansaldo Nucleare, ENEA, RATEN and SCK CEN- and the French company newcleo. Both parties are committed to the development and future commercialization of lead-cooled Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) and will now work together on the realization of LEANDREA. This limited-power reactor is expected to be completed by 2034 at the site of the Belgian Nuclear Research Centre SCK CEN in Belgium.

PARIS, Feb. 04, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- newcleo, a European developer of advanced nuclear technologies, today announced the close of an USD 85 million1 financing round, bringing total funds raised in the past 12 months to over USD 125 million. This funding round brings total funds raised by the company since 2021 to over USD 755 million.

PARIS, Jan. 15, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- newcleo (the “Company”), a European developer of innovative nuclear technologies, submitted on December 19, 2025 nuclear safety program details for its lead-cooled fast neutron nuclear reactor project to the French Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection Authority (Autorité de sûreté nucléaire et de radioprotection, ASNR).

Appointments strengthen newcleo's executive team as company advances its nuclear energy and fuel recycling business and prepares for next phase of growth