Advanced Nuclear Developers Raise New Capital as 2025 Investment Hits Record Levels and Demonstrations Near
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Significant private investment in advanced nuclear developers signals that microreactors and SMRs are rapidly progressing towards commercial deployment, offering new, reliable, and low-carbon power options for large loads and IPPs.
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- •Advanced nuclear developers Radiant, Last Energy, and ARC Clean Technology secured major private funding rounds in late 2025, with Radiant raising over $300M.
- •This significant investment signals renewed investor confidence and strong market momentum for microreactors and Small Modular Reactors (SMRs).
- •Developers are progressing from design and licensing phases to pilot deployment and early commercialization, indicating nearer-term availability of these technologies.
- •The growing financial backing for advanced nuclear offers new, potentially stable, and low-carbon power generation options for large power consumers and IPPs.
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Three advanced nuclear developers—Radiant, Last Energy, and ARC Clean Technology—announced the closing of major private funding rounds in mid-December 2025, signaling renewed investor momentum behind microreactors and small modular reactors (SMRs) as the companies move from design and licensing into pilot deployment and early commercialization. The announcements—which span a new $300-million-plus round at Radiant, an […] The post Advanced Nuclear Developers Raise New Capital as 2025 Investment Hits Record Levels and Demonstrations Near appeared first on POWER Magazine .