NANO Nuclear Energy (NNE) Wins DOE Voucher for Kronos

NANO Nuclear Energy Inc. (NASDAQ:NNE) is one of the 10 Best AI Pick-and-Shovel Stocks to Buy. On April 8, 2026, NANO Nuclear Energy Inc. (NASDAQ:NNE) announced it has been awarded a Gateway for Accelerated Innovations in Nuclear Voucher by the U.S. Department of Energy for its Kronos MMR Energy System. The project, conducted with Oak Ridge National Laboratory, will use the SCALE/TSUNAMI code suite to evaluate how nuclear data, modeling assumptions, and operational parameters affect reactor performance metrics such as reactivity, power distribution, and temperature coefficients.

On April 1, 2026, NANO Nuclear said a construction permit application for its Kronos MMR microreactor was submitted to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission by its partner, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. The company said the submission positions it as the first commercially-ready microreactor developer and the third commercially-ready Generation IV advanced reactor developer to file such an application.

NANO Nuclear Energy (NNE) Wins DOE Voucher for Kronos

A Bloom Energy power generation system. Photo from Bloom Energy website

Last month, NANO Nuclear reported progress in developing a transportation solution for high-assay low-enriched uranium fuel using a proprietary basket design licensed with support from GNS Gesellschaft fur Nuklear-Service mbH. The initiative is being advanced through its subsidiary, Advanced Fuel Transportation, Inc., as part of efforts to build integrated capabilities across the nuclear fuel cycle, including transportation and microreactor development.

NANO Nuclear Energy Inc. (NASDAQ:NNE) develops nuclear energy technologies and systems.

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