Knoxville, Tenn. – – September 29, 2026 -- The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued a construction permit for Clinch River Unit 1, making the Tennessee Valley Authority the first U.S. utility cleared to build a GE Vernova Hitachi Nuclear Energy BWRX-300 small modular reactor (SMR). The permit, granted for TVA's Clinch River Nuclear Site near Oak Ridge, Tenn., marks only the second advanced reactor construction permit ever issued in the country.

Toronto – September 29, 2026 -- Jaguar Uranium Corp. (NYSE American: JAGU) has secured Environmental Impact Assessment approval from Chubut Province's Ministry of Environment for the La Rosada prospect, unlocking exploration rights across 59,895.3 hectares in Argentina.

Chengdu, China – September 29, 2026 -- iRegene Therapeutics has secured clinical trial clearances in both China and the United States for NouvSight001, an off-the-shelf cell therapy targeting retinitis pigmentosa (RP), a retinal disease affecting roughly 1.5 million people worldwide.

Los Angeles – – September 29, 2026 -- Congress has passed the Accelerating Access to Critical Therapies (ACT) for ALS Reauthorization Act of 2026 (H.R. 8205), sending the bipartisan bill to the President's desk just two days before the underlying program was set to expire on September 30, 2026.

Washington – September 28, 2026 -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced plans to evaluate changes to its application framework for new tobacco products, including e-cigarettes and nicotine pouches, aiming to simplify the pathway for these products to reach the market.

San Jose – September 28, 2026 -- Tensor has achieved ISO/SAE 21434 certification with zero non-conformities, clearing a cybersecurity audit conducted by Applus+ IDIADA on the engineering processes governing its Robocar platform.

Ottawa, ON -- Claigan Environmental will run two webinars on October 7, 2026, to brief manufacturers on incoming 2028 Proposition 65 warning rules that eliminate generic labels and require exact chemical identification.

Generic Prop 65 warnings lose legal validity starting in 2028

Under the new requirements, short-form warnings must name a specific substance rather than relying on the current blanket language many companies have used for years. Claigan states that identifying the correct chemical will no longer be a routine formality.

Albuquerque, N.M. – September 28, 2026 -- Eden Radioisotopes has secured New Mexico state economic support and locked in Kiewit Nuclear Solutions Co. as its engineering, procurement and construction partner for a planned $1.4 billion medical isotope production facility in Lea County, New Mexico.

Los Angeles – September 28, 2026 -- A Board of Appeal at the European Patent Office has rejected a competitor's challenge to Carbon's European Patent No. 3158400, upholding the broadest claim covering its dual-cure 3D printing technology.

San Francisco – September 28, 2026 -- The Civil Infrastructure Platform (CIP), an open source project hosted by the Linux Foundation, has achieved compliance with IEC 62443-4-1 and IEC 62443-4-2, becoming one of the first open source initiatives to reach this level of industrial cybersecurity alignment.