The NRC just gave Kairos 28 more months on Hermes 1. Eight days earlier, Kairos broke ground on Hermes 2. Here’s why both happened — and what it means for AI.
Kairos Hermes 1 Slipped to 2029. Hermes 2 Just Broke Ground. Both Are the Right Answer. Read More »
Commonwealth Fusion Systems lowered the second half of the SPARC vacuum vessel in May 2026. The path to Q greater than 1 is now a hardware question.
SPARC Just Hit 75% Complete. Now the Hyperscalers Are Watching. Read More »
Kemmerer Unit 1 is the first U.S. utility-scale advanced reactor under construction. It’s a sodium-cooled fast reactor with a built-in 300 MWh molten-salt battery.
The Sodium Fast Reactor With a 300 MWh Battery Just Broke Ground in Wyoming Read More »
Polaris reached 150 million °C and the first private D-T fusion. Now Orion is breaking ground in Malaga, and Microsoft’s 2028 PPA is on the clock.
The U.S. refining configuration is built for gasoline. The market wants distillate. Here is what a 10,000-bpd modular, distillate-first refinery looks like — and why the build window is open.
The Micro-Refinery Renaissance: Why Distillate-First Will Win the 2030s Energy Mix Read More »
Most of the conversation about AI in the energy sector right now is happening at the wrong altitude. The press wants to talk about demand forecasting and grid optimization. The industry wants to talk about chatbots in the control room. The actual leverage is somewhere else entirely: it is in the digital substrate underneath a
The AI-Native Refinery: Why Day One Is the Cheapest It Will Ever Be Read More »
If you’re a plant manager or EHS director at a refinery or chemical facility, you’ve probably asked this question: how much does RAGAGEP compliance actually cost? The answer isn’t simple — but the math of not complying is crystal clear. In 2026, a single willful OSHA PSM violation carries a maximum penalty of $165,514. Most
How Much Does RAGAGEP Compliance Cost? A 2026 Breakdown for Refineries Read More »
DOE’s $293M Genesis Mission funds AI for science. Can a one-person engineering company from Salt Lake City compete against Google, Microsoft, and J.P. Morgan-backed startups? Here’s the case.
After 7 years waiting for someone to build the right engineering software, I started building it myself. NORMEX and NEXUS CAD exist because the gap between what engineers need and what the market offers is enormous.
Why I Stopped Waiting for the Right Engineering Software and Started Building It Read More »
