Over the past year, we've tracked NANO Nuclear’s reactor, fuel, and supply chain programs closely through nearly every milestone. After branching into the Asian market and then making the formal transition to a revenue generating company, the company is now working on their next frontier in the UAE.
According to Semafor, the company is actively working to restart its UAE partnership after delays caused by the Iran war. The update builds on NANO Nuclear's February announcement of a Memorandum of Understanding with EHC Investment LLC, the Abu Dhabi-based firm tied to International Holding Company.
Company leadership is looking to explore joint deployment of the KRONOS MMR Energy System and supporting supply chains in the UAE and select Gulf markets.
The MOU followed the company's earlier signals of interest in regional opportunities, including senior executives' participation at ADIPEC 2025 in Abu Dhabi where leaders highlighted advanced nuclear's role in the global energy mix.
The original agreement, signed just days before the Iran conflict started, targeted power for data centers and remote oil and gas facilities. CEO James Walker told Semafor “Demand from the Gulf market could become very large, very quickly.”
However, as a result of the war, NANO has held off though on sending teams for site selection and feasibility studies until tensions ease. Deployment of personnel is now planned for later this year.
Early-stage talks are also underway for potential investment from a Sheikh Tahnoon Bin Zayed-linked entity. Such capital could fund expansion, support a possible UAE power plant order, and open the door to dual listing in Abu Dhabi.
Reactor designs like those used in the current American commercial fleet are poorly designed for water-restricted environments like the Middle East.
Advanced designs, like the gas-cooled KRONOS reactor from NANO, are uniquely capable of operating in environments that lack easy access to water-based cooling systems.
NNE stock rose on the news, and was last trading up over 5%.
Tyler Durden Mon, 06/29/2026 - 12:20President Vladimir Putin made a rare admission over this past weekend, belatedly acknowledged Sunday that Russia is facing a "certain shortage" of fuel following weeks of ramped-up drone warfare coming out of Ukraine, which has chiefly targeted oil refineries and domestic supply facilities, including in the Moscow region.
"As for strikes against critical infrastructure in general, and energy infrastructure in particular, of course, these attacks on our infrastructure facilities create problems," Putin said in the new interview published by the Kremlin. "That's obvious."
"Right now we're observing a certain shortage, but it's not critical," he added. He also made wide-ranging public remarks at a major summit of the ruling 'United Russia' party.
AFP via Getty ImagesUkraine's Zelensky has made no secret of his plans to make life inside Russia as painful as possible, in order to put pressure on the Kremlin to end the war. By close of last week, the rare national fuel crisis inside Russia was outlined as follows:
A fast-growing number of regional officials and gas station chains across Russia are restricting gasoline and diesel sales as Ukrainian drone attacks on oil refineries and supply networks take a mounting toll on supplies.
Fuel rationing measures were in place in at least 56 Russian regions as of Thursday, according to open-source data analyzed by The Moscow Times. In dozens more regions, residents are complaining about fast-rising gasoline prices, closed filling stations and miles-long lines, while some local authorities and major retailers remain hesitant to enact rationing.
“In some districts of our republic, there is no fuel at gas stations right now, so people go to [the capital] Kyzyl to refuel,” said a resident of Tyva, a southern Siberian republic roughly the size of Tunisia.
Further, a state of emergency for all citizens was also declared in Crimea last week - with fuel only being provided to military and state entities at this point.
Putin further acknowledged in his comments that small, slow-moving drones have proven a problem for Russia's anti-air defense systems, which were conventionally designed to intercept large fast projectiles like missiles or warplanes.
This has been big on Russians' minds, as this month they beheld unprecedented scenes of massive smoke plumes overtaking Moscow's skyline, as a key refinery there burned. Still , the Russian leader sought to project strength, stating:
Our retaliatory strikes deep inside Ukraine are far more powerful, more painful, and, frankly, more destructive, causing serious consequences for the "Kyiv regime."
Putin:
There are new proposals. For example, to stop strikes deep inside each other's territory.
It's obvious why that proposal is being made: our retaliatory strikes deep inside Ukraine are far more powerful, more painful, and, frankly, more destructive, causing serious… pic.twitter.com/mLCGlnWspk
"Yes, we see the problems, we are aware of them and are responding to them, but we will certainly ensure the security of both the country and our citizens, as well as the inviolability of Russia's borders," Putin said at an earlier speech at the congress of the ruling United Russia party
"We will undoubtedly overcome all the challenges facing us today, including terrorist attacks on our territory and infrastructure facilities," he added.
In the context of the separate Kremlin interview, Putin continued to express hope of positive talks with the US, amid efforts to both improve bilateral relations and negotiate a final political solution to end the Ukraine conflict.
Addresses Ukraine's 'information campaign'...
Putin:
Overall, I want to say that these attacks on our civilian infrastructure are not carried out solely to inflict damage on us, although I believe that is also important to the enemy.
They are also intended to fuel an information campaign—or, more accurately, an information… pic.twitter.com/Rqti9bZ2JN
"We are ready to continue negotiations... and discuss all the details," Putin said, saying that he expects White House special envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner to visit Moscow after the "active phase" of the war in the Middle East passes.
Absurdly unverifiable statistic, but who's checking. They're really flooding the zone with "Russia nearing collapse" pr in this NATO influence operation. It's interesting to see who in the Acela Corridor is suggestible, and which narratives they fall for.https://t.co/gH7pVI03Pb
— Mark Ames (@MarkAmesExiled) June 28, 2026Russian officials have repeatedly commented on Washington being busy and absorbed with the Iran conflict and Strait of Hormuz crisis.
That Putin is somewhat downplaying the fuel crisis, emphasizing that it's "not critical" - signals that Russia is not yet feeling enough pressure to compromise or capitulate on anything, as Zelensky is hoping.
Tyler Durden Mon, 06/29/2026 - 11:40Authored by Ken Silva via Headline USA,
During the Biden years, Kash Patel accused Jan. 6 provocateur Ray Epps of being a federal asset.
Referring to the fact that Epps was taken off the FBI’s Most Wanted list in early 2021, Patel said there was only two ways someone could get off that list—either they died or they’re working for the government.
Now that he’s FBI director, Patel has gone silent on Epps. But a New Jersey investigative journalist is trying to force disclosure with a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit filed Friday in federal court.
In his lawsuit, the journalist, Yehuda Miller, said he filed a request in April 2025 for all communications and directivesrelating to the removal of Epps from the FBI’s wanted list, as well as all communications between the FBI and Epps from Jan. 1, 2020, through Jan. 1, 2025.
For those who still care about the truth relating to January 6th, please checkout this lawsuit!!
I want to know why Ray Epps was removed from the wanted list by the FBI!!!! pic.twitter.com/EnSpsQLEAE
Miller filed his lawsuit after the FBI denied him those records on privacy grounds. Miller urged a judge to force the FBI to produce the documents on Epps.
“The public interest in understanding whether the FBI maintained a confidential informant or undercover relationship with Ray Epps, the circumstances of his disparate treatment relative to other January 6 participants, and the FBI’s internal communications and directives relating to his removal from the wanted list substantially outweighs any privacy interest Ray Epps may assert,” his lawsuit says.
“The current FBI Director’s own public statements confirm the significance of this public interest.”
According to FBI records, agents had “photographic/and or video evidence that James Ray Epps conspired to and/or recruited others to storm the United States Capitol Building.”
However, a July 29, 2021, FBI report said that its “investigation did not reveal sufficient evidence that Epps … engaged in acts of violence or committed any other criminal violations.” That’s despite the fact that video had already surfaced showing him pushing a sign into a group of police officers, and that Epps had admitted to trespassing on Capitol grounds.
The Justice Department apparently reopened the Epps case after Rep. Thomas Massie, Revolver News and other conservatives began to question whether he was being protected by government. The DOJ eventually slapped him with a lone misdemeanor count of disorderly conduct, and he received one year of probation in January 2024.
I sent a letter to the FBI director one month ago requesting unreleased information on Ray Epps. pic.twitter.com/I3amze9lUZ
— Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) November 9, 2025Last October, Massie wrote to the DOJ, also seeking records on Epps. Massie sought all internal communications between FBI Headquarters and its Phoenix field office, which initially investigated Epps. He also sought all communications between the FBI and DOJ about him.
Additionally, Massie wanted to know whether the DOJ or any of its components, including the FBI, had any communication with Epps prior to the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol Hill protest. Such communications might indicate whether Epps was working for the government at the time.
However, there’s no public indication that the DOJ ever responded to Massie’s letter.
Tyler Durden Mon, 06/29/2026 - 11:20