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Texas Railroad Commission issues drilling permit for Deep Isolation Nuclear's commercialization pilot
DBHLDeep Isolation Nuclear, Inc.
On October 1, 2026, Deep Isolation Nuclear announced that the Texas Railroad Commission issued a drilling permit for its full-scale, non-radioactive Commercialization Pilot near Cameron, Texas. This regulatory authorization allows the project to advance from engineering and design toward construction and field activities at the demonstration site. The pilot aims to demonstrate deep borehole disposal technology using non-radioactive materials to generate operational experience for future commercial deployment of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste solutions. Deep Isolation Nuclear operates in the nuclear energy sector, developing technologies for the safe isolation of nuclear waste in deep underground boreholes.