EIA data: 96 US reactors at 57 plants in 28 states, 98,441 MW capacity and a 91 percent 2025 capacity factor.

DOE adds up to $1 billion for the X-energy and Dow Xe-100 reactor project at Seadrift, Texas, totaling $2.15B.

Blue Energy and GE Vernova Hitachi move a 2.5 GW gas and BWRX-300 SMR project in Victoria, Texas, to licensing.

Georgia Power reports its two nuclear plants supply about 25 percent of state electricity at a 94 percent factor.

Constellation signed 920 MW of long-term nuclear PPAs in Q2 2026 and advanced the Crane plant restart.

Silver bid $65.45 an ounce on August 14 with gold at $4,388.30, a gold-to-silver ratio near 67 to 1.

Silver supply is forecast at a decade-high 1.05 billion ounces in 2026 against a sixth straight annual deficit.

US refining capacity fell about 1% to 18.2 million barrels per calendar day after two refinery closures.

Aviation Week forecast puts 2026 commercial aftermarket revenue at $139 billion with engines at 53%.

Boeing's 2026 outlook projects a global fleet above 50,000 aircraft by 2045 and 728,000 new technicians.

STS Aviation Group named a prime awardee on the US Air Force KC-46 CASPER component repair program.

FAA aircraft maintenance chief toured AAR engineering and airframe MRO sites in Greensboro, North Carolina.

IBM's 2026 report puts the average breach at $5 million, with shadow AI in 43 percent of incidents.

Statista forecasts $538.91 billion in worldwide data center market revenue for 2026, up 11.6 percent.

McKinsey survey: 93% of enterprises exceed AI budgets and spend climbs nearly fourfold at enterprise-wide scale.

Stanford AI Index 2026: organizational AI adoption hits 88% while AI agent deployment stays in single digits.

Documented AI incidents reached 362 in 2025, up 55 percent from 2024, per the Stanford 2026 AI Index.

US on-highway diesel averaged $5.257 a gallon in the week ending August 10, down 9.1 cents.

Svedka aired a primarily AI-generated Super Bowl LX ad and viewers panned the robot visuals as sloppy and uncanny.