# Daily Energy SMR Watch leads checked — 2026-09-12

Selected for publication:
- Google / Fortum / Loviisa nuclear PPA. Official Fortum and Google releases dated September 9, 2026; World Nuclear News and Data Center Dynamics trade coverage verified. Substantive because it ties AI/data-center growth to a 22-year nuclear life-extension PPA, with up to 50% of Loviisa capacity contracted from 2030-2049 and an explicit new-nuclear/new-data-center land-site collaboration lane.

Checked but not selected today:
- ABB / Rolls-Royce SMR MoU: official ABB release and World Nuclear News item verified. Useful supply-chain/automation lead, but it is a memorandum of understanding and less concrete than a signed nuclear PPA underwriting an operating plant's life-extension economics.
- South Korea SMR Special Act enforcement: Chosun English coverage found; official English MSIT page was not located in this pass. Kept as a watch item until a stronger primary-source English trail or official Korean release extract is packaged.
- DOE Gen III+ SMR $94M awards: official DOE release is May 14, 2026 and appears stale versus the daily current-news window, though still useful context.
- Centrus / Radiant HALEU: already published locally on September 11, 2026.