Nuclear battery production facility moves into Sunol

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Nuclear battery production facility moves into Sunol

https://www.pleasantonweekly.com/business/2026/06/21/nuclear-battery-production-facility-moves-into-sunol/

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Source: Pleasanton Weekly.

Zeno Power has established a manufacturing facility at the Vallecitos Nuclear Center in Sunol, California. The company will utilize the site's existing hot cell infrastructure to produce radioisotope power systems for defense and space applications. Operations are scheduled to begin with initial deliveries to government customers starting next year.

The project repurposes specialized containment facilities to support the domestic supply chain for nuclear batteries. By leveraging existing hot cells for the remote handling of radioactive materials, the partnership aims to maintain regional nuclear expertise while creating high-skilled engineering and operations jobs. This development reflects broader efforts to integrate advanced nuclear manufacturing into existing industrial sites.

Zeno Power, a nuclear battery development company, has established a manufacturing facility at the Vallecitos Nuclear Center in Sunol where the company said it will produce "nuclear batteries that will power critical defense, space, and commercial missions".

The operation will in turn allow Zeno Power to fulfill initial deliveries to government customers — the company stated it has more than $60 million in contracts with the Pentagon and NASA — next year, and larger scale deliveries in 2028, according to a press release from the company.

"Vallecitos wrote the first chapter of American commercial nuclear power," Tyler Bernstein, co-founder and CEO of Zeno Power, said in the press release June 18. "We're honored to write the next chapter by producing nuclear batteries here that will power America's most important missions."

Read the full article at Pleasanton Weekly:
https://www.pleasantonweekly.com/business/2026/06/21/nuclear-battery-production-facility-moves-into-sunol/