Texas A&M University has granted the use of 77 acres to Terrestrial Energy Inc. for the development of a small nuclear reactor at its RELLIS campus. 

What’s happening? Texas A&M and Terrestrial Energy have been working together since 2025 after the company joined the RELLIS Energy Proving Ground initiative.

The company plans to build an Integral Molten Salt Reactor, which captures “the full advantages of molten salt fission technology and the superiority of a molten salt as a reactor coolant.”

According to a news release from Texas A&M, Terrestrial Energy was selected to be a part of the Reactor Pilot Program after President Donald Trump signed Executive Order 14301, which aims to fast-track nuclear energy programs and reactor deployment throughout the United States.

What's next: Texas A&M plans for the RELLIS campus to be a national hub for energy research and development.

In May, the campus was also approved by the U.S. Department of Energy for a Preliminary Documented Safety Analysis for its PWR-5 pilot reactor project.

Check out the past month's real estate data for the Bryan-College Station area.

The details: The 77807 area code saw a 53% increase in the number of homes sold when comparing May to the same month last year. Two saw no change, while one saw a decrease.

RNL Homes, a homebuilder in the Bryan-College Station area, celebrated a groundbreaking for its new headquarters and design studio on June 10.

What they offer: RNL Homes has many communities across Aggieland and operates a design studio for those who want or need guidance in designing their future home.

Some of its communities include, Bonham Trace, Stella Ranch and Miramont across Bryan. In College Station, Mission Ranch and Greens Prairie Reserve.

What’s new: The groundbreaking of the new headquarters was welcomed by community members with a celebratory first dig into the foundation with shovels.

With 16 years of service and more than 500 homes built, the new headquarters on University Drive will provide more space and enable expansion of their business pursuits. The new construction is slated to cost $3.9 million, according to state filings.

Before you go: You can still visit with RNL at its current location, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. at its current office in College Station.

• To be completed in 2027
• 3339 University Drive, E., Bryan

About two weeks shy of the anniversary of deadly flooding that devastated parts of Central Texas last summer, state lawmakers approved a 115-page report chronicling what they deemed “failures” at Camp Mystic, a Christian youth camp where 27 young girls died.

The details: The family running Camp Mystic was not prepared to respond to a disaster in flood-prone Kerr County and did not act quickly enough to save campers’ lives, investigators said during a June 18 hearing at the Capitol.

Investigators Casey Garrett and Michael Massengale told lawmakers about recent interviews with teenage counselors who witnessed the July 4 tragedy, reiterating a key point from hearings earlier this year: all deaths at Camp Mystic could have been prevented if camp leaders had planned ahead and acted more quickly.

"Nobody had any idea what they needed to be doing, and it crippled them," Garrett said.

Looking ahead: Lawmakers adopted the investigative team’s report, which will be shared with legislative leaders as they draft additional policy changes in response to the flood during the 2027 state legislative session.