---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-26-041229"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DBHL"
cik: "0001918080"
company_name: "Deep Isolation Nuclear, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-04-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T06:56:00.301027+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Deep Isolation selected for DOE ARPA-E SCALEUP award up to $40M for nuclear waste disposal pilot

## Summary
- Selected for ARPA-E SCALEUP Ready program; award negotiations for up to $40M total across two projects, includes Deep Isolation's project.
- Project enables full-scale field testing of Universal Canister System and deep borehole disposal via nonradioactive pilot in Cameron, Texas.
- Partners: Westinghouse (launch customer), Halliburton (HAL), NAC International, Occlusion, Amentum (AMTM); Westinghouse to seek NRC certification for eVinci spent fuel.
- CEO Rod Baltzer calls selection the 'single biggest milestone in Deep Isolation's history.'
- Award not guaranteed; DOE may cancel negotiations; funding would be cost-plus if contract is finalized.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-26-041229
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DBHL
- cik: 0001918080
- company_name: Deep Isolation Nuclear, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-04-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1918080/000121390026041229/0001213900-26-041229-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1918080/000121390026041229/ea0285524-8k_deep.htm

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