Deep Isolation Advances Nuclear Waste Disposal Demonstration With Issuance of Texas Drilling Permit

BERKELEY, Calif., Oct. 01, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Deep Isolation Nuclear, Inc. (OTCQB: DBHL) (“Deep Isolation” or the “Company”), a leading innovator in nuclear waste disposal technology, today announced that the Texas Railroad Commission has issued a drilling permit for the Company’s full-scale, non-radioactive Commercialization Pilot near Cameron, Texas. The regulatory authorization allows the project to advance from engineering and design toward construction and field activities at the demonstration site.

“Receipt of this permit is a major milestone for Deep Isolation as we move the development of our deep borehole disposal technology into field activities,” said Jesse Sloane, Executive Vice President of Engineering at Deep Isolation. “The Commercialization Pilot is designed to demonstrate, at full scale and at depth, the integrated technologies and operations that underpin our deep borehole disposal solution. Reaching this point reflects a tremendous amount of rigorous, high-quality work by our team and our project collaborators. We are incredibly excited to move into the construction and field work phase together with these collaborators and bring years of engineering and planning into the field.”