BWX Technologies, Inc has acquired 97 acres of land in Oak Ridge with plans to establish advanced centrifuge manufacturing capability that "will support the establishment of a reliable, long-term domestic supply of enriched uranium, an essential component for the nation’s defence".

It is a time of great opportunity for nuclear - but fuel cycle players must work together to seize the moment and make sure the fuel cycle is ready to support a global tripling of nuclear energy. This was the message from the opening session of the World Nuclear Fuel Cycle 2025 conference.

The US Department of Energy has made conditional commitments to five advanced reactor developers to receive the first allocations of high-assay low-enriched uranium from its HALEU Availability Program.

The forging of parts of the reactor pressure vessel for unit six of Hungary's Paks nuclear power plant - the second unit of the Paks II project - has begun in Russia.

The nuclear fuel cycle is the series of industrial processes that turns uranium into electricity. Claire Maden takes a look at the steps that make up the cycle, the major players and the potential pinch-points.

Indian engineering company Larsen & Toubro has dispatched the fourth of eight steam generators intended for units 5 and 6 at the Kaiga nuclear power plant in Karnataka State.

US private fusion company Commonwealth Fusion Systems has installed the disc-shaped stainless steel cryostat base, marking the start of the assembly of the SPARC tokamak. Meanwhile, Fusion for Energy has completed the manufacture of the eight torus and cryostat cryopumps for the ITER tokamak.

Candu Energy Inc has concluded Preferred Vendor Agreements with eight Canadian companies for the refurbishment and construction of Candu reactors, while Westinghouse has signed an agreement with Chemetics to support nuclear new build projects. Meanwhile, Bruce Power has selected Trillium Flow Technologies for valve supply and related service work.

BWX Technologies, Inc's new facility in Lynchburg has been built with support from local and state tax grants and will be home to the company's Advanced Technologies business unit.