Nuclear fuel cycle companies, utilities and others have applauded the presidential executive orders that aim to revitalise the US nuclear industry - but questions are being raised about the impacts of some of the mandated reforms.

US President Donald Trump has unveiled a series of executive orders aimed at quadrupling the country's nuclear energy capacity by 2050. In this podcast episode, we replay the announcements and pick out the key points and broader impact they could have.

California-based liquid metal fast reactor developer Oklo Inc has signed a memorandum of understanding with Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power aimed at promoting collaboration on the development of small modular reactor technology.

US fusion energy developer Type One Energy announced it has successfully completed the first formal design review of Infinity Two, its 350 MWe fusion pilot power plant using its stellarator technology.

The Bonneville Power Administration has given the go-ahead to a USD700 million project which, together with planned energy efficiency upgrades, will add a total 186 MWe of capacity to the only operating nuclear power plant in the USA's Pacific Northwest region by 2031.

The US Department of the Interior has approved Anfield Energy Inc's Velvet-Wood uranium-vanadium project in San Juan County, Utah, after the Bureau of Land Management completed its review of the project in less than 14 days.

US President Donald Trump has signed a series of executive orders titled Reinvigorating the Nuclear Industrial Base, Reforming Nuclear Reactor Testing at the Department of Energy and Ordering the Reform of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission with the goal of "re-establishing the United States as the global leader in nuclear energy".

The Tennessee Valley Authority has submitted an application to the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission for a permit to build a GE Vernova Hitachi Nuclear Energy BWRX-300 small modular reactor at Clinch River.

Production of enriched uranium has begun in the first new gas centrifuge cascade installed as part of Urenco USA's expansion of its plant in New Mexico.