Holtec International has announced that plans to build a consolidated interim storage facility for used nuclear fuel in New Mexico have been cancelled, but said it would still support its partner - the Eddy-Lea Energy Alliance - in future used fuel storage opportunities.
Regulatory approval means Disa Technologies Inc's High-Pressure Slurry Ablation technology can be used to remediate abandoned uranium mine waste at inactive mine sites while opening the possibility of recycling uranium recovered from the waste.
Owners and operators of US nuclear power reactors continued to purchase most of their uranium from foreign suppliers in 2024 - although the amount of material purchased from US producers was almost double the 2023 figure, according to the latest annual report from the US Energy Information Administration.
Global Nuclear Fuel, a GE Vernova-led alliance with Hitachi, said the first lead use assemblies of the new generation GNF4 boiling water reactor fuel have been contracted for deployment in 2026, with full reload quantities from 2030.