Lightbridge Corporation has hailed the co-extrusion demonstration of a coupon sample with uranium-zirconium alloy and cladding at Idaho National Laboratory as a significant milestone in the development of its innovative next-generation nuclear fuel.

US utility Constellation has announced investments of about USD100 million to upgrade equipment and electrical systems to enable a potential renewal of the two-unit Calvert Cliffs nuclear power plant's operating licences and a future increase in power output. 

US fusion energy developer Type One Energy has signed a cooperative agreement with the Tennessee Valley Authority to jointly develop plans for a potential fusion power plant project in the Tennessee Valley region using Type One Energy's stellarator fusion power technology.

The National Association of State Energy Officials Advanced Nuclear First Mover Initiative will support states to explore ways to bring down project costs and meet rapidly growing power needs in the USA.

The US uranium enrichment company is uniquely positioned to deliver a "made-in-America solution" to fill an approaching "void" in nuclear fuel supplies as momentum builds in the nuclear industry, Centrus President and CEO Amir Vexler said in the company's 2024 results announcement.

Arizona Public Service - operator of the Palo Verde nuclear power plant - is collaborating with Salt River Project and Tucson Electric Power to assess possible locations for new nuclear capacity, including retiring coal plants.

US Secretary of Energy Chris Wright's first executive order outlines the initial actions the Department of Energy will take under his leadership - including the rapid deployment of next-generation nuclear technology, and a comprehensive review of the department's R&D.

The International Atomic Energy Agency has begun analytical work as part of its safety assessment for the possible use of components from Bulgaria's discontinued Belene nuclear power plant project to complete Ukraine's unfinished Khmelnitsky units 3 and 4.

Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power has signed a 10-year enriched uranium supply contract with US-based nuclear fuel supplier Centrus Energy Corporation. The contract follows the signing of a Letter of Intent a year ago.

Kairos Power, Natura Resources, Terrestrial Energy and Aalo Atomics have signed agreements to bring their reactors to Texas A&M-RELLIS, a 2400-acre technology campus in Bryan in Texas in the USA.

Georgia Power has filed its 2025 Integrated Resource Plan, saying it has proposed power uprates at four units at its Hatch and Vogtle nuclear power plants and that additional nuclear power capacity will be needed over the long-term.

The central component for the second-iteration test unit for Kairos Power's Hermes reactor is the first reactor vessel to be fabricated in-house at Kairos Power’s Manufacturing Development Campus in Albuquerque, New Mexico.