Researchers at Idaho National Laboratory recently fabricated about two dozen commercial-grade high-assay low-enriched uranium fuel pellets for testing. A further 100-150 pellets are to be made for irradiation tests in the Advanced Test Reactor.

Commissioning of the new large-scale ventilation system at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant is at the top of the list of the US Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management's priorities for 2023.

NuScale Power and the US Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory are to collaborate on a techno-economic assessment, studying a NuScale small modular reactor's ability to implement a cost-effective steam heat augmentation design.

The USA and the Philippines have signed a civil nuclear cooperation agreement - known as a 123 Agreement - that will allow the transfer of nuclear energy-related materials and components between the two countries.

The Philippines' largest electric distribution utility, the Manila Electric Company, has signed a cooperation agreement with Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation of the USA to study the potential deployment of one or more Micro-Modular Reactor Energy Systems in the Philippines.

The termination of the project that had been expected to be the first operational NuScale SMR reactor was "very disappointing" but the company remains bullish about the future, according to the company's CEO.

A joint product agreement between the US Department of Energy Isotope Program and QSA Global Inc is intended to lead to the re-establishment of domestic production of iridium-192. The USA has been dependent on imports of the isotope for the last 20 years.

Nearly 60 years after shutting down for the last time, the reactor vessel of the prototype boiling water reactor in California has been removed from its containment and shipped for final disposal by NorthStar Group Services, Inc.

Governor JB Pritzker has said he will sign a new bill lifting Illinois' ban on the construction of new nuclear reactors, after the state's lawmakers passed new legislation that will allow the construction of small modular reactors of up to 300 MWe capacity from 2026.

The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has released most of the site of the former Zion nuclear power plant in Illinois for unrestricted use, marking the completion of decommissioning at the site. A storage facility for the plant's used fuel will remain under NRC licence and oversight.

The US Department of Energy and the UK Department for Energy Security and Net Zero have announced a new strategic partnership to accelerate the demonstration and commercialisation of fusion energy.

The first delivery of high-assay, low-enriched uranium produced at the American Centrifuge Plant in Piketon, Ohio, to the US Department of Energy marks the end of the first phase of a cost-share contract signed in 2022.