Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power has signed a long-term supply contract for converted uranium with ConverDyn, the sole operator of a uranium conversion facility in the USA.
 

ENTRA1 Energy has signed a collaborative agreement with TVA to deploy up to 6 GW of NuScale SMR capacity at sites across TVA’s seven-state service region in south-eastern USA.
 

The two companies have announced an agreement to collaboratively explore technical and process opportunities to optimise commercial production of TRISO nuclear fuel to supply Kairos Power's advanced reactor fleet and other potential customers.
 

Uranium Energy Corp has launched a new subsidiary to pursue the feasibility of developing a new US uranium refining and conversion facility.

Two weeks after being selected as one of the advanced reactor projects to receive support under the US Department of Energy's Nuclear Reactor Pilot Program, Aalo Atomics has broken ground at a site in Idaho to start construction of its first experimental extra modular nuclear reactor, the Aalo-X.
 

The Palisades nuclear power plant in Michigan, which was earlier shut down for decommissioning, has resumed operational status as efforts to restart the plant later this year continue.
 

The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has revised the duration of its licensing design certifications from 15 years to 40 years, with Westinghouse's AP1000 approval now extended to 2046.
 

Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Corporation and other Korean companies have signed several agreements to support US nuclear projects, including the deployment of nuclear to support growing demand from data centres and strengthening the nuclear fuel supply chain.

BWXT Advanced Fuels, LLC will be dedicated to the commercialisation of advanced nuclear fuel, such as TRISO, and will pursue partnerships to deliver commercial nuclear fuel for advanced nuclear reactors.

With more than USD136 million of funding secured to date, the company's CEO says it now has the capital to build its first nuclear power plant, the Aalo-X.

 

Advanced materials company ASP Isotopes, together with its Quantum Leap Energy LLC subsidiary, has signed an agreement with Fermi America to look into the development of a facility to produce high-assay low-enriched uranium using laser-based isotope separation technology in Texas.
 

The newly announced collaboration includes a first-of-a-kind power purchase agreement between Kairos Power and the Tennessee Valley Authority that will see Kairos Power's Hermes 2 reactor deliver power to the grid for Google's data centres, with plans to increase the demonstration unit's output.