Nucor Corporation has committed to a USD15 million private investment in public equity (PIPE) in small modular reactor developer NuScale Power. The investment increases total committed PIPE investment to USD236 million.

Building a solar energy generation facility at Coles Hill in Virginia would be an important step towards the future development of the Coles Hill uranium project, providing low cost, low carbon energy for the area as well as an onsite source of low-carbon power for future operations, according to Virginia Energy Resources Inc.
 

Holtec International of the USA and Hyundai Engineering & Construction of South Korea have agreed to cooperate in the area of nuclear plant decommissioning. Last year, the two companies finalised an agreement for the turnkey supply of Holtec's SMR-160 small modular reactor plant worldwide.

EnergySolutions and Radiation Safety & Control Services will form a joint venture to decommission the world's first nuclear-powered merchant ship, the NS Savannah. The work will involve removing the ship's reactor system so that the vessel can be used as a museum.

At a meeting with US President Joe Biden, Poland’s President Andrzej Duda said that he believed the two countries' nuclear energy programme "will be able to get off the ground soon".

The Advanced Test Reactor at the US Department of Energy's Idaho National Laboratory, is preparing to return to service after the completion of an 11-month core overhaul. The reactor - described as the most powerful materials test reactor in the world - is expected to resume normal operations by late Spring.
 

As the US Administration unveiled its "bold decadal vision" to accelerate fusion energy, the Department of Energy has announced up to USD50 million of federal funding to support US scientists conducting experimental research in fusion energy science at tokamak and spherical tokamak facilities at home and overseas.

The US Department of Energy has announced funding of up to USD48 million for a new programme to recycle used nuclear fuel to produce feedstocks for advanced reactor fuel. Converting UNF Radioisotopes Into Energy will be run under the auspices of the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy.

Ensuring a steady demand for high-assay low-enriched uranium is one of the two main challenges to achieving sustainable production of the material, Orano has said in response to a US Department of Energy request for information.

The US Department of Energy has awarded USD36 million for 11 projects seeking to increase the use of nuclear power as a reliable source of clean energy and to limit the amount of radioactive waste produced from advanced reactors.

Westinghouse Electric Company of the USA announced it has completed its acquisition of 50% of Spanish nuclear engineering firm Tecnatom by buying shares previously owned by Iberdrola and Naturgy.

The USA and Ghana have announced their partnership to support Ghana's adoption of small modular reactor technology under the US Department of State's Foundational Infrastructure for Responsible Use of Small Modular Reactor Technology programme.