Kairos Power has announced the start of installation of nuclear safety-related concrete marking the start of "nuclear construction" for the Hermes Low-Power Demonstration Reactor project in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.

Tech giant Google is expanding its nuclear energy plans by providing early-stage capital for Elementl Power to prepare three potential sites in the USA for advanced nuclear power projects.

The US President's initial discretionary budget request for fiscal 2026 cuts some USD4.7 billion from the Department of Energy's federal funding, including a USD408 million cut to the Office of Nuclear Energy.

As the governors of Utah, Idaho, and Wyoming sign a cooperation agreement towards building a regional "energy corridor" underpinned by advanced nuclear technology, small modular reactor developer Holtec International has signed a tripartite cooperation agreement to support its plans for the deployment of SMR-300s in Utah and the broader Mountain West region.

The US Department of Energy's Office of Nuclear Energy has announced a significant upgrade to Argonne National Laboratory's liquid metal test loop for sodium-cooled fast reactors - the largest such test facility in the USA.

The State of Idaho and the US Department of Energy have signed a targeted waiver of the 1995 Settlement Agreement, allowing Idaho National Laboratory to bring in a high-burnup nuclear fuel cask and limited amounts of used fuel from US university research reactors.

EnergySolutions has partnered with the Intermountain Power Agency and the state of Utah to explore the development of advanced nuclear power generation at the Intermountain Power Project site near Delta, Utah, including potential development of advanced small modular reactor nuclear baseload power.

The company which is aiming to modernise US nuclear construction has completed its Series A funding round as well as announcing the opening of its primary engineering and construction office in Columbia, South Carolina.

A Tennessee Valley Authority-led coalition including BWRX-300 developer GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy has submitted an application for the revised federal funding to support the US deployment of small modular reactors. Holtec has also announced its application to the USD800 million programme.