The cooperative effort to transfer 1.7 tonnes of high-assay low-enriched uranium - HALEU - fuel from Japan to the USA has been hailed as a pivotal step in reducing nuclear proliferation risks and enhancing global security while supporting the US domestic supply chain.
 

The US Department of Transportation's Maritime Administration agency has launched an initiative to develop small modular reactors for use in commercial shipping.
 

The US Department of Energy's Idaho Operations Office has approved the Documented Safety Analysis for Aalo Atomics' Aalo-X experimental reactor. Meanwhile, the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has approved the Principal Design Criteria topical report for Oklo's Aurora powerhouse.
 

Solstice Advanced Materials, which was spun off from Honeywell last year, has seen its nuclear revenues increase 27% in the first quarter of 2026. Meanwhile, ConverDyn, the marketing agent for Solstice's uranium hexafluoride production, has agreed to supply uranium conversion services to micromodular reactor company Hadron Energy Inc.
 

A joint venture established by global investment firm Brookfield and nuclear project development and delivery company The Nuclear Company is to project manage the completion of the two VC Summer AP1000 units in South Carolina.

Blue Energy has announced it is partnering with GE Vernova in a collaboration aimed at pairing nuclear and gas-fired generating capacity as a near-term approach to meeting AI-driven energy demand.

US private fusion company Commonwealth Fusion Systems has applied to connect its first ARC fusion power plant to PJM Interconnection, the largest US competitive wholesale electricity market. The plant is expected to start up in the early 2030s.
 

In the coming months, the University of Utah's TRIGA research reactor will be used to produce electricity to power a mini AI data centre as part of proof-of-concept for powering full-scale data centres with microreactors.
 

Florida's St Lucie Nuclear Power Plant units 1 and 2 have been approved to operate to 2056 and 2063, respectively, after the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued subsequent licence renewals.
 

The start of uranium mining operations at Ur-Energy's second in-situ recovery uranium project marks the transition from development to initial operations.

Duke Energy's Robinson nuclear power plant in South Carolina has been cleared for an 80-year operating lifetime after the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission completed the fastest licence renewal review in the agency's history.

The US Department of the Air Force has selected Radiant Industries, Inc, Westinghouse Government Services and Antares Inc as potential microreactor developers and operators under its Advanced Nuclear Power for Installations initiative, as well as announcing a third potential location for a reactor.