The US Department of Energy has announced its initial selection of 11 advanced reactor projects for the Nuclear Reactor Pilot Program, which aims to see at least three of them achieve criticality in less than one year from now.
 

NextEra Energy has told the US nuclear regulator that it intends to submit an environmental review document for the proposed restart of the Duane Arnold nuclear power plant in October.

Entergy has applied to the Louisiana Public Service Commission for approval to increase the power output of its Waterford 3 nuclear power plant by about 45 MWe. It is also seeking to recoup the USD68.7 million cost to carry out the uprate.

Nuclear technology company Oklo Inc and nuclear fuel company Lightbridge Corporation have announced a strategic collaboration to evaluate additional opportunities for the potential co-location of a Lightbridge fuel fabrication facility within Oklo's planned advanced fuel manufacturing facility.
 

California-based Radiant said an agreement it has signed with the Defense Innovation Unit and the Department of the Air Force is the first-ever deal designed to deliver a mass-manufactured nuclear microreactor to a US military base.
 

As Uranium Energy Corp's Sweetwater Uranium Complex is designated for fast-tracked permitting by the US Government, the US Energy Information Administration has confirmed "significant" year-on-year growth in the nation's uranium industry, both in output and employment.
 

Denver International Airport is considering the deployment of a small modular reactor as part of goal of becoming "the greenest airport in the world and to be energy independent".
 

US uranium enrichment startup General Matter has signed a lease with the Department of Energy for the reuse of federal land at the former Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant in Kentucky for a new commercial uranium enrichment facility.
 

NextEra Energy has filed a request with the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission seeking to reclaim interconnection rights that were previously transferred from the shut down Duane Arnold nuclear power plant in Iowa to a solar energy project.
 

Standard Nuclear has been announced as the first US company to be conditionally accepted into the Department of Energy's programme to establish a domestic nuclear fuel supply chain for testing new reactors.

Fusion energy developer Helion Energy announced it has begun initial earthwork and construction on the site of Orion power plant in Malaga, in the US state of Washington. The plant will provide electricity to technology company Microsoft.

US private energy developer Fermi America has signed a memorandum of understanding with South Korea's Hyundai Engineering & Construction to plan and develop the nuclear component of what is designed to be the world's largest, first-of-its kind private grid to power next-generation AI.