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First fuel produced for molten salt reactor experiment

Idaho National Laboratory has launched full-scale production of enriched fuel salt for the world's first test of a molten chloride salt fast reactor - technology that could be deployed as soon as the 2030s for both terrestrial and maritime applications.

Uranium & Fuel · Thursday, 4 December 2025

TAE, UKAEA create joint venture

US private fusion energy company TAE Technologies and the UK Atomic Energy Authority have announced a bilateral and reciprocal investment commitment to commercialise TAE's proprietary particle accelerator technology for the global market.

Fusion · Thursday, 4 December 2025

Two SMR projects selected for US federal funding

The US Department of Energy has selected Tennessee Valley Authority and Holtec to each receive USD400 million in federal cost-shared funding to support early deployments of advanced light-water small modular reactors in the USA.

New Nuclear · Wednesday, 3 December 2025

Utility consortium looks to Nebraska new build

The Great Plains New Nuclear Consortium will explore the feasibility and development of deploying new nuclear technology within Nebraska to serve the needs of the four utilities in the Southwest Power Pool market footprint in the USA.

New Nuclear · Wednesday, 3 December 2025

Final safety evaluation completed for Wyoming advanced reactor

The US regulator has completed its final safety evaluation for TerraPower's application to build Kemmerer Power Station Unit 1 in Kemmerer, Wyoming, one month ahead of its already accelerated schedule.

Regulation & Safety · Tuesday, 2 December 2025

White House launches mission to harness AI

The Genesis Mission is a new national effort to use artificial intelligence to transform how scientific research is conducted and accelerate the speed of scientific discovery, with nuclear energy as one of the areas of focus.

Corporate · Wednesday, 26 November 2025

Framatome makes first nuclear fuel assemblies for Barakah

The first lead fuel assemblies have been manufactured by Framatome for the Emirates Nuclear Energy Company's Barakah nuclear power plant in the UAE under a fuel supply agreement announced by the two companies in July.

Uranium & Fuel · Tuesday, 25 November 2025

Uvation considers SOLO microreactors for data centres

Terra Innovatum, developer of the SOLO micro-modular reactor, has signed a Letter of Intent with US technology firm Uvation to launch a 1 MWe pilot programme with a strategic option to scale up to 100 MWe supporting Uvation's rapidly-growing AI and data centre infrastructure needs.

New Nuclear · Monday, 24 November 2025

INL begins irradiation testing of Lightbridge fuel samples

Samples of enriched uranium-zirconium alloy fuel material are being irradiated in the lab's Advanced Test Reactor, a significant step forward in the development and testing programme which is part of a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement between Lightbridge and INL.

Uranium & Fuel · Thursday, 20 November 2025