The first complete assembly of accident tolerant fuel to operate in a commercial nuclear reactor has completed its second cycle of operations and has undergone testing before being loaded into Constellation's Calvert Cliffs plant for a third 24-month cycle.
 

The US Air Force Research Laboratory’s Space Vehicles Directorate has given space technology and infrastructure services company Intuitive Machines a USD8.2 million contract extension to develop next-generation nuclear power systems for spacecraft and lunar infrastructure.
 

Independent third-party validation has judged that Global Laser Enrichment (GLE) has achieved Technology Readiness Level 6, following the completion of its large-scale uranium enrichment demonstration programme using SILEX laser enrichment technology.

Capsules containing Lightbridge Fuel material samples of enriched uranium‑zirconium alloy have been loaded into an experimental assembly ready for irradiation testing, Lightbridge Corporation has announced.
 

Global Nuclear Fuel, a GE Vernova-led alliance with Hitachi, said the first lead use assemblies of the new generation GNF4 boiling water reactor fuel have been contracted for deployment in 2026, with full reload quantities from 2030.
 

Requests for Proposals have been issued to build and power AI data centres at the Savannah River Site and the Oak Ridge Reservation.
 

Nuclear battery developer Zeno Power is to make a "multi-million dollar" investment to get priority access to americium-241 supplies from Orano's la Hague recycling site in France.
 

The large-scale enrichment technology testing campaign at Global Laser Enrichment's Test Loop facility in Wilmington, North Carolina, has demonstrated the commercial viability of laser enrichment.
 

Making the most of existing nuclear plants will be vital if the challenge of tripling nuclear capacity by 2050 is to be met - and innovative approaches, including artificial intelligence tools, can help, according to panelists at World Nuclear Symposium.