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Rosatom reports successful tests of HTGR fuel in extreme conditions
Rosatom reports successful tests of HTGR fuel in extreme conditions
The Russian state nuclear corporation says that tests have been successfully completed on fuel samples for high-temperature gas-cooled reactors under extreme conditions.
 
Monday, 22 December 2025
Urenco USA produces first LEU+ fuel
Urenco USA produces first LEU+ fuel
Urenco USA has produced its first uranium enriched to 8.5% U-235, in what it describes as a first for a commercial uranium facility in the USA.
 
Uranium & Fuel · Thursday, 18 December 2025
Modified fuel supplied to Uzbekistan research reactor
Modified fuel supplied to Uzbekistan research reactor
Dense uranium and uranium-silicide fuel produced by the Novosibirsk Chemical Concentrates Plant in Russia is said to offer better performance than the IRT-4M fuel assemblies previously supplied to Uzbekistan.
 
Uranium & Fuel · Thursday, 18 December 2025
Niger builds relationships with overseas uranium partners
Niger builds relationships with overseas uranium partners
Niger's state-owned Timersoi National Uranium Company has signed an agreement with Russian company Uranium One Group to cooperate in uranium mining and eventually open new mines. Meanwhile, Global Atomic Corporation remains upbeat about the prospects for securing financing for the Dasa uranium project - although first uranium shipments could now be delayed.
 
Uranium & Fuel · Tuesday, 16 December 2025
First nuclear fuel delivered for Kudankulam unit 3
First nuclear fuel delivered for Kudankulam unit 3
The first delivery has taken place of nuclear fuel for the initial loading of Kudankulam nuclear power plant’s unit 3 in India.
 
Uranium & Fuel · Friday, 5 December 2025
Brazilian development bank gauges consultancy interest in uranium expansion
Brazilian development bank gauges consultancy interest in uranium expansion
A Request for Information has been launched by Brazil's National Bank for Economic and Social Development for consulting firms interested in participating in the structuring of Indústrias Nucleares do Brasil's uranium production expansion project.
 
Uranium & Fuel · Friday, 5 December 2025
First fuel produced for molten salt reactor experiment
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
Upgrading of third Russian uranium enrichment plant starts
Upgrading of third Russian uranium enrichment plant starts
The first new 9+ generation gas centrifuges have been launched at the Isotope Separation Plant at the Siberian Chemical Combine in Seversk, Rosatom's fuel division TVEL has announced.
 
Uranium & Fuel · Wednesday, 3 December 2025
Niger reveals plans to sell Somaïr uranium
Niger reveals plans to sell Somaïr uranium

Niger's plans to put uranium produced by Somaïr on the international market were announced on state television, days after Orano condemned a reported shipment of material from the site as illegal.

Uranium & Fuel · Monday, 1 December 2025
Framatome makes first nuclear fuel assemblies for Barakah
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
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