Pebbles of X-energy's TRISO-X fuel have begun 13 months of irradiation testing at Idaho National Laboratory to evaluate fuel performance across operating scenarios and qualify them for commercial use.
 

Framatome has announced plans to produce TRISO nuclear fuel at its fuel fabrication site in Romans-sur-Isère, France. The company has also signed an agreement to manufacture fuel elements using TRISO for Blue Capsule Technology's high-temperature reactor.
 

Small modular reactor company Terrestrial Energy Inc has signed a manufacturing and supply contract with Westinghouse subsidiary Springfields Fuels Limited for the design and construction of an Integral Molten Salt Reactor fuel pilot plant.
 

The metallic 'pucks' of uranium that have been produced at Framatome's nuclear fuel manufacturing facility in the USA are a critical component in the fuel supply chain for TerraPower's Natrium reactor and described as a "milestone" for the commercialisation of advanced reactor fuel.
 

The Palisades nuclear power plant in Michigan has taken delivery of 68 new nuclear fuel assemblies as efforts to restart the plant later this year continue, Holtec International announced.
 

France-based Newcleo and US-based Oklo have signed an agreement to develop advanced fuel fabrication and manufacturing infrastructure in the USA, with Sweden's Blykalla also considering investing in the project.
 

Feldioara Uranium Concentrate Processing Plant, part of Nuclearelectrica, has won an international tender it says will see it supply the uranium dioxide to cover the needs of Argentina’s nuclear power plants for a year.
 

Sizewell C has signed a six-year uranium enrichment services supply contract with Urenco and a long-term fuel fabrication contract with Framatome for fuel for the planned Sizewell C nuclear power plant in the UK.
 

The process of loading 177 fuel assemblies into the core of unit 2 at China's Zhangzhou nuclear power plant has begun, China National Nuclear Corporation announced. The unit is the second of four Hualong One (HPR1000) reactors under construction at the site.