- Wyoming signs up for fast-track federal permitting
Wyoming has become the tenth state to align its permitting with the federal FAST-41 process, which covers uranium mining.
- Urenco starts first commercial LEU+ production in the West
The New Mexico enrichment plant has filled its first cylinder of uranium enriched to between 5% and 10% U-235.
- Bruce Power takes unit 5 offline for a 30-year life extension
Unit 5 is the fourth of six Bruce reactors to go through a major component replacement.
- Saltfoss heads to the NRC with a floating molten salt plant
The Danish developer formerly known as Seaborg wants to license barge-mounted reactors in the US.
- Turkey and South Korea sign nuclear financing pact
Korea’s export-import bank will work with Turkey’s state nuclear company on funding new plants.
- Last Energy, Radiant and Antares clear DOE safety steps
Three companies in the Reactor Pilot Program passed Department of Energy authorization milestones in October.
- Poland applies to start early works at its first nuclear site
PEJ wants to begin preparatory construction at Lubiatowo-Kopalino ahead of a full construction permit.
- Centrus ships first new Oak Ridge centrifuge to Piketon
It is the first of more than 11,500 machines planned for the Ohio enrichment plant’s expansion.
- Dow’s X-energy plant in Texas nears a construction permit
The NRC has completed its safety review of the four-unit Xe-100 plant at Seadrift.
- NRC caps contested licensing hearings at 6 to 18 months
A final rule sets deadlines for contested reactor licensing hearings for the first time.
- Westinghouse to study an AP1000 for Slovakia’s Bohunice site
A six-month front-end engineering study will produce a first schedule and budget for the new unit.
- Deep Fission signs Kansas power deal after short-seller attack
The borehole reactor developer is targeting 150 MW in Parsons, Kansas, by 2028.
- Constellation lines up a $5bn DOE loan for reactor uprates
The conditional loan would add 1.1 GW from 15 reactors at eight existing plants.
- US Navy picks Radiant’s Kaleidos for Naval Weapons Station Crane
It will be the Navy’s first shore-based advanced microreactor and Indiana’s first power reactor.
- OPG’s Origin Nuclear to run Poland’s SGE fleet of UK SMRs
A planned joint venture would operate 14 BWRX-300 reactors on three UK sites.
- The Nuclear Company proposes a 6.6 GW AP1000 campus in Kentucky
Prosperity One would be larger than any nuclear plant now operating in the US.
