Advanced nuclear fuel developer Lightbridge Corporation has announced that the first batch of its fuel material samples have been successfully removed from Idaho National Laboratory's Advanced Test Reactor after undergoing irradiation.
 

The US Department of Energy has conditionally committed to USD17.5 billion in loans to finance the purchase of long-lead items for up to 10 Westinghouse AP1000 reactors.
 

The sole licensee of the Canadian CANDU pressurised heavy water reactor technology has formally submitted a Notice of Intent to the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission to begin licensing it in the USA.

Retail giant Walmart has signed a long-term power purchase agreement for emissions-free electricity from Constellation's Dresden nuclear power plant in Illinois in the USA.
 

Valar Atomics' Ward 250 advanced reactor has completed a zero-power fuelled criticality demonstration, becoming the second to meet the 4 July deadline for the US Department of Energy’s Reactor Pilot Program.
 

US enrichment company Centrus is to supply Oklo with high-assay low-enriched uranium to power up to five Aurora powerhouses for multiple years, with deliveries scheduled to begin in 2029.
 

Nuclear power plant developer Elementl Power has signed an Early Works Agreement with GE Vernova Hitachi Nuclear Energy to use its BWRX-300 small modular reactors for a proposed project in Meigs County, in southeast Ohio in the USA.
 

The receipt of two licences from the Washington Department of Health marks a major milestone for fusion company Helion in its project to build its Orion nuclear power plant.

Maritime nuclear energy specialist Core Power has launched a feasibility study into using BWX Technologies' mPower small modular reactors in floating nuclear power plants.