Doosan Enerbility is to begin manufacturing main equipment for NuScale small modular reactors, under a newly signed agreement which marks a milestone for the production of the NuScale Power Module.

NuScale Power and the US Reactor Forging Consortium have signed a collaboration agreement to "leverage the existing robust forging supply chain in the USA", to prepare NuScale to deploy its small modular reactor technology to customers worldwide and to support, retain, and expand US manufacturing jobs.

Using Electron Beam Welding, the company weld-joined two 200mm-thick, 3-metre diameter vessel sections in UK small modular reactor nuclear grade steel, describing it as a breakthrough in the industrialisation of EBW for thick-section materials.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson hosted a roundtable at Downing Street on 21 March with leaders from the nuclear industry to discuss how to improve domestic energy security and rapidly accelerate nuclear projects in the UK.

Recent geopolitical events have not had a material impact on Kazatomprom's group operations to date, the company said as it announced its 2021 full year results.

Ensuring a steady demand for high-assay low-enriched uranium is one of the two main challenges to achieving sustainable production of the material, Orano has said in response to a US Department of Energy request for information.

Two Indian engineering companies - Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited and Larsen & Toubro - have held "flagging off" ceremonies for steam generators destined for installation at Indian-designed 700 MWe pressurised heavy water reactors.
 

Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation plans to begin operations later this year at its Pilot Fuel Manufacturing facility in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, subject to regulatory approvals. The facility will process feedstock uranium powder into TRISO fuel particles and subsequently produce the company's proprietary FCM fuel in multiple kilogram quantities.
 

The US Department of Energy has set its strategic plans to secure a clean energy supply chain. For nuclear, DOE's goals are to enable continued operation of existing US nuclear reactors, enable deployment of advanced nuclear reactors, develop advanced nuclear fuel cycles and maintain US leadership in nuclear energy technology.

Counterfeit, fraudulent, and suspect items are present in operating US nuclear power plants, a special inquiry by the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of the Inspector General has found.
 

GE of the USA has agreed to sell part of GE Steam Power's nuclear power activities, including Arabelle steam turbines, to France's EDF.

A cargo ship carrying materials and equipment for the Akkuyu nuclear power plant - including the reactor pressure vessel for unit 2 - has arrived from Russia at the construction site on the southern coast of Turkey.