Czech nuclear power plant operator ČEZ says that its fuel diversification strategy will see the first Westinghouse VVER fuel delivered to its Dukovany nuclear power plant at the end of the year.

The transfer trolley for moving used fuel transport casks has been installed at Finnish waste management company Posiva's encapsulation plant under construction at Olkiluoto.

The Framatome-General Atomics joint venture has begun fabricating the fuel for the US Department of Energy's  MARVEL microreactor, with delivery of the first shipment of fuel expected in spring 2025.

A land rights agreement signed with the Southern Ohio Diversification Initiative gives Oklo Inc the option and right of first refusal to purchase land in Southern Ohio where Oklo envisages deploying two of its Aurora 'powerhouses'.

Westinghouse Electric Company has shipped 25 irradiated experimental nuclear fuel rods, including accident-tolerant fuel, to Idaho National Laboratory for testing and examination. The tests are part of the process to qualify the fuel for use in commercial reactors.

The UAE's Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation announced it has launched a tender for a domestic nuclear fuel assembly fabrication facility. The facility will produce fuel assemblies for the Barakah nuclear power plant.

NAC International's patented Optimus-L packaging system to contain and transport high-assay low-enriched uranium TRISO fuel has been approved by the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Such fuel will be used in advanced reactors.

The US Department of Energy has issued a Request for Proposals for uranium enrichment services to help establish a reliable domestic supply of fuels using high-assay low-enriched uranium. Such fuel is not currently commercially available from US-based suppliers.

The UK government has announced it will invest GBP300 million (USD381 million) to launch a high-assay low-enriched uranium programme, making the UK the first country in Europe to launch such a nuclear fuel programme.

Technology holder Framatome has confirmed Kazatomprom has completed the qualification process for the production of AFA 3G type A fuel assemblies at the Ulba-FA LLP plant, which produces nuclear fuel for Chinese nuclear power plants. Production of type A assemblies is expected to begin this year.

Energoatom and Holtec have announced that Ukraine's new Centralised Spent Fuel Storage Facility is up and running receiving used nuclear fuel from the country's nuclear power plants.

The loading of fuel into the core of unit 4 of the Barakah nuclear power plant in the UAE has been completed, operator Nawah Energy Company has announced.