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2024 US figures show increase in domestic U purchases
2024 US figures show increase in domestic U purchases

Owners and operators of US nuclear power reactors continued to purchase most of their uranium from foreign suppliers in 2024 - although the amount of material purchased from US producers was almost double the 2023 figure, according to the latest annual report from the US Energy Information Administration.
 

Thursday, 9 October 2025
Construction set to start at Velvet-Wood project
Construction set to start at Velvet-Wood project
The Utah Department of Oil, Gas and Mining has given Anfield Energy Inc approval to commence the advancement of its Velvet-Wood uranium-vanadium project in San Juan County, Utah, to construction.
 
Uranium & Fuel · Wednesday, 8 October 2025
Global Nuclear Fuel unveils new GNF4 product
Global Nuclear Fuel unveils new GNF4 product

Global Nuclear Fuel, a GE Vernova-led alliance with Hitachi, said the first lead use assemblies of the new generation GNF4 boiling water reactor fuel have been contracted for deployment in 2026, with full reload quantities from 2030.
 

Uranium & Fuel · Monday, 6 October 2025
Urenco USA given go-ahead for 10% enrichment
Urenco USA given go-ahead for 10% enrichment

Urenco USA has received authorisation from US regulators to produce uranium enriched up to 10% and says it will be the first commercial uranium enricher to produce so-called LEU+.

Uranium & Fuel · Thursday, 2 October 2025
Uzbek mining joint venture enters next phase
Uzbek mining joint venture enters next phase

The members of the Nurlikum Mining joint venture have "completed the evolution" of their partnership, paving the way for the start of development at the South Djengeldi uranium project in Uzbekistan.
 

Uranium & Fuel · Thursday, 2 October 2025
US companies selected for advanced fuel production
US companies selected for advanced fuel production
Four companies have been selected by the US Department of Energy for its new pilot programme to build advanced nuclear fuel lines. The announcement came as Standard Nuclear and Framatome announced a US-based TRISO nuclear fuel production joint venture.
 
Uranium & Fuel · Wednesday, 1 October 2025
Oklo tests fuel assembly at DOE lab
Oklo tests fuel assembly at DOE lab
Advanced nuclear technology company Oklo Inc carried out full-scale flow testing of a prototypical fuel assembly at the Argonne National Laboratory, generating experimental data to validate computer models, demonstrate manufacturing parameters, and advance Oklo’s fuel assembly design towards production.
 
Uranium & Fuel · Monday, 29 September 2025
First yellowcake from Lance
First yellowcake from Lance
The production of the first dried yellowcake from the expanded Lance Central Processing Plant in Wyoming sees Peninsula Energy Limited become a fully independent, end-to-end producer of uranium.
 
Uranium & Fuel · Wednesday, 17 September 2025
Russian developments in fast reactor fuels
Russian developments in fast reactor fuels
The Fuel Division of Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom has manufactured and accepted a unique OS-5 fuel assembly based on mixed nitride uranium-plutonium nuclear fuel with a liquid metal sublayer. Separately, the Mining and Chemical Combine is set to be the location of a MOX fuel plant to supply the BN-1200M fast reactor.
 
Uranium & Fuel · Wednesday, 17 September 2025
GLE completes landmark laser technology demonstration
GLE completes landmark laser technology demonstration
The large-scale enrichment technology testing campaign at Global Laser Enrichment's Test Loop facility in Wilmington, North Carolina, has demonstrated the commercial viability of laser enrichment.
 
Uranium & Fuel · Tuesday, 16 September 2025
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