BWRX-300 small modular reactor design completed an early stage of the UK government's generic design assessment, a regulatory milestone although it does not authorize construction or indicate a deployment decision.
With federal support and more potential private investment, energy sector eyes restart and expansion, including finishing the abandoned VC Summer reactor.
Facility will support training of plant operators and others as next-gen TerraPower Natrium reactor is built at site of former coal fired power plant in Kemmerer.
Developer Oklo said it hired Kiewit unit as EPC contractor at Idaho federal site to demonstrate 75-MW facility as a future power source for data center customers and others.
Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) says NY Power Authority will run the effort to develop one or more power plants upstate but offers no specifics on design, siting or project delivery approach.
Country's first storage site for used nuclear fuel—and the world's second—will be built up to 2,600 ft below ground in Ontario, with design to complete by 2028 and construction to begin by 2033.