Centrus Energy finalizes contract for $1B HALEU plant build in Ohio with Fluor as EPC, while Urenco USA eyes 2027 start of big expansion in New Mexico .
Urenco USA plans a privately funded multibillion-dollar expansion of the only US commercial uranium enrichment facility, increasing low enriched uranium production by 50%, in broader effort to strengthen nuclear fuel supply for next gen advanced power plants.
Loan guarantees for long lead components come as administration aims to fast-track nation's AI dominance and more states eye nuclear to meet growing power needs.
Published May 1 in the Federal Register with a 42-day comment, the proposed Part 57 rule outlines a “streamlined, risk-informed and
flexible licensing pathway” NRC claims could save up to $11.8
billion and shorten construction permit and operating license timelines
to one year or less.
US Nuclear Regulatory Commission issues construction permit ahead of projections for the $4B Kemmerer Natrium project at a former Wyoming coal power plant site
TerraPower begins construction of the first U.S. utility-scale advanced nuclear plant—can its Natrium design finally move next-generation reactors into commercial reality?
The Texas Advanced Nuclear Development Fund is the largest state-led nuclear investment for advanced-reactor construction and supply-chain work, says Gov. Greg Abbott.