Pennsylvania plant unit, which kept functioning until 2019 after near meltdown in 1979 of an adjacent unit, is set to boost the tech giant's data centers, while Michigan's Palisades nuclear plant will get $1.5B from feds in its restart effort, the US Energy Dept. said Sept. 30.

At construction completion, four projects in England would be Britain's first SMR deployment and its first use of the Westinghouse AP300 design.

At the European Union summit, negotiations got underway on details to launch continent toward self-sufficient clean energy manufacturing and materials sourcing to meet proposed net-zero emissions goals.

Balfour Beatty announced December agreement with US developer Holtec to support its plan to deploy 32 SMR units by 2050 that would amount to a capacity of 5.1 GW, with construction of the first to start in 2028.

Bechtel will lead EPC work on a 345-MW reactor at Kemmerer site for Bill Gates-founded firm TerraPower; Southern Co. also announces demonstration project with the developer in Idaho.

Keeping Calif. facility open until 2035 would cut state carbon emissions and save $2.6 billion in power costs, researchers say.