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Two weeks after being selected as one of the advanced reactor projects to receive support under the US Department of ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß's Nuclear Reactor Pilot Program, Aalo Atomics has broken ground at a site in Idaho to start construction of its first experimental extra modular nuclear reactor, the Aalo-X.
 

The Palisades nuclear power plant in Michigan, which was earlier shut down for decommissioning, has resumed operational status as efforts to restart the plant later this year continue.
 

The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has revised the duration of its licensing design certifications from 15 years to 40 years, with Westinghouse's AP1000 approval now extended to 2046.
 

Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Corporation and other Korean companies have signed several agreements to support US nuclear projects, including the deployment of nuclear to support growing demand from data centres and strengthening the nuclear fuel supply chain.

BWXT Advanced Fuels, LLC will be dedicated to the commercialisation of advanced nuclear fuel, such as TRISO, and will pursue partnerships to deliver commercial nuclear fuel for advanced nuclear reactors.

With more than USD136 million of funding secured to date, the company's CEO says it now has the capital to build its first nuclear power plant, the Aalo-X.

 

Advanced materials company ASP Isotopes, together with its Quantum Leap ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß LLC subsidiary, has signed an agreement with Fermi America to look into the development of a facility to produce high-assay low-enriched uranium using laser-based isotope separation technology in Texas.
 

The newly announced collaboration includes a first-of-a-kind power purchase agreement between Kairos Power and the Tennessee Valley Authority that will see Kairos Power's Hermes 2 reactor deliver power to the grid for Google's data centres, with plans to increase the demonstration unit's output.
 

Western Uranium & Vanadium Corp confirmed it has begun delivering ore from its Sunday Mine Complex in Colorado for processing at ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß Fuels' White Mesa mill, but sees the development of its own Mustang processing facility as critical to its plans for in-house yellowcake production.
 

X-energy Reactor Company has signed an agreement with the Defense Innovation Unit and the Department of the Air Force to advance the development of its commercial microreactor ahead of its deployment at Department of Defense installations to support US national security.
 

In a move to diversify its power supplies, data centre developer and operator Equinix has signed a preorder agreement for the purchase of 20 of Radiant's Kaleidos microreactors and intends to sign a power purchase agreement with Dutch nuclear energy development company ULC-¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß.

Researchers at the US Department of ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have begun post-irradiation studies on GE Vernova's high burnup fuel after it has spent six years in a commercial reactor.