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US private fusion company Commonwealth Fusion Systems has applied to connect its first ARC fusion power plant to PJM Interconnection, the largest US competitive wholesale electricity market. The plant is expected to start up in the early 2030s.
 

In the coming months, the University of Utah's TRIGA research reactor will be used to produce electricity to power a mini AI data centre as part of proof-of-concept for powering full-scale data centres with microreactors.
 

Florida's St Lucie Nuclear Power Plant units 1 and 2 have been approved to operate to 2056 and 2063, respectively, after the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued subsequent licence renewals.
 

The start of uranium mining operations at Ur-Energy's second in-situ recovery uranium project marks the transition from development to initial operations.

Duke Energy's Robinson nuclear power plant in South Carolina has been cleared for an 80-year operating lifetime after the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission completed the fastest licence renewal review in the agency's history.

The US Department of the Air Force has selected Radiant Industries, Inc, Westinghouse Government Services and Antares Inc as potential microreactor developers and operators under its Advanced Nuclear Power for Installations initiative, as well as announcing a third potential location for a reactor.
 

TerraPower has announced the official start of construction on its first Natrium plant, Kemmerer unit 1 in Wyoming. The Bill Gates-chaired company says the unit will be the first utility-scale advanced nuclear power plant in the United States.
 

The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has approved Kairos Power's request that the completion date specified in the construction permit for its Hermes 1 demonstration reactor be extended by 28 months.
 

Eli Lilly and Company will collaborate with the state on a future pathway for nuclear energy solutions, including small modular reactors and other advanced nuclear technologies, under a non-binding letter of intent signed with Indiana Governor Mike Braun.
 

The Hermes 2 Demonstration Plant in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, will be the company's first commercial-scale reactor and is the first power-producing Gen IV reactor to receive a construction permit from the US regulator.

ConverDyn has said it is looking into building a sister plant to its Metropolis conversion facility, in addition to recently announced plans to expand the existing plant.

The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission announced it has received an application from the University of Illinois to construct the first research KRONOS micro modular reactor on the university's campus.