Talen Energy Corporation has entered into a new agreement for the long-term supply of 1,920 MWe of electricity from its Susquehanna nuclear power plant to support Amazon Web Services' data centres, as well as looking into building SMRs and capacity uprates.

Westinghouse has received approval for its eVinci microreactor's Preliminary Safety Design Report from the US Department of Energy, becoming the first microreactor developer to secure such an approved report for the National Reactor Innovation Center's Demonstration of Microreactor Experiments test bed at the Idaho National Laboratory.

A 20-year power purchase agreement between Meta and Constellation will secure the long-term operation of Constellation's Clinton Clean Energy Center, while the tech company is also moving forward with its process to develop nuclear capacity at new US locations.

Two of Laramide Resources Ltd's advanced-stage uranium development projects - Crownpoint-Churchrock and La Jara Mesa - have been designated FAST-41 Covered Projects by the US Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council.

The US nuclear regulator has issued its final environmental assessment and finding of no significant impacts for Holtec's request to return the Palisades Nuclear Plant to an operational status.

The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has approved the 77 MWe version of NuScale Power's NuScale Power Module small modular reactor design. The regulator had previously approved a 50 MWe version of the design.

Nuclear fuel cycle companies, utilities and others have applauded the presidential executive orders that aim to revitalise the US nuclear industry - but questions are being raised about the impacts of some of the mandated reforms.

US President Donald Trump has unveiled a series of executive orders aimed at quadrupling the country's nuclear energy capacity by 2050. In this podcast episode, we replay the announcements and pick out the key points and broader impact they could have.

California-based liquid metal fast reactor developer Oklo Inc has signed a memorandum of understanding with Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power aimed at promoting collaboration on the development of small modular reactor technology.