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The Nuclear Company has announced Prosperity One, a proposed campus in Lewis County, Kentucky that could accommodate up to six Westinghouse AP1000 reactors totaling 6.6 GW along the Ohio River. If built out fully, it would be the largest nuclear power site in the United States. The company has site control and is targeting a construction start in 2028, pending NRC licensing. The project is positioned around a region that has historically depended on coal. Lewis County has already voted to seek designation as a nuclear-ready community under Kentucky's Nuclear Energy Development Authority, and the landowner is a lifelong local resident who has partnered directly with the company on the development. The Nuclear Company is building toward a vertically integrated nuclear deployment model, with its services division already active at more than 40% of operating US nuclear facilities. Prosperity One is the latest signal that the US new-build pipeline is no longer just a set of individual projects. It is starting to look like a deliberate, scaled industrial program.

Westinghouse is investing $1 billion to build the first new fleet-scale nuclear fuel factory in the US in more than 50 years. The new plant, targeting a 2030 start, will produce LEU+ fuel using a modern dry process and higher levels of automation than the facility built in 1968 it will sit alongside. LEU+ fuel is a key enabler for power upgrades at existing plants. It directly supports the DOE's UPRISE program, which targets 5 GW of additional capacity from the operating US fleet by 2029, without building a single new reactor. The $1 billion investment is projected to generate $4.9 billion in economic impact across South Carolina over the next decade. It also represents another piece of the domestic nuclear fuel supply chain taking shape as US nuclear output is being asked to grow significantly in the years ahead.

Hungary's new government is reviewing whether to replace Rosatom as the main contractor on the Paks nuclear expansion, according to Reuters sources. The project, a 12.5 billion euro contract awarded without a tender under Viktor Orban, has already cost Hungary more than 2 billion euros and has faced repeated contract amendments, a 2025 EU court ruling against its state aid approval, and complications from a drought that nearly forced a shutdown of the existing reactors last summer. The cabinet of Prime Minister Peter Magyar is expected to make a decision by early next year. One source said the government is leaning toward concluding the expansion is necessary but that Rosatom should not be involved. A European supplier was flagged as the option that would simplify the foreign-policy and sanctions environment. If Hungary exits the contract, it would need to absorb the roughly 1.1 billion euros already paid to Rosatom plus any breach-of-contract penalties. The Paks situation is one to watch for the broader nuclear supply chain. It would represent the second major European Rosatom contract cancellation after Finland, and it would put a multi-gigawatt project back into play for Western vendors at a moment when AP1000 and European reactor developers are actively competing for new orders across the continent.

Urenco’s National Enrichment Facility in Eunice, New Mexico, the only commercial uranium enrichment site in the US, has completed 75% of its current capacity expansion, with installation of the sixth of eight new centrifuge cascades now underway. The full phase will add 700,000 SWU per year to existing capacity, with two more cascades coming online by the end of 2027. At 4.3 million SWU per year today, the facility covers roughly a third of US demand. The longer-term target is seven million SWU, a more than 50% increase from current levels, timed to support both conventional reactors and the growing pipeline of advanced reactor deployments. The buildout is running ahead of schedule and on budget, a notable data point as the US works to reduce its dependence on foreign enrichment services and build a more resilient domestic nuclear fuel supply chain.

Turkey’s Akkuyu Unit 1 has completed hydraulic testing of its primary circuit, a key milestone in the commissioning sequence ahead of hot functional tests. The primary circuit was pressurized to 24.5 MPa -- roughly 1.5 times normal operating pressure -- to verify the integrity of the reactor, pumps, steam generators, and interconnecting pipelines. Hot functional tests will follow, checking that systems perform under operating temperatures before nuclear fuel is loaded. The goal remains first power to Turkey’s grid before the end of 2026, which would make Akkuyu the country’s first-ever nuclear power plant to reach operation. When all four VVER-1200 units at the site are complete, the 4,800 MWe plant is expected to cover around 10% of Turkey’s total electricity demand. Turkey also has plans underway for a second plant at Sinop, a third site in the Thrace region, and an SMR program targeting 5 GWe of additional capacity by 2050.

Bangladesh’s Rooppur Unit 1 achieved first criticality on October 11, marking the country’s entry into the nuclear power era. The milestone came roughly nine years after construction began in 2017, following fuel loading completed earlier this year and an operating license issued in April. The plant is a Rosatom VVER design, part of a $12.65 billion contract signed in 2015. Power startup is scheduled for November 20, with grid connection to follow after a staged ramp-up. Unit 2 is also under construction at the same site. Bangladesh becomes one of the few countries in the world to commission its first nuclear plant in recent years, joining a growing list of nations expanding into nuclear power to address energy security and decarbonization goals simultaneously.

China’s Tianwan Nuclear Power Plant Unit 7 has connected to the grid, delivering its first electricity on October 8, just over a week after achieving initial criticality. The VVER-1200 reactor will now be stepped up through progressive power levels with tests at each stage before commercial operation. Tianwan 7 is a Sino-Russian project with construction beginning in May 2021 under agreements signed in June 2018. Unit 8, also a VVER-1200, began construction in February 2022 and is targeted for commercial operation in 2027. The plant on the coast of Jiangsu province is jointly owned by CNNC, China Power Investment Corporation, and Jiangsu Guoxin Group. Once all eight units at the Tianwan site are operational, total installed capacity will exceed 9 GWe, with annual generation of over 70 TWh and an annual reduction in CO2 emissions of approximately 57.4 million tonnes.

Polish billionaire Michal Solowow’s SGE and the Solorz family’s ZE PAK have signed a deal to jointly build and operate small modular reactors in Poland. Solowow holds exclusive rights to offer GE Vernova Hitachi’s BWRX-300 reactors in Poland. The partnership marks a second attempt at cooperation between the two groups on nuclear power and adds private sector momentum to Poland’s broader push to deploy a fleet of advanced reactors as the country transitions away from coal. Poland has a decision in principle for 26 BWRX-300 units, and SGE is also pursuing a 14-reactor fleet across three sites in the UK under the Advanced Nuclear Framework program.

Italy's Senate has passed the bill paving the way for a return to nuclear power, voting 81 to 51 in favor. The bill empowers the government to develop a National Program for Sustainable Nuclear Power, establish an independent Nuclear Safety Authority, and set rules for waste management and radioactive waste disposal. The government now has 12 months to draft implementing decrees. The Senate vote marks a decisive reversal of that position, driven by energy security concerns, some of Europe's highest electricity costs, and shifting public opinion. Energy Minister Gilberto Pichetto Fratin said nuclear is not a return to the past but a winning technology that, integrated with renewables, can deliver extraordinary results for energy security and decarbonization. On the day of the Senate vote, France's Nuward and its parent company EDF, alongside Edison, Ansaldo, and Maire, reaffirmed a common vision to deploy a first SMR in Italy by 2035. Nuward aims to build a fleet of 10 SMRs across five EU member countries with initial construction beginning in 2030.

Future nuclear power capacity by country. via @VisualCap

The US and South Korea have outlined a $120 billion framework agreement, dubbed Project Power, to build six Westinghouse AP1000 units and two South Korean APR1400 units in the United States. The agreement also contemplates a significant minority equity investment in Westinghouse by South Korean companies, with details to be confirmed later. A one-time waiver of Westinghouse's 2025 intellectual property settlement with KEPCO and KHNP would allow up to two APR1400 reactors to be built in the US, with Westinghouse expected to receive approximately $2 billion of value per APR1400 unit through licensing fees, engineering services, and long-term fuel fabrication. Cameco CEO Tim Gitzel framed the new AP1000 orders as an opportunity to further derisk and accelerate the global AP1000 fleet buildout, alongside the DOE's American Nuclear Supply Chain Loans program expected to accelerate construction timelines by up to three years. The eight-unit program forms part of the Trump administration's goal of having 10 large reactors under construction in the US by 2030.

The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (@NRCgov) has issued the first construction permit ever issued for a commercial Small Modular Reactor in the United States. The SMR will be built for the Tennessee Valley Authority at the Clinch River site in Tennessee. TVA interim President and CEO Mike Skaggs said the permit was foundational for America's nuclear future and emphasized that the people of the Valley should not bear the costs of first-of-a-kind technology that benefits the nation as a whole. The NRC and TVA both framed the Clinch River permit as establishing a clear, repeatable licensing pathway for future BWRX-300 applicants, improving predictability and lowering barriers for fleet deployment. BWRX-300 projects are also advancing in Canada, Poland, and the UK, with Blue Energy having submitted a construction permit application for a BWRX-300 in Texas in September.

Constellation Energy and Amazon have signed a 20-year power purchase agreement covering 690 megawatts from the Calvert Cliffs Clean Energy Center in Maryland. The deal enables more than $3 billion in infrastructure investment at the nuclear facility, which will support approximately 190 megawatts of new generating capacity scheduled to come online between 2030 and 2032. Amazon's long-term commitment will also provide the revenue certainty needed for Constellation to relicense Calvert Cliffs for another 20 years. The parties additionally entered a retail supply agreement to support Amazon operations across the 13-state PJM market, with all electricity continuing to flow to the regional grid. Calvert Cliffs is Maryland's only nuclear plant, employing more than 800 people and contributing approximately $21 million annually in taxes. The deal adds to a growing list of major tech company nuclear commitments, following Amazon's existing agreements with Constellation at other sites and Google's recent nuclear power deals in Georgia and Finland.

GE Vernova, Hitachi, Poland's SGE, and Samsung C&T have signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly develop market opportunities for BWRX-300 small modular reactor deployment across Europe. The agreement was signed on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York and is explicitly linked to the trilateral SMR cooperation agreement signed by the US, Japan, and South Korea at the NATO summit in July. The four-party partnership brings together the BWRX-300's technology developer in GE Vernova Hitachi Nuclear Energy, Hitachi's industrial supply chain capabilities, Samsung C&T's EPC track record in major nuclear infrastructure projects, and SGE's existing project pipeline across Europe. SGE has a decision in principle for 26 BWRX-300 reactors in Poland and a proposal for a fleet of 14 across three UK sites under consideration through the UK's Advanced Nuclear Framework program. The US Department of State described the agreement as a concrete industry effort to advance BWRX-300 deployment across Europe and deepen government-industry cooperation on global energy security. The BWRX-300 is a 300 MWe natural circulation boiling water SMR with passive safety systems, with the first unit currently under construction at Ontario Power Generation's Darlington site in Canada.

Slovakia's Mochovce Unit 4 has begun power generation, entering the last major commissioning stage before commercial operation. The reactor's output will now be gradually stepped up through six power levels from 5% to 90%, with inspections and tests at each stage, before a final 144-hour demonstration run at full power. The unit achieved first criticality in early August and has now transitioned from physical to energy startup, meaning reactor heat is producing steam to spin the turbines. The unit will be phased into Slovakia's electricity system when it reaches 20% output. When Mochovce 4 reaches full commercial operation at 471 MW, nuclear energy will supply the equivalent of 77.5% of Slovakia's electricity consumption, the highest proportion of any country in the world. The unit is the last of four at the Mochovce site, with construction originally beginning in 1986, stalling in 1992, and resuming as part of a completion project estimated at €6.7 billion. Sister unit Mochovce 3 entered commercial operation in October 2023.

Changjiang Unit 3 has entered commercial operation on China's Hainan island, becoming the first Hualong One reactor to come online at the site and the first large-scale power reactor that China Huaneng Group has constructed and operated as the controlling stakeholder. The unit achieved first criticality on July 10 and connected to the grid on August 1. Unit 4, also a Hualong One, is scheduled to follow in early 2027. Together the two Phase II units represent a total investment of approximately CNY40 billion and are expected to generate 18 billion kilowatt-hours of clean electricity annually, replacing more than 6.32 million metric tons of standard coal and reducing CO2 emissions by about 11.6 million tons per year. The Changjiang site is also home to China's demonstration ACP100 small modular reactor, known as the Linglong One, currently undergoing pre-commissioning tests. Hainan Province energy policy designates nuclear power as the island's primary electricity source for its population of close to 10 million people.

Google and Georgia Power have announced an agreement under which Google will support extended power uprates at two of Georgia's nuclear plants, adding approximately 96 MW of capacity to the state's grid. Under a subscription-based structure, Google will subscribe to a new NU-1 tariff and receive zero-emission credits representing the carbon-free attributes of the additional nuclear output. Georgia Power said the arrangement could generate approximately $900 million in benefits for customers over the life of the units. Hatch and Vogtle together provide about 25% of Georgia's electricity. The Google-Georgia Power deal adds to a growing pattern of tech companies directly financing capacity expansions at existing nuclear plants rather than waiting for new construction, following Google's separate 22-year nuclear power purchase agreement with Finland's Fortum announced earlier this month.

Samsung C&T has agreed to invest up to $100 million in Kairos Power through a combination of direct investment and in-kind engineering services. The deal will support delivery of the Hermes 2 fluoride salt-cooled high-temperature reactor demonstration plant in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Samsung C&T will also join Kairos Power's integrated engineering, procurement, and construction team, with an initial focus on power generation systems and balance-of-plant scope, and has secured priority rights to perform EPC for Kairos Power's first commercial reactor in the US. Hermes 2 received its construction permit from the NRC in December 2024 and broke ground in April 2026. The 50 MWe grid-connected reactor is designed to demonstrate Kairos Power's KP-FHR technology at commercial scale, reducing technical, licensing, manufacturing, and construction uncertainty for full-size plants that will follow. Samsung C&T has delivered 12 GW of nuclear generating capacity across 10 reactors, including the Barakah plant in the UAE and units at South Korea's Shin Hanul site, and is involved in SMR development projects in Romania, Estonia, Sweden, and Poland. The two companies also agreed to jointly pursue business opportunities in global nuclear markets including South Korea, Southeast Asia, and Europe.

China's Atomic Energy Authority has launched the Global Network for SMR Innovation at the 70th IAEA General Conference in Vienna. The initiative is structured as a non-profit network open to government departments, regulatory bodies, companies, research institutes, and universities, with a governing board, secretariat, and specialized working groups. Its first general assembly is scheduled for later this year. The launch showcased a range of Chinese SMR designs, including the ACP100 currently being commissioned on Hainan Island, the GH300 and GH200T from the Guohe series, the HTR-PM pebble bed high-temperature gas-cooled reactor, and CGN's HuaPeng-1 integral pressurized SMR with a projected 36-month construction timeline. IAEA Deputy Director General Huang Wei welcomed the launch, citing the agency's projection of up to 1,000 SMRs globally by 2060 and describing the network as reinforcing the IAEA's own international cooperation efforts. The initiative signals China's intent to position itself as a standard-setter and global partner in SMR deployment, complementing its aggressive domestic reactor construction program with a multilateral framework for technology sharing and supply chain collaboration.

Italy's landmark nuclear bill is expected to pass the Senate within days, with Energy Minister Gilberto Pichetto Fratin saying the country could be generating nuclear electricity again by 2035. The legislation passed the lower house in June and would establish a legal pathway for new reactors, create an independent nuclear safety authority, set waste management rules, and advance plans for a national radioactive waste repository. Pichetto Fratin cited energy shocks linked to Ukraine and the Persian Gulf as exposing Italy's excessive dependence on foreign supplies, framing nuclear power as a matter of national security. Italy's nuclear plans center on small modular reactors, with Pichetto Fratin suggesting serial production by the end of this decade could enable three to four year construction timelines and generation by 2034 or 2035. Italian utility Enel, equipment maker Ansaldo Energia, and defense group Leonardo have already established a joint venture, Nuclitalia, to assess advanced nuclear technologies, and EDF signed a declaration of intent with Italian industrial partners in June targeting first SMR plants by 2035. Implementing decrees are expected by year end, with industrial partners assessing costs, operators, and sites.