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Following talks in Washington between US Deputy Secretary of Energy David M Turk and the UK Minister for Nuclear & Networks, Andrew Bowie a new strategic partnership was established to advance fusion energy. “The US Department of Energy (DOE) and the UK Department for Energy Security & Net Zero (DESNZ) said in a statement that they had “decided to form a major new strategic partnership to accelerate the?demonstration and?commercialization of fusion energy”.?This partnership will focus on advancing the US?Bold Decadal Vision for Commercial Fusion Energy?and the UK’s?Fusion Strategy.

Date: Wednesday, 15 November 2023
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsus-and-uk-form-strategic-partnership-to-advance-fusion-energy-11297592

The US Department of Energy (DOE) and the UK Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) have announced a new strategic partnership to accelerate the demonstration and commercialisation of fusion energy.

Date: Saturday, 11 November 2023
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/UK-and-USA-team-up-on-fusion-development

IP3 Corporation (IP3) and Green Energy Partners LLC (GEP) have formed a joint venture to establish the Surry Green Energy Center (SGEC) in Surry County, Virginia. Property and project development company GEP announced plans in April to build the USA's first integrated green energy centre adjacent to Dominion Energy's Surry nuclear power plant.

Date: Wednesday, 16 August 2023
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/IP3,-GEP-team-up-for-Surry-Green-Energy-Center

Nuclear energy is a necessary resource for meeting climate, energy transition and energy security needs, the leaders of India and the USA said. They also noted "ongoing negotiations" for the construction of six AP1000 reactors in India, as well as discussions on small modular reactor development.

Date: Saturday, 24 June 2023
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Biden,-Modi-affirm-commitment-to-nuclear-as-Kovvad

Canada's Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) and the US Department of Energy have signed a Statement of Intent to cooperate on used nuclear fuel management.

Date: Thursday, 18 May 2023
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Canadian-US-cooperation-on-management-of-used-fuel

Two South Korean national financial institutions - Korea Trade Insurance Corporation (K-Sure) and the Export-Import Bank of Korea (KEXIM) - have each entered into agreements with Holtec International and Hyundai Engineering & Construction to provide financial support for SMR-160 projects around the world.

Date: Thursday, 04 May 2023
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Team-Holtec-signs-agreements-with-Korean-financial

US small modular reactor (SMR) developer NuScale Power is interested in investing in the Philippines, the country's President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos said during a five-day visit to the USA. He said NuScale plans to conduct a siting study in the Philippines.

Date: Wednesday, 03 May 2023
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/NuScale-in-talks-with-the-Philippines-on-SMR-deplo

GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH), Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), Ontario Power Generation (OPG) and Synthos Green Energy (SGE) have agreed to work together to advance the global deployment of the GEH BWRX-300 small modular reactor (SMR) through collaboration on development of a standard design.

Date: Saturday, 25 March 2023
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Canadian,-Polish,-US-companies-in-unprecedented-SM

As the Western nuclear industry flounders, Russia’s Rosatom is building nuclear power plants (NPPs) on time and under budget around the world, while selling uranium to the US, according to Professor Thane Gustafson. His article, on “The Devil’s Dance” substack blog, says Russia has world-beating nuclear power technology that is flourishing thanks to booming exports. The article, originally released in May, has now been reproduced in several other publications and a link provided on Gustafson’s Twitter page.

Date: Thursday, 19 January 2023
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsus-professor-thane-gustafson-russias-nuclear-industry-is-unique-10525064

The two countries plan to work together on the development and construction of next-generation advanced reactors including small modular reactors, Japan's Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Yasutoshi Nishimura and US Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm said after meeting in Washington DC.

Date: Wednesday, 11 January 2023
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Japan,-USA-to-cooperate-on-advanced-reactor-develo