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ATM No 125 2025 SEP 30
Uzbekistan plans two VVER-1000s and two SMRs
- Uzbekistan has signed an agreement with Rosatom to build two VVER-1000 reactors and two RITM-200N small modular reactors at a single site in the Jizzah region.
- This marks the world's first integrated nuclear power plant combining large-scale and small-scale reactors.
- The SMR design is expected to be completed by the end of 2025, with construction beginning in 2026.
Oklo tests fuel assembly at DOE lab
- Oklo Inc conducted full-scale flow testing of a prototype fuel assembly at Argonne National Laboratory to validate simulations and advance its design toward production.
- The testing, supported by the DOE's GAIN program, provided real-world data on coolant flow and pressure drop.
- Oklo’s Aurora reactor uses metallic fuel and heat pipes, and the company recently began construction at Idaho National Laboratory.
Pacific Fusion to open facility in New Mexico
- Pacific Fusion will open a USD 1 billion Research and Manufacturing Campus in Albuquerque, New Mexico, aiming to achieve net fusion energy gain by 2030.
- The facility will host its Demonstration System, which promises 100 times higher performance at a fraction of the cost compared to existing fusion labs.
- The project is expected to create hundreds of jobs and marks a major step toward commercial fusion energy deployment in the U.S. by the mid-2030s.