Urenco USA produces its first LEU+, the West's first commercial 5-10% enriched uranium
The New Mexico plant is licensed to enrich up to 10% U-235 in all its cascades; LEU+ allows longer reactor cycles and can feed HALEU production.
Nuclear
Haiyang unit 5 gets first safety-related concrete, starting main construction of the CAP1000
The pour began on 31 October at the Shandong site, about 6,626 cubic metres over nearly 62 hours, for the fifth of six large pressurised water reactors planned there.
Westinghouse starts six-month FEED study for an AP1000 at Bohunice
The study, partly funded by the US State Department's FIRST programme, follows ČEZ's exit from the project company JESS; Slovakia targets completion of the new unit by 2040.
Cernavoda stays shut: Danube still too low to restart Romania's two reactors
Unit 1 has been off since 28 July and unit 2 since 12 August; a local rise of about 10 cm in the intake basin is not yet enough, and the level must hold and rise for several days.
KHNP drops Daewoo-Doosan as Dukovany builder, plans new tender
Talks over a lump-sum subcontract failed; a new contractor is to be chosen by July 2027, while the reactor and turbine supply contracts with Doosan Enerbility stay in force.
Initial fuel load arrives for Bangladesh's Rooppur unit 2
Rosatom flew the TVEL-made assemblies in and trucked them to site storage; unit 1 reached criticality on 11 October and its first refuelling fuel is already on site.
Korea approves 10 more years for Kori 3 and 4, restarts planned for 2027
The 1,025 MWe Westinghouse units near Busan, offline since their 40-year licences lapsed, may now run until 2034 and 2035 after a four-year safety review.
Rosatom targets 2027 to start the large reactors at Uzbekistan's Jizzakh site
Two 1,000 MW VVER units now sit alongside small modular reactors already under construction; a 2025 change raised the plant's planned capacity above 2,100 MWe.
Slovakia's Mochovce 4 reaches the grid, supplying its first electricity at 20% power
The VVER-440 unit was phased in at 20:41 on 15 October at 20% output; at its full 471 MWe it equals about 13% of Slovak consumption and lifts the country's already high nuclear share.
Newcleo opens FASTER, a €10m MOX fuel test and training centre near Marcoule
Seven test rigs are running at the Chusclan site, from powder dosing to helium filling; the company's planned MOX plant in Aube would cost €1.8bn for a first line due in 2030.