DOE Awards $94 Million for Light Water SMRs

• DOE Awards $94 Million for Light Water SMRs
• NRC Approves Framatome, Richland, WA, for HALEU Fuel Fabrication
• Lightbridge and Studsvik Partner on Software for Light Water Reactors
• AtkinsRéalis Signs as EPC for First American Nuclear Fast Spectrum SMR
• X-energy, Amazon, South Korean Firms Partner for AI Infrastructure
• Oklo Partners with Idaho Lab for AI Application
• L3Harris Completes Design of Deep Space Power Source
• UKAEA and Stellarex Energy Partner for Fusion Power
• Key Investments and Cooperation at the Three Seas Initiative Summit

DOE Awards $94 Million for Light Water SMRs

• The U.S. Department of Energy announced the selection of eight companies to support the near-term deployment of advanced light-water small modular reactors in the United States.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the selection of eight companies to support the near-term deployment of advanced light-water small modular reactors (SMRs) in the U.S.

The firms will collectively receive more than $94 million in Federal cost-shared funding to spur additional Gen III+ SMR deployments by addressing key gaps that have hindered the domestic nuclear industry in three key areas: licensing, supply chain, and site preparation.

The selected projects will bolster the supply chain needed to deliver new nuclear generation in the 2030s, and strengthen the development of Gen III+ SMR orderbooks. DOE selected the following companies for awards under the Generation III+ SMR Pathway to Deployment Program:

SMR Site Selection and Preparation

Constellation SMR Development, LLC, $17,264,292, to pursue a Nuclear Regulatory Commission approved Early Site Permit for a location in New York to support the future deployment of Gen III+ SMRs.

Nebraska Public Power District, $27,864,860, to obtain a U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission approved Early Site Permit for a location in Nebraska to support the future deployment of Gen III+ SMRs.

SMR Supply Chain Development

BWXT Nuclear Energy, Inc., $21,423,305, to procure equipment for an existing facility in Mount Vernon, IN, required for final assembly of reactor pressure vessels and the manufacture of other large nuclear reactor components.

Container Technologies Industries, LLC, $547,900, to expand the company’s nuclear quality assurance certifications for their facility in Helenwood, TN, to enable them to produce steel for Gen III+ SMR deployments.

Framatome U.S. Government Solutions, LLC, $8,800,000, to expand a fuel fabrication facility in Richland, Wash., by increasing the number of ceramic pellet production lines, adding approximately 200 metric tons of uranium of annual capacity.

Global Nuclear Fuel Americas, LLC, $3,000,000, to establish a second production line for fuel rod fabrication for boiling water reactors (BWRs), acquire capital equipment to automate the pellet inspection process, and implement automated storage and handling for pellets, for their facility in Wilmington, NC.

American Forgemasters Company, $2,900,000, to procure a new furnace for their facility in New Castle, PA, to facilitate the domestic production of large component forgings for Gen III+ SMRs.

Scot Forge Company, $12,267,000, to procure and install a large vertical turning lathe and gantry style milling machine for a facility in Spring Grove, IL, to facilitate the domestic production and manufacturing of large components for Gen III+ SMRs.

Prior Awards Under this Program

• Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) – $400 million

TVA plans to advance deployment of a GE Vernova Hitachi BWRX-300 at the Clinch River Nuclear site in Tennessee, as well as accelerate the deployment of additional units with Indiana Michigan Power and Elementl. Additionally, TVA plans to work with the domestic nuclear supply chain partners Scot Forge, North American Forgemasters, BWX Technologies, and Aecon. Other partners supporting the project include Duke Energy, Oak Ridge Associated Universities, and the Electric Power Research Institute.

• Holtec Government Services, LLC (Holtec) – $400 Million

Holtec plans to deploy two SMR-300 reactors at the Palisades Nuclear Generating Station site in Covert, MI, demonstrating viability for additional orders both domestically and abroad. Holtec is pursuing an innovative one-stop-shop approach to SMR deployment by fulfilling the roles of technology vendor, supply chain vendor, nuclear plant constructor in partnership with Hyundai Engineering & Construction, plant operator, and electricity merchant selling the power to near-by utilities and end-users.

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NRC Approves Framatome, Richland, WA, for HALEU Fuel Fabrication

(NucNet) Framatome’s nuclear fuel manufacturing facility in Richland, WA, received approval by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for a license amendment supporting fabrication of fuel with increased levels of uranium enrichment above 5% U235. Fuel for reactors enriched in the range of 5-19.5% U235 is defined at high assay enriched uranium (HALEU).

The French company said the milestone is a major step towards delivery of fuel with enrichment levels above 5 weight percent (wt%) U-235, with manufacturing scheduled to begin in 2027.

Nuclear fuel with increased uranium enrichment is increasingly used to improve reactor efficiency, enable longer fuel cycles of up to 24 months and facilitate higher burn-up rates. The shift improves economic performance and supports advanced reactor designs.

“This approval is the next step in bringing fuel solutions with higher enrichment levels to the nuclear energy market”, said Lionel Gaiffe, Framatome’s senior executive vice-president, fuel business unit.

“We are getting closer to changing the landscape of the industry by going beyond traditional enrichment levels and bringing economic and value-added solutions to our customers.”

Modifications to the Richland facility have been underway since 2022 to make the physical changes needed to safely manufacture fuel with higher uranium enrichment. An operational readiness review is scheduled with the NRC in early 2027 to confirm that the amended licence requirements have been implemented at the facility. Approval will allow receipt of the higher enriched material for processing at the site for the first reload manufacturing campaign.

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Lightbridge and Studsvik Partner on Software for Light Water Reactors

Lightbridge Corporation (NASDQ:LTBR), an advanced nuclear fuel technology company, and Studsvik Scandpower, Inc. have entered into a partnership to develop an extension of the Studsvik CMS5 Core Management Suite to model the new Lightbridge Fuel design.

Lightbridge and Studsvik will provide the commercial nuclear sector with a software package for light water reactors (LWRs) that is fully supported by the state-of-the-art Studsvik software already adopted by customers around the world.

Lightbridge is developing a next-generation nuclear fuel design, Lightbridge Fuel, to improve the economics, safety, and proliferation resistance of existing and new reactors. The design includes uranium metallic fuel rods that will be more economical and safer than traditional fuel rods and assemblies composed of uranium oxide pellets.

Q & A with Lightbridge About the New Software

Lightbridge responded to emailed questions from Neutron Bytes about the partnership. The answers are combined responses from Seth Grae, CEO of Lightbridge, and Andrey Mushakov, Executive Vice President of Nuclear Operations.

Q: What are the technical benefits of using this software?

A: This software is aimed at accelerating the licensing and development of Lightbridge Fuel by providing a modeling environment where it can be tested.

The lattice physics codes currently used within the nuclear industry for LWRs are typically designed to only model cyclindrical fuel rods. The development of the CMS5 software will provide the ability to model the Lightbridge cruciform shape fuel design directly in the CMS5 monitoring suite.

This approach will allow Lightbridge, as well as existing users of the CMS5 to model incorporation of Lightbridge fuel directly (in PWRs and BWRs). Since CMS5 already enjoys a large set of custom functions for operational applications, this approach will allow the software to connect to the ecosystem of Studsvik software solutions (e.g., core monitoring, spent fuel management, simulator models).

Q: What are the competitive benefits of using this software, e.g., more bang for buck by using Lightbridge software and the Lightbridge fuel?

A: Lightbridge is developing a next-generation nuclear fuel designed to improve the economics, safety, and proliferation resistance of existing and new reactors. This new partnership with Studsvik Scandpower to adapt their software for the modeling of Lightbridge Fuel can accelerate the licensing of this technology and hasten its commercial deployment.

The CMS5 code suite is the only neutronics software available from an independent software developer, one not associated with a traditional fuel vendor. The use of the CMS5 software positions Lightbridge with the ability to transition customers away from the traditional fuel vendors since the software will enable the use of the new Lightbridge fuel design.

Q: Have any customers signed up? Plants? Fleets?

A: The Lightbridge fuel design, along with the analysis software codes and methods, are still in development and have not yet been qualified for use. However, Lightbridge is currently engaged with several potential customers for the use of their fuel and software.

Q: Are the fuel and software useful for any LWR of any size or are they only targeting large, e.g, 1000 MW+ plants.

A: Several startups have plans for SMRs and micro reactors that are LWRs. Lightbridge Fuel is designed for use in large light water reactors as well as light-water small modular reactors (SMRs). We are also developing a version of the fuel that could be used in CANDU-type reactors.

Q: When will the software be available?

A: The beta version of the software will be available to Lightbridge to begin testing in June. A final code version, qualified and ready for use, is expected within the next 2-3 years.

Recent Milestones for Lightbridge Fuel Development

Lightbridge is developing a new fuel design that incorporates an extruded metallic bar composed of a zirconium uranium matrix within a zirconium alloy cladding. In November 2025 the firm initiated irradiation testing of enriched uranium-zirconium alloy fuel samples at INL’s Advanced Test Reactor, (ATR)

In February 2025 Lightbridge and Oklo signed an MOU to explore co-location of commercial fuel fabrication facilities and collaboration on advanced fuel recycling.

Oklo plans to license, build, and operate the facility on a site at at the Idaho National Laboratory, located at the INL site on the Arco desert 45 miles west of Idaho Falls, ID.

The partnership establishes a framework for two strategic initiatives. According to a May 2026 investors presentation, the collaboration represents a development in nuclear innovation, combining Lightbridge’s advanced fuel technology with Oklo’s expertise in next generation nuclear power and recycling capabilities.. (May 2026 Investor Presentation – PDF file)

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AtkinsRéalis Signs as EPC for First American Nuclear Fast Spectrum SMR

• The strategic alliance will work to develop advanced reactor and fuel reprocessing energy parks

• First American Nuclear Company (FACO) aims to deliver gas-fueled power in the short term, bridging the gap to full nuclear energy delivery in 2033.

First American Nuclear (FANCO), a U.S. nuclear power company developing fast-spectrum small modular reactors (SMRs) designed to deliver the world’s most cost-effective utility-scale power, and AtkinsRéalis, a global engineering and nuclear company with offices around the world, announced a strategic alliance to accelerate the deployment of advanced nuclear energy in the United States.

Under the agreement, FANCO and AtkinsRéalis will combine their technical, commercial, and organizational capabilities to develop, test, and license FANCO’s EAGL-1 fast-spectrum SMR and associated fuel facilities. The partnership will establish a scalable framework for future reactor deployments across the country.

As part of the alliance, AtkinsRéalis will serve as the exclusive engineering, procurement, and construction management (EPCM) provider for EAGL-1 projects in North America. The company also plans to establish a significant presence in Indiana, including an office near FANCO headquarters, collaboration on workforce and supply chain development initiatives, and participation in the Nuclear Indiana Coalition and other industry groups. The alliance agreement spans 20 years and contemplates services worth up to $250 million over the first five years.

AtkinsRéalis will provide engineering, procurement, and construction management (EPCM) services for the integrated EAGL-1 reactor, fuel fabrication, and recycling facilities. The company will also support testing and licensing validation to enable EAGL-1 to begin delivering power at scale by 2033.

EAGL-1’s lead-bismuth cooling technology is being designed to eliminate the need for complex safety systems requiring exotic materials. The reactors are expected to be manufactured and assembled using existing U.S. factory infrastructure and supply chains, significantly reducing costs and deployment timelines.

FANCO said in its press statement that its advanced reactor is being engineered to deliver nuclear energy at a cost that is competitive with natural gas and other baseload power sources, as well as with renewable energy solutions when paired with storage. Additionally, this cost model is based on current material, labor, and financing assumptions for the first commercial deployment, not future “nth of a kind” speculations.

About the FANCO Lead Cooled Advanced Reactor

EAGL-1 is designed to generate 240 MWe, enough to power 1.5 million homes from the six-reactor cluster, or 1,440 MWwith a footprint a fraction of the size of traditional nuclear power plants delivering similar MWe. This is approximately the same power rating (electrical) as the South Korean PWRs that were built in the United Arab Emirates.

FANCO added in its press statement that the firm plans to develop the nation’s first closed-fuel-cycle nuclear energy system, reprocessing and reusing spent nuclear fuel on-site and eliminating up to 95% of long-lived nuclear waste.

In today’s reactors, used fuel is treated as waste despite containing most of its remaining energy. FANCO’s system will focus on producing mixed-oxide (MOX) fuel and other transuranic (TRU) fuels sourced from existing DOE stockpiles—materials currently too contaminated for use in most reactors and expensive for taxpayers to store.

FANCO also asserts that its EAGL-1 system is also capable of operating on High-Assay Low-Enriched Uranium (HALEU), providing flexibility should U.S. supply chain constraints ease. By remaining fuel-agnostic, FANCO avoids major supply chain bottlenecks while helping reduce the nation’s stockpile of long-term nuclear waste.

FANCO’s proprietary Bridge Power solution generates immediate power using off-the-shelf gas fired package boilers that feed steam turbines, then seamlessly transitions to carbon-free nuclear energy by replacing the boilers with the EAGL-1 reactor, using the same turbine infrastructure with minimal equipment and modification costs.

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X-energy, Amazon, South Korean Firms Partner for AI Infrastructure

X-energy Reactor Company, LLC, Amazon, Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Corporation (KHNP), and Doosan Enerbility announced a strategic partnership to accelerate the deployment of Xe-100 fourth generation advanced small modular reactors (SMRs) and TRISO-X fuel in the United States to meet growing power demands from data centers and artificial intelligence.

The agreement outlines collaboration across reactor engineering design, supply chain development, construction planning, investment strategies, long-term operations, and global opportunities for joint AI-nuclear deployment. Aligned with the recent $350 billion trade deal between the United States and the Republic of Korea, the companies also aim to mobilize up to $50 billion in public and private investment to support the future of nuclear energy in the U.S.

So far details about the implementation of the trade deal have not been released. This announcement is the first indication that U.S. firms are taking seriously the funding described in the trade agreement.

“This partnership brings together proven nuclear leadership and experience from Korean industry and X-energy’s advanced reactor and fuel technology to meet a historic energy challenge,” said X-energy CEO J. Clay Sell.

The agreement builds on X-energy’s existing relationships with strategic Korean partners, including DL E&C, an engineering and construction services company with whom X-energy has partnered since 2023. X-energy and Amazon are building a partnership that will support delivery of X-energy reactors to its customers. In line with this, Doosan has agreed to secure the manufacturing capabilities required for the successful deployment of Xe-100 modules.

X-energy is advancing its initial Xe-100 deployment with Dow Inc. at its UCC Seadrift Operations manufacturing site as part of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Demonstration Program. In May 2025, the proposed four-reactor project reached a critical milestone with its Construction Permit Application accepted for an 18-month review by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. X-energy is also advancing its second Xe-100 deployment with Energy Northwest in Washington state in collaboration with Amazon. The Energy Northwest site is expected to initially host four Xe-100 reactors with plans to expand to 12 units.

In October 2024 X-Energy Reactor Company, LLC announced a Series C-1 financing round of approximately $500 million, anchored by Amazon.com, Inc. Citadel Founder and CEO Ken Griffin, affiliates of Ares Management Corporation (Ares), NGP, and the University of Michigan join Amazon’s Climate Pledge Fund in the financing round.

The investment will help meet growing energy demands by funding the completion of X-energy’s reactor design and licensing as well as the first phase of its TRISO-X fuel fabrication facility in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Additionally, the funding will support future carbon-free projects that will use X-energy’s Xe-100 advanced small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs).

In Washington, Amazon’s agreement with Energy Northwest, a consortium of state public utilities, will enable the development of four advanced SMRs. The reactors will be constructed, owned and operated by Energy Northwest, and are expected to generate 320 MW of capacity for the first phase of the project, with the option to increase to 12 units for 960 MW total.

X-energy and Amazon plan to establish and standardize a deployment and financing model to develop projects in partnership with infrastructure and utility partners. The investment includes manufacturing capacity to develop the SMR equipment to support more than five gigawatts of new nuclear energy projects utilizing X-energy’s technology.

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Oklo Partners with Idaho Lab for AI Applications

• The Strategic Partnership Project will apply INL’s Prometheus AI platform to accelerate reactor and fuel-system design workflows in support of the federal government’s Genesis Mission, including work related to Oklo’s Pluto reactor.

Oklo Inc. (NYSE: OKLO), an advanced nuclear technology company, announced a Strategic Partnership Project (SPP) with Battelle Energy Alliance (BEA), the management and operating contractor for Idaho National Laboratory (INL), to use AI technologies to accelerate advanced reactor and fuel-system design work.

The National Nuclear Security Administration SPP, which gives partners access to specialized national-lab expertise and facilities, aims to bolster conceptual design work for an Oklo reactor system through the use of AI-enabled engineering workflows, modeling, simulation, and technical documentation.

Under the project, Oklo and INL will integrate the Prometheus AI platform with Oklo’s Multiphysics design and analysis infrastructure to streamline engineering workflows and support development of Pluto, Oklo’s reactor system designed to use plutonium-bearing fuels. The Pluto reactor is a part of DOE’s Reactor Pilot Program.

The project scope includes the development and application of technical guidance on model setup, benchmarking and validation strategies, and AI agents to accelerate existing workflows.

“Collaborations like this are critical for driving innovation in advanced nuclear systems,” said Rian Bahran, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Energy for Nuclear Reactors at the U.S. Department of Energy.

“By leveraging AI-enabled technologies, national laboratory expertise, and industry collaboration, we are accelerating the development of next-generation reactors to support our nation’s energy goals.”

Project tasks include enabling an agent to interact with Oklo’s existing multiphysics workflows, execute and monitor design pipelines, process results, and generate compliant documentation, all while keeping a human operator in the loop for oversight, review, and decision-making.

This work will progress the Genesis Mission, a national initiative to unleash a new age of AI-accelerated innovation and discovery, and reflects Oklo’s broader focus on advancing both reactor design capabilities and fuel-related work through collaboration with leading national laboratory partners.

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L3Harris Completes Design of Deep Space Power Source

• US technology company L3Harris Technologies announced it has completed the design of a next-generation nuclear-based power source for future NASA deep space missions
• The company’s Next-Generation Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator (Next Gen RTG) cleared its critical design review (CDR) on 04/02/26.

(WNN) The space community has relied mainly on solar photovoltaic power systems, a technology that was originally developed for the purpose of space applications and has found many terrestrial uses. However, these systems pose severe limitations for missions that travel beyond the orbit of Mars like planets in the outer solar system. The available solar energy reduces with the square of the distance from the sun. For example, on Saturn the solar power density is a hundred times lower than on Earth.

Radioisotope thermoelectric generators (RTGs) convert heat from the radioactive decay of plutonium-238 into electricity. They have been in use for 60 years. Early versions continue to supply power to NASA’s twin Voyager probes, which were launched in 1977 and are now travelling in interstellar space.

The Next Gen RTG is an evolution of the general-purpose heat source RTGs that supplied power to NASA’s Cassini Saturn orbiter and, more recently, New Horizons probe, which carried out a Pluto flyby in 2015 and is now exploring the Kuiper Belt, a distant, doughnut-shaped region of icy debris and dwarf planets that extends just beyond the orbit of Neptune.

Unlike the L3Harris-built Multi-Mission RTGs currently powering NASA’s Curiosity and Perseverance Mars rovers, the Next Gen RTGs are optimized for spacecraft operating in the vacuum of space rather than on the surface of a planet.

The vacuum-optimized design allows for more efficient heat rejection and power generation in the deep space environment where missions like the Uranus orbiter will operate.

As a result, the Next Gen RTG offers a higher power output at about the same weight as the Multi-Mission RTG. With the capability to generate about 250 watts of power at the beginning of its life, each Next Gen RTG will provide reliable, long-duration power for spacecraft exploring the outer reaches of the solar system.

The US Department of Energy’s Idaho National Laboratory (INL) contracted L3Harris in 2021 to re-establish the key technologies from the heritage system and update the design in response to growing interest in new deep space missions. The contract is expected to end in 2027 with a production readiness review to verify that the next-generation system can be built using the materials and components that have been re-established.

“We are proving we can do it again,” said Leo Gard, Space Propulsion & Power Systems Programme Manager at L3Harris. “While we didn’t build the original generators, we’ve successfully reconstructed incomplete documentation and identified modern equivalents for obsolete components through creative problem-solving.”

“Passing the CDR is an important milestone because it validates that our design meets all the technical requirements and can be manufactured,” added Bill Sack, General Manager, RocketWorks and Power Systems at L3Harris. “It also demonstrates we’ve successfully re-established this critical capability after years of limited production.”

As prime contractor on the Next Gen RTG programme, L3Harris is responsible for the main structure and overall system integration. Teledyne Energy Systems Inc of Hunt Valley, Maryland, makes the thermoelectric couples that convert heat to electricity, while BAE Systems Space and Mission Systems in Boulder, CO, is responsible for insulation.

Flight units could power NASA deep space probes starting in the early 2030s, including a proposed Uranus orbiter that would use two Next Gen RTGs for power and for keeping its temperature-sensitive components warm enough to operate in the frigid environment of the outer solar system. This dual-purpose capability makes RTGs indispensable for such missions.

L3Harris said that, beyond the Uranus orbiter, these power systems could enable: extended missions to Neptune and its moon, Triton; Kuiper Belt object explorers that can go beyond the range of the New Horizons spacecraft; long-duration missions to the outer planets’ moons; and interstellar precursor missions that push even farther than the Voyager 1 and Voyager 2.

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UKAEA and Stellarex Energy Partner for Fusion Power

• MOU supports the commercialization of fusion energy technology

Canadian fusion company Stellarex Energy and the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) announce the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to collaborate on the advancement of stellarator fusion energy technology. This MoU provides a framework for joint scientific research and engineering validation to accelerate the deployment and development of Stellarex’s simplified stellarator fusion power plant design.

MOU signing during the Second-Annual UK-Canada Nuclear Forum at the British High Commission in Ottawa by Dr. Spencer Pitcher, Co-founder and CEO of Stellarex Energy, and Stephen Wheeler, UKAEA Executive Director.

The collaboration focuses on critical technical areas required to transition fusion from experimental science to industrial-scale engineering. Under the terms of the MOU, Stellarex and UKAEA will partner on several key initiatives, including plasma physics and confinement, high-temperature superconductors technology, operational systems, diagnostics, and fuel cycle.

About Stellarex Energy

Stellarex Energy is a Princeton University spin-off focused on fusion energy development. By leveraging a simplified stellarator design, Stellarex Energy aims to reduce technical risk and utilize staged demonstration devices to validate technology, de-risk scale-up, and accelerate the commercial and economical deployment of fusion power.

Through its strategic partnership with Ontario Power Generation (OPG) and its leadership in the Centre for Fusion Energy – a new Canadian public-private partnership focused on advancing fusion energy research and developing a demonstration reactor – the company is accelerating the deployment of fusion power in Canada. Stellarex Energy is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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Key Investments and Cooperation at the Three Seas Initiative Summit

Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Allison Hooker and U.S. Ambassador to Croatia Nicole McGraw accompanied U.S. Head of Delegation Secretary of Energy Chris Wright to the Three Seas Initiative (3SI) Summit and Business Forum in Dubrovnik, Croatia, April 28-29, 2026.

The Three Seas Initiative is a forum for accelerating infrastructure development, energy security, and digital connectivity among 13 Central and Eastern European countries between the Baltic, Black, and Adriatic Seas. The United States serves as a strategic partner to the Three Seas Initiative.

The U.S. delegation announced several major energy initiatives that expand U.S. energy investments and partnerships across Central and Eastern Europe. These initiatives promote American and transatlantic energy security and reduce the region’s vulnerability to energy coercion, while creating opportunities for U.S. companies and workers in support of President Trump’s America First foreign policy agenda.

Key 3SI Summit outcomes include:

U.S.-Croatia Joint Statement on Enhanced Civil Nuclear Cooperation – Deepens the partnership between the United States and Croatia to expand critical aspects of Croatia’s civil nuclear program in mutually determined areas.

Joint Statement of Intent Supporting the Intergovernmental Agreement between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia for the Southern Interconnection Gas Pipeline – Strengthens energy infrastructure linkages that open markets for U.S. energy exports in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Protocol Amending the Bilateral Income Tax Treaty – Brings the income tax treaty between the United States and Croatia, signed on December 7, 2022, into conformity with current U.S. law and creates certainty for U.S. cross-border investment in areas such as relief from double taxation subject to Senate ratification.

Croatia Small Modular Reactor (SMR) Feasibility Study – Supports Croatia’s steps to deploy safe, secure, advanced U.S. nuclear technologies with the highest standards of nonproliferation, under the Foundational Infrastructure for Responsible Use of SMR Technology (FIRST) Program.

Statement of Intent to Launch a Front-End Engineering and Design (FEED) Study Between the United States, Slovakia, and Westinghouse Electric Company – Builds on the U.S.-Slovakia Agreement to Facilitate Cooperation on the Jaslovské Bohunice Nuclear Power Plant Project and Civil Nuclear Program in the Slovak Republic.

The United States, Slovakia, and Westinghouse Electric Company intend to launch a FEED study for the Westinghouse nuclear power plant in Slovakia, expected to be funded by the Foundational Infrastructure for Responsible Use of SMR Technology (FIRST) Program.