The US Department of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Energy has launched the “Nuclear Dominance — 3 by 33” campaign, using the Defense Production Act Nuclear Fuel Cycle Consortium of more than 90 companies to rebuild domestic capability across uranium milling, conversion, enrichment, deconversion, fabrication, recycling and reprocessing. By 2033 the consortium aims to secure a cost-competitive US fuel supply chain, accelerate advanced reactor deployment and move towards a closed fuel cycle. Rapid 60‑day “sprints” will target near‑term actions to cut reliance on foreign enriched uranium and critical materials.

British Columbia premier David Eby’s decision not to introduce spring amendments to the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA) is drawing fire from the Association for Mineral Exploration (AME), which warns the delay deepens uncertainty around the province’s online mineral claims system struck down in the Gitxaała First Nation case. AME president and CEO Todd Stone says explorers now face greater difficulty raising capital and planning 2026 field seasons while only about 15% of mineral claim applications are being processed within the 90–120-day service standard. The impasse also clashes with Ottawa’s push, via the new Major Projects Office, to cut mine permitting timelines to two years and fast-track critical mineral projects outside Chinese-controlled supply chains.

Package of reforms to electricity network planning and consenting has been approved by the UK Government following a lengthy consultation, reshaping how new transmission lines, substations and grid reinforcement schemes move through the Development Consent Order and Town and Country Planning routes. The changes are aimed at accelerating delivery of major 132kV–400kV projects needed for offshore wind and grid-scale storage connections by streamlining environmental assessment, statutory consultation and examination timetables. Developers, DNOs and National Grid ESO will need to adjust programme risk, land rights strategies and front‑end design to align with the new consenting framework.