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.

£500M spent on cancelled National Highways schemes has delivered no confirmed benefit to road users or the organisation, MPs on the Public Accounts Committee were told. Senior executives were unable to identify any retained value from design work, land acquisition or statutory processes on the scrapped projects, despite the expenditure coming from the government’s roads investment budget. The session raises pressure for tighter front-end scheme appraisal, clearer cancellation criteria and stronger governance of major highway design and planning spend.

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.