19 – 25 October 2026. The week’s nuclear industry and regulatory news, strongest first, each story written from the original announcement, filing or decision.

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• Finland grants Posiva operating licence for 6,500 tU used fuel repository

  Amount permitted corresponds to about 3,300 canisters; final disposal is estimated to continue into the 2120s.

  ▲PosivaWaste23 Oct 2026
  

• Centrus acquires centrifuge-casing supplier Westerman for $116 million

  Funded with about $95 million cash on hand and $21 million of equity, and expected to be accretive to adjusted earnings per share in the first year.

  ▲Centrus EnergyFuel19 Oct 2026
  

• NRC finalizes rule to use DOE and DOW reactor test data in licensing

  Final rule amends 10 CFR Parts 50 and 53; NRC proposed it on April 2, 2026 and received 136 unique comment submissions.

  ▲US Nuclear Regulatory CommissionNRCRegulation22 Oct 2026
  

• Bannerman-CNNC JV takes FID on USD353 million Etango uranium mine

  The JV targets commissioning and production in 2028, with the Etango-8 design set to produce 3.5 million pounds U3O8 a year.

  ▲World Nuclear NewsWNNUranium23 Oct 2026
  

• NextEra closes DOE loan of up to $1.9 billion for Duane Arnold restart

  NextEra Energy Resources signed a 20-year PPA for about 1 GW of its Point Beach nuclear plant in Wisconsin, pending Public Service Commission approval.

  ▲NextEra EnergyFinance21 Oct 2026
  

Tracker milestones All trackers

1. 22 Oct 2026Kaleidos at Naval Weapons Station CraneNavy selects Kaleidos for deployment at CraneSMRs and advanced reactors · 1 MW
2. 21 Oct 2026Duane Arnold restartCloses DOE loan of up to $1.9 billionGovernment funding · up to $1.9 billion
3. 21 Oct 2026Point BeachExecutes 20-year PPA for about 1 GWPower deals · approximately 1 GW
4. 20 Oct 2026Deep Fission Kansas projectSigns 25-year PPA for 150 MWPower deals · 150 MW
5. 19 Oct 2026Xe-100 at Breed Generating StationJoint development agreement signed for 960 MW projectSMRs and advanced reactors · 960 MW
6. 19 Oct 2026Xe-100 at Breed Generating StationAmazon agrees long-term PPA for 960 MW projectPower deals · 960 MW
7. 19 Oct 2026FPU-100 floating nuclear units at HalmaheraSigns deal to deploy two FPU-100 unitsSMRs and advanced reactors · 200 MW
8. 19 Oct 2026FPU-100 floating nuclear units at HalmaheraSigns electricity supply deal for floating nuclear plantsPower deals · 200 MW

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