Overview

• Prime Minister Keir Starmer and President Donald Trump are set to sign the Atlantic Partnership for Advanced Nuclear Energy during this week’s state visit.
• The pact enables regulators to rely on each other’s safety assessments, cutting licensing from roughly three to four years to about two for advanced designs.
• X-energy and Centrica plan up to 12 advanced modular reactors at Hartlepool, with companies citing power for up to 1.5 million homes and about 2,500 jobs.
• Holtec, EDF and Tritax outlined SMR-powered data centers at the former Cottam coal site in Nottinghamshire in a project valued around £11 billion, while Last Energy and DP World plan an ~£80 million microreactor for London Gateway.
• Urenco is developing HALEU capacity in Cheshire and announced an approximately $4–$4.6 million supply deal for the U.S. market as both governments target ending reliance on Russian nuclear material by end-2028, with TerraPower and KBR launching UK site studies and fusion cooperation also flagged.