Governor Ivey announced today a $232 million facility for micro-reactors being located in Gadsen. The site will create 250 jobs for and will be the "nation's first commercial scale microreactor production facility" according to the press release released by the Governer's office.
Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation has delivered uranium nitride coated uranium oxycarbide tristructural isotropic fuel to NASA's Space Nuclear Power and Propulsion programme. The company says this demonstrates the "flexibility, precision and value" of its Pilot Fuel Manufacturing Facility.