Xcel Energy said Monday it plans to shut its two remaining coal plants in the Upper Midwest a decade earlier than scheduled, putting the utility on pace to be coal-free in the region by 2030. mprnews.org

The USA produced 33% less uranium in 2018 than 2017, according to the US Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) 2018 Domestic Uranium Production Report. Meanwhile, Uranium One has published NI 43-101 technical reports including resource figures for five uranium exploration and development properties in Wyoming. World-nuclear-news.org

Rosatom, the Russian state nuclear corporation, and UzAtom, Uzbekistan’s nuclear development agency, have signed a contract to perform engineering surveys for the Central Asian country’s first nuclear power plant. World-nuclear-news.org

U.S.-based small modular reactor developer NuScale Power and fuel-development company Enfission, announced Wednesday they had signed a memorandum of understanding to explore the use of next generation nuclear fuel technology in NuScale’s small modular reactors. Nuclearstreet.com