Global Nuclear Fuel Americas is a joint venture of GE Vernova and Hitachi Ltd and the primary fuel supplier for BWRX-300 reactors. The company received $3 million in DOE funding in May 2026 to establish a second BWR fuel rod production line and automate pellet inspection at its Wilmington, North Carolina facility. As the BWRX-300 programme advances at Darlington, Clinch River, and future sites, GNF-Americas' expanded fuel production capacity is essential to meeting first-of-a-kind delivery timelines. Global Nuclear Fuel Americas is the primary fuel supplier for GE-designed boiling water reactors in North America, and some sources list Toshiba as a joint venture partner alongside GE Vernova and Hitachi. Its $3 million DOE award (May 14, 2026) for a second BWR fuel rod production line and automated pellet inspection and handling at the Wilmington, North Carolina facility directly supports the BWRX-300 fuel supply chain for deployments at Darlington (Canada), Clinch River (TVA) and the US-Japan Tennessee/Alabama programme; the Wilmington facility is the only US BWR fuel fabrication plant. The website was set to gnf.com from the other record (this one listed gnfuel.com). (Global Nuclear Fuel was established on January 1, 2000, per Hitachi's announcement, and GNF-A took over GE's earlier light-water reactor fuel business; an earlier record said 1982.)
GE Vernova, Hitachi Ltd