NuScale Power and Framatome expanded their partnership in May 2026 to include Framatome's European facilities fabricating fuel assemblies for NuScale's European SMR customers. Framatome was originally selected in 2015 to fabricate fuel for US customers. The European fuel supply chain expansion is a critical step for NuScale's Romanian and Czech Republic deployments — reducing logistics cost and eliminating US export dependency. Framatome has fuel fabrication plants in France, Germany, and Sweden.