United States, March 11 -- Global Nuclear Fuel (GNF, a GE Vernova-led alliance with Hitachi, Ltd. and affiliate of GE Vernova Hitachi Nuclear Energy) today announced it has been awarded a contract by Entergy to continue to fuel its Grand Gulf and River Bend Station nuclear power plants.The new agreement extends the current fuel supply contract through 2035 and includes four reloads of the new GNF4 fuel design. Lead use assemblies of GNF4 will be loaded into River Bend in 2027, while GNF4 reloads are scheduled for Grand Gulf in 2030 and River Bend in 2031. Introduced in October 2025, the 11x11 GNF4 next generation fuel product features two advanced components that are licensed by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission: Ziron cladding, which ...