The African continent "is not asking for a handout of nuclear technology" and should be recognised as a market for such technology, Faure Essozimna Gnassingbe, President of Togo's Council of Ministers, told World Nuclear Symposium delegates in London.
 

The growing interest in investing in nuclear energy, and how to ensure projects are structured to attract it, were key themes at the World Nuclear Symposium Finance Summit, which was also told that financiers feel like they are missing out if they haven't done nuclear deals.
 

Full-scale site levelling work for the initial phase of the Laiyang nuclear power plant in China's Shandong Province has begun, State Power Investment Corporation announced. The site will eventually house six Guohe One (CAP1400) units.
 

Cold functional tests have been completed at unit 4 of the Changjiang nuclear power plant in China's Hainan province, China National Nuclear Corporation has announced.
 

The World Nuclear Investment Guide sets out the value nuclear provides to energy systems, as well as providing practical guidance and checklists for governments and project teams and proposed developer and investment models.
 

Nuclear reactors worldwide generated 2,702 TWh of electricity in 2025, beating the previous year's record of 2,667 TWh, according to the World Nuclear Outlook Report, which also calculates that if all national nuclear targets were achieved, total capacity would more than triple by 2050.
 

The first safety-related concrete has been poured for the reactor building of unit 2 at the Zhaoyuan nuclear power plant. It is the second of six HPR1000 (Hualong One) units planned for the site in China's Shandong province.
 

Key steam turbine components - including high-pressure turbines and valve casings - for Rolls-Royce SMR's first three small modular reactors at the Gwyndod project on Anglesey in North Wales, will be manufactured at Germany-based Siemens Energy's facility in Newcastle, in northeast England.
 

Studsvik has selected GE Vernova Hitachi Nuclear Energy and Samsung C&T as its strategic partners for an initial four-unit BWRX-300 small modular reactor project, either at its existing licensed nuclear site in Nyköping or at the Målma site in Valdemarsvik.