Two separator-superheaters, each 16 metres tall and weighing 95 tonnes, have been installed in their design positions for the innovative lead-cooled BREST-OD-300 fast neutron reactor.
 

The concreting of the inner containment dome has been completed at unit 3 of the Zhangzhou nuclear power plant in China's Fujian province, while concrete pours have also been completed at units 1 and 2 of the Zhaoyuan plant in Shandong province.
 

BWX Technologies says that its BANR microreactor has been selected by Prodigy Clean Energy, Pabineau First Nation and Eel River Bar First Nation for a proposed project in Belledune in New Brunswick.
 

Poland's Council of Ministers has adopted an update to the country's nuclear power programme - a strategic document outlining the  development of nuclear energy in Poland - with the first nuclear power plant now expected to start up in 2036 and the second one in 2040.
 

An opening ceremony has been held for Europe's first industrial-scale facility for the production of lead-212-based targeted alpha therapies, the Alpha Therapy Laboratory in Valenciennes, France.
 

Holtec has submitted the Preliminary Safety Analysis Report to the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission for two small modular reactor units at the Palisades Energy Center in Michigan, completing the second phase of the Construction Permit Application process.
 

Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited and Gujarat State Electricity Corporation Limited have signed a memorandum of understanding to explore and identify suitable sites in India's Gujarat state for new nuclear power plant projects.
 

Westinghouse and the University of South Carolina are partnering to create a multidisciplinary nuclear workforce development programme to support US fleet deployment of AP1000 plants. Meanwhile, the New York Power Authority has awarded USD10 million in funding to support nuclear workforce development programmes across the state.
 

A group of Polish business people have invested a total of PLN500 million (USD128 million) in SGE’s plans to build fleets of small modular reactors in Poland, the UK and elsewhere in Europe.