Scotland has areas with "high potential" for new nuclear development from a technical perspective, according to a new siting study by Great British Energy - Nuclear, the UK government's nuclear delivery body.
 

A roadmap for joint work on small modular reactors was signed during the first meeting of the Joint Coordinating Committee on cooperation in the field of the use of nuclear energy.
 

Slovenské elektrárne has begun loading nuclear fuel into Mochovce Nuclear Power Plant's fourth unit, marking the start of its active commissioning.
 

The inner containment dome has been lifted into place at the second unit of Turkey's first nuclear power plant.
 

The Williams Treaties First Nations is investing CAD700 million (USD492 million) in Ontario Power Generation's project to build a BWRX-300 reactor - the Darlington New Nuclear Project - with the support of loan guarantees from federal and provincial programmes.
 

Orlen Synthos Green Energy has applied to Poland's Minister of Energy for a Contract for Difference for the construction of a total of 14 BWRX-300 small modular reactors at three locations in Poland.
 

Sweden's Blykalla and Hitachi Energy - the energy arm of Japan's Hitachi Group - have signed a memorandum of understanding to explore a long-term collaboration on enabling the deployment of next-generation lead-cooled advanced modular reactors.
 

Rolls-Royce SMR has announced plans to open its Pioneer Works facility in Derby, in the East Midlands region of England. It will be its first manufacturing development centre where it will establish the build processes, precision assembly and advanced testing needed to de-risk the delivery of its small modular reactor fleet in the UK, Czech Republic and Sweden.
 

Unit 2 at the Taipingling nuclear power plant has attained a sustained chain reaction for the first time, China General Nuclear announced. The unit is the second of six Hualong One (HPR1000) reactors planned for the site in Guangdong province.