The Swedish government has announced a draft law that proposes amendments to the Environmental Code and the Minerals Act that would allow the extraction of uranium in the country. The legislative amendments are proposed to enter into force on 1 January 2026.
 

Taiwanese voters were overwhelmingly in favour of the restart of the Maanshan nuclear power plant in a referendum held on 23 August. However, a low overall turnout of voters meant the result was rejected by the Central Election Commission.

The Canadian province of Alberta is launching a public engagement initiative and public survey about nuclear energy’s potential to meet future energy needs.
 

The Malaysian government is carrying out an assessment to examine the role of nuclear energy as "one of the clean, stable and competitive electricity sources in the country's future energy mix".
 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi highlighted India's plans for reforms in the nuclear energy sector in his Independence Day address from the Red Fort in Delhi.
 

Switzerland's Federal Council has presented draft legislation that would remove the country's ban on the construction of new nuclear power, which has been in place since 1 January 2018.

Emirates Global Aluminium and the Emirates Nuclear Energy Company have delivered the UAE's first low-carbon aluminium produced using electricity generated by the Barakah nuclear power plant.
 

India's government has set out the key features of its Nuclear Energy Mission to achieve 100 GWe of nuclear capacity by 2047, featuring plans for new large capacity reactors as well as small modular reactors.
 

Westinghouse plans to start construction of the first of ten new AP1000 reactors in the USA by 2030, interim CEO Dan Sumner told President Donald Trump at the inaugural Pennsylvania Energy Summit and Expo in Pittsburgh.