France-headquartered innovative reactor developer Newcleo announced that the main vessel for its PRECURSOR non-nuclear demonstrator has been installed at the ENEA Brasimone Research Centre, near Bologna, Italy.
 

US private fusion energy company TAE Technologies and the UK Atomic Energy Authority have announced that TAE Beam UK - their joint venture focused on commercialising particle accelerator technology for fusion and non-fusion applications - has been formally established in the UK and is now fully funded.
 

US technology company L3Harris Technologies announced it has finalised the design of a next-generation nuclear-based power source for future NASA deep space missions, marking a crucial advancement in spacecraft power technology.
 

Researchers at Switzerland's Paul Scherrer Institute have experimentally investigated passive cooling systems for small modular reactors, collecting high-resolution measurement data for the first time.
 

Nuclear fuel company Clean Core Thorium Energy announced its patented ANEEL fuel has successfully reached more than 60 GWd/MTU of burnup in the Advanced Test Reactor at Idaho National Laboratory.
 

Swedish lead-cooled small modular reactor technology developer Blykalla and global engineering company ABB have signed a Joint Development Agreement, marking a significant step forward in their collaboration and formally advancing their partnership.
 

The heads of a dozen fusion and industrial companies have called on the European Commission to develop an EU Fusion Strategy to ensure Europe remains a leader in the commercialisation of fusion power.
 

The Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute has signed a technology transfer agreement with Arinus Co for a technology that protects cells from radiation using an antioxidant ingredient contained in citrus fruit peel.
 

Three trial uranium-plutonium MOX fuel assemblies containing americium-241 and neptunium-237 were loaded into the Beloyarsk BN-800 fast neutron reactor core in the summer of 2024. After completing three fuel campaigns they will now cool in a used fuel pool before undergoing post-irradiation studies.