Sweden's radioactive waste management company Svensk Kärnbränslehantering AB has selected Swiss construction firm Implenia as its collaborative partner to build the first underground section of the final repository for used nuclear fuel in Forsmark.

French energy company EDF has signed an Early Work Agreement with Finnish utility Fortum as the partners continue their collaboration toward the potential development of new nuclear projects in Finland and Sweden.

Swedish lead-cooled small modular reactor technology developer Blykalla and Norwegian nuclear project developer Norsk Kjernekraft are to launch a joint project company to develop an SMR power plant on the Norwegian Arctic archipelago of Svalbard.

Australian mineral company Aura Energy and Neu Horizon Uranium Limited plan to enter into a strategic collaboration agreement to develop Sweden's uranium resources should the country remove its prohibition on uranium mining.

A working group formed of representatives from the radiation and nuclear safety authorities of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden has released a strategy, which provides recommendations for strengthening cooperation between them.

Sweden's parliament - the Riksdag - has approved the government's proposals for providing state aid to companies that want to invest in new nuclear reactors in the country. The new law will enter into force later this year.

Swedish lead-cooled small modular reactor technology developer Blykalla and Norway's Institute of Energy Technology have entered into a strategic collaboration to accelerate the technical development of Blykalla's SEALER reactor.

The Swedish government has proposed a new law regarding state support for nuclear power investments. In the bill - submitted to parliament on 27 March - it proposes providing state loans to finance four new reactors as well as a contract-for-difference power price mechanism.

Finnish utility Fortum has selected two large reactor vendors plus one small modular reactor vendor to continue discussions with after concluding a two-year feasibility study examining the prerequisites for nuclear new-build in Finland and Sweden.