The third and final tier of the reactor containment structure has been installed at the construction site of the BREST-OD-300 lead-cooled fast neutron reactor at the Siberian Chemical Combine site in Seversk, in the Tomsk Region of Russia.

Norsk Kjernekraft has submitted a proposal to Norway's Ministry of Energy for an assessment of the construction of a power plant based on multiple small modular reactors in the municipality of Øygarden, west of Bergen.

Workers have completed the construction of the concrete foundation pit for the reactor of unit 8 at Russia's Leningrad nuclear power plant. First nuclear safety-related concrete is scheduled to be poured for the VVER-1200 unit next year.

The first steam generator for units 5 and 6 of the Kaiga nuclear power plant in India's Karnataka State has completed its journey from L&T's Hazira complex in Gujarat.

The reactor pressure vessel for unit 2 of the San'ao nuclear power plant has arrived at the construction site in China's Zhejiang province, CGN Cangnan Nuclear Power announced.

Days after unit 3 at the Rajasthan nuclear power plant returned to service after the completion of major refurbishment, fuel loading has begun at the first of two Indian-designed and built 700 MW pressurised heavy water reactors under construction at the site in Rawatbhata. Rajasthan unit 7 is expected to begin commercial operation before the end of the year.

The Nuclear Company aims to redefine how large-scale nuclear infrastructure projects are delivered in the USA using proven, licensed technology in a fleet-scale model - and is taking to the road in a campaign bus to build support for its vision.

The first large-scale nuclear power plant component - the core catcher - has been delivered from Russia to the construction site of the Paks II plant in Hungary.

The fourth and final steel ring forming the walls of the main containment shell has been hoisted into place at unit 3 of the Sanmen nuclear power plant in China's Zhejiang province.

The pouring of first concrete has been announced for both unit 5 at the Ningde nuclear power plant in Fujian Province and unit 1 of the Shidaowan plant in Shandong Province. Both units will feature Hualong One reactors.

A group of 18 European companies, led by Poland's Orlen Synthos Green Energy, has applied to the European Industrial Alliance for Small Modular Reactors to establish a working group dedicated to the implementation of GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy's BWRX-300 technology.

The European Commission has approved, under EU state aid rules, the Dutch government's plan to invest EUR2 billion (USD2.2 billion) in the construction of the new Pallas research reactor in Petten, the Netherlands.