Italy's Council of Ministers, at a meeting chaired by President Giorgia Meloni, has approved for final consideration a bill delegating responsibility for the reintroduction of nuclear energy in the country to the government.
 

The Swedish government has appointed a special investigator to propose how compensation from the state should be paid if nuclear power is phased out due to future political decisions. It says the possibility for compensation should provide predictability to owners, reduce risk for investors and thereby enable more investments in nuclear power.
 

Duke Energy has added large light-water reactor technology in an update to its long-range resource plan, targeting a potential 2037 in-service date for new nuclear generation either from small modular reactors at Belews Creek or a large reactor at the WS Lee site.
 

Sizewell C has awarded Arabelle Solutions a contract for the supply and installation of two complete turbine islands for the planned Sizewell C nuclear power plant in the UK. The EDF subsidiary is already supplying turbines for the sister project, Hinkley Point C.
 

The Czech Republic, which already has European Commission approval for its financing plan for one new unit at Dukovany Nuclear Power Plant, has now formally sought approval for similar state support for the second new unit, which is part of the country's expanded new nuclear plans.
 

The last roofing truss has been moved into place on the turbine hall and the metal shell for the central cavity of the BREST-OD-300 lead-cooled fast neutron reactor has been installed.
 

Anita van den Ende, Secretary General of the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport, has officially launched the construction of the Pallas research reactor in Petten, the Netherlands.
 

The 2025 World Nuclear Symposium marked a historic milestone: the 50th edition of the flagship gathering of the global nuclear industry. Held in London, the event brought together leaders from government, industry, finance, and technology under the theme Energizing the Future Now. World Nuclear Association Director General Sama Bilbao y León reflects on the main messages from the discussions.
 

An agreement to expand the proposed new nuclear plant in Uzbekistan to include two gigawatt units and two RITM-200N small modular reactors was signed at the World Atomic Week International Forum held in Moscow.
 

Excavation work has started for the foundation of the nuclear island of the second of two CAP1000 pressurised water reactors planned as Phase I of the Bailong nuclear power plant in China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.
 

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has told World Atomic Week in Moscow that he sees peaceful nuclear technologies "as the basis for international cooperation and bringing states closer together".
 

The four-unit Mahi Banswara plant is one of a host of central and state governmental projects ceremonially inaugurated by India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Rajasthan.