US nuclear waste disposal company Deep Isolation has announced the launch of its multi-year, full-scale, at-depth deep borehole demonstration programme to test its technology for safely and permanently disposing of nuclear waste deep underground.
 

The US Department of Energy and private Japanese fusion technology company Kyoto Fusioneering have established a landmark partnership to deliver critical fusion infrastructure and perform collaborative R&D to drive down technology and commercialisation risk.
 

Canada’s Prodigy Clean Energy says it has completed a two-year research and development project, which received CAD2.75 million (USD2 million) of government funding, to advance its Transportable Nuclear Power Plant technology.
 

Roscosmos has signed a contract with NPO Lavochkin for the creation of a Russian lunar power station by 2036 - with an expectation it will necessitate three missions to the Moon, in 2033, 2034 and 2035.
 

French molten salt reactor developer Stellaria has announced it is seeking the necessary authorisations to construct an experimental reactor. Its application is now under review.
 

The UK's Nuclear Transport Solutions has signed a strategic agreement with Westinghouse of the USA to work together on the development of Pegasus – NTS's package designed for the safe transport of high-assay low-enriched uranium fuel.
 

Western Canada's first Small Modular Reactor Safety, Licensing, and Testing Centre at the University of Regina is to receive nearly CAD6 million (USD4.3 million) in funding from the federal and provincial governments.
 

A two-year study by Oak Ridge National Laboratory and NuScale looked at the performance and profitability of coupling a NuScale Power Module with a US chemical facility to provide nuclear-generated steam and electric power - and shows pairing NuScale's nuclear technology with a heat augmentation system to be both profitable and reliable.
 

US nuclear waste disposal company Deep Isolation says that a two-year research project that subjected its Universal Canister System to the kinds of conditions found thousands of feet below the surface has shown materials used in its fabrication perform reliably and remain resistant to corrosion over time.
 

Finnish utility Fortum has signed a framework agreement with small modular reactor developer Steady Energy under which Fortum will support Steady Energy in planning its district heating reactor's operation and maintenance model. In addition, Fortum will invest in Steady Energy.
 

Experiments at China's Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak have confirmed the existence of "a density-free region" of the tokamak, finding a method to break through the density limit and providing important physical evidence for the high-density operation of magnetic confinement fusion devices.
 

Excavation of the spiral ramp of the Beishan Underground Research Laboratory near Jiuquan City in China's Gansu province has been fully completed, China National Nuclear Corporation announced.