The reactor pressure vessel has been installed at unit 1 of the Lianjiang nuclear power plant in China's Guangdong province. It will be one of two CAP1000 reactors planned for the first phase of the plant.

India is planning to expand nuclear capacity from 7 GW to 100 GW by 2047, with legislative changes, international partnerships and development of indigenous technology all set to play their part.

The European Court of Justice's advocate-general says Austria's appeal relating to the legality of Hungary's state aid for the Paks II nuclear power project should be upheld by the court.

Holtec International has officially launched its Mission 2030 project for two of its small modular reactors at the Palisades site in Michigan - and signed an expanded construction agreement with South Korea's Hyundai Engineering & Construction.

The Zhambyl district of Almaty region has been selected by the Kazakhstan government as the location for its proposed nuclear power plant, with ministers saying the aim is to select a technology supplier this year.

Swedish lead-cooled small modular reactor technology developer Blykalla and Norwegian nuclear project developer Norsk Kjernekraft have signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on the deployment of Blykalla's SEALER in Scandinavia.

France-based innovative reactor developer Newcleo and the Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation of the UAE have agreed to explore the deployment of Newcleo's lead-cooled fast reactor in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa.

Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Luciana Santos, was present for a ceremony to mark the start of infrastructure works for the construction of the Brazilian Multipurpose Reactor in Iperó.

Kärnfull Next announced it will conduct feasibility studies on hosting small modular reactor power plants at two properties located in Karlshamn municipality in Blekinge county, southern Sweden.

The first safety-related concrete has been poured for the nuclear island of unit 1 at the Lufeng nuclear power plant in China's Guangdong province. It is the third unit to begin construction at the site, which will eventually house six reactors.

An International Atomic Energy Agency mission to Ghana has judged that the country followed the agency's safety standards while selecting the proposed site for its first nuclear power plant.

Two new large nuclear power reactors and 700 MW of small modular reactor capacity should be built by 2038 - in addition to the large reactors already under construction or planned - under South Korea's latest 15-year long-term energy plan, which has now been finalised.