Deep Fission, which aims to place small modular reactors in boreholes a mile underground, says it has identified three initial potential project sites - in Texas, Utah and Kansas.

 

US microreactor developer NANO Nuclear Energy has signed a letter of intent for the proposed sale of its ODIN low-pressure coolant microreactor design and all associated intellectual property to Cambridge AtomWorks of the UK.
 

Ontario Power Generation's Darlington New Nuclear project has been named as one of the first projects to be reviewed by a new office set up by the federal government to help fast-track major projects.
 

Estonia's Fermi Energia has signed a teaming agreement with Canadian construction company Aecon to advance cooperation on the development and deployment of GE Vernova Hitachi Nuclear Energy's BWRX-300 small modular reactor technology in Estonia.

The European Industrial Alliance on Small Modular Reactors has adopted its first Strategic Action Plan, outlining ten specific and targeted actions to deliver over the next five years.
 

A pre-licensing assessment of the EAGLES-300 lead-cooled small modular reactor has been launched by the Belgian, Italian and Romanian nuclear regulators. The International Atomic Energy Agency is supporting this project as a pilot project within its Nuclear Harmonisation and Standardisation Initiative.
 

Several agreements have been signed between UK and US companies to advance the deployment of small modular reactors and advanced reactors in both countries. The deals were signed ahead of the state visit of President Donald Trump to the UK later this week.
 

Swedish lead-cooled small modular reactor technology developer Blykalla and global engineering company ABB have signed a memorandum of understanding to accelerate the deployment of such reactors for the maritime market.
 

As nuclear technologies diversify - such as small modular reactors, floating reactors, new fuels and markets - regulation must evolve to enable innovation, a panel at World Nuclear Symposium agreed.
 

Italy-based micro-modular reactor developer Terra Innovatum Srl has signed a memorandum of understanding with Italian industrial firm ATB Riva Calzoni - a global supplier and manufacturer of nuclear components - for the preparation, development, and production of Terra Innovatum's SOLO reactor.

Naarea, a French developer of a molten salt fast neutron microreactor, announced it has successfully demonstrated an innovative proliferation-resistant pyrochemical method of producing sodium chloride-plutonium trichloride salt.
 

ENTRA1 Energy has signed a collaborative agreement with TVA to deploy up to 6 GW of NuScale SMR capacity at sites across TVA’s seven-state service region in south-eastern USA.