Energy Northwest has selected a joint venture of Aecon, Kiewit Nuclear Solutions Co and Black & Veatch to design and build the first phase of the Cascade Advanced Energy Facility near Richland, Washington.
 

Two government agencies are to invest a total of CAD3 billion (USD2.1 billion) and take "meaningful" minority stakes in Ontario Power Generation's Darlington New Nuclear Project, helping to de-risk the construction and operation of the small modular reactors.
 

The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has completed its Environmental Impact Statement for TerraPower's Natrium project and recommended that a construction permit be issued for Kemmerer Unit 1.
 

France-based innovative reactor developer Newcleo has awarded an engineering services contract to NEXT-N, its newly-launched joint venture with Nextchem to develop the conventional island and balance of plant of nuclear power plants based on Newcleo's 200 MW advanced modular reactors.
 

South Korea's SMART100 small modular reactor design is set to become the first SMR in the world to formally submit a Safeguards Technical Report to the International Atomic Energy Agency, the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute has announced.
 

The government of Saskatchewan says it is committed to building a provincial electricity system powered by nuclear energy in its newly released strategy and supply plan.

In a move to enable the continued operation of the Borssele nuclear power plant beyond 2033, the Dutch cabinet has submitted an amendment to the Nuclear Energy Act to the House of Representatives. The cabinet also announced plans to create a new state-owned company for the construction and operation of two new nuclear power plants.
 

France-based Newcleo and US-based Oklo have signed an agreement to develop advanced fuel fabrication and manufacturing infrastructure in the USA, with Sweden's Blykalla also considering investing in the project.
 

US microreactor developer Last Energy and the Texas A&M University System have announced plans for a microreactor pilot project at Texas A&M-RELLIS, an applied research and advanced technology campus in Bryan, Texas.
 

Amazon has released a series of images of how its planned X-energy small modular reactor plant - to be named the Cascade Advanced Energy Facility - will look as it gave an update on progress a year after announcing its investment plans.
 

The US Department of Army has announced the launch of the Janus Program, a next-generation nuclear power programme aimed at delivering "resilient, secure, and assured energy to support national defence installations and critical missions".
 

Cold functional tests have been completed at the ACP100 small modular reactor demonstration project under construction at the Changjiang site on China's island province of Hainan, China National Nuclear Corporation has announced.