All the studies necessary to allow the Serbian government to make an informed decision on implementing a nuclear power programme should be completed by 2027, according to a roadmap outlined in a technical study prepared by France's EDF for the Ministry of Mining and Energy.
 

The ILIOS consortium has been appointed as the construction partner for the UK's STEP Fusion programme, while Kinectrics has been named as the design and fabrication partner for the UKAEA-Eni H3AT Tritium Loop Facility. The appointments came as the government published its Fusion Energy Strategy.
 

Canadian engineering firm AtkinsRéalis is collaborating with multinational technology company Nvidia to explore the integration of Nvidia's technologies, including Omniverse libraries and accelerated compute for the development and deployment of nuclear-powered, large-scale AI factories.
 

France's Nuclear Policy Council - headed by President Emmanuel Macron - has reconfirmed the need to revitalise the country's nuclear power industry in order "to guarantee France's sovereignty, make energy accessible to the French people and our businesses, and combat climate change".
 

The first VVER-TOI unit at the Kursk II Nuclear Power Plant in Russia has had its power increased to 100% as its commissioning process continues.
 

Unit 1 of the San'ao nuclear power plant has begun supplying electricity to the grid for the first time, China General Nuclear announced. The unit is the first of six Hualong One (HPR1000) reactors planned for the site in Zhejiang province.
 

Three months on from the publication of the final report of the Nuclear Regulatory Taskforce, the UK government has outlined its plans to speed up nuclear delivery. All reforms are expected to be completed by the end of next year, subject to legislative timelines.
 

Multinational professional services firm Arup has been appointed by Great British Energy - Nuclear to provide early-phase foundation engineering and design support for the construction of its small modular reactor project at Wylfa on the island of Anglesey, North Wales.
 

The deployment of a fleet of ten Westinghouse AP1000 units in the USA would create more than USD1 trillion in GDP over an 80-year lifetime, a PricewaterhouseCoopers study has found.
 

The installation of the second tier at Leningrad Nuclear Power Plant's seventh unit means the inner containment building has now reached a height of 22 metres.
 

Rosatom Director General Alexei Likhachev has said that a further 150 people evacuated from Iran have arrived back in Moscow, adding that "the construction itself - the second and third units - remains a top priority for the corporation".
 

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