Maritime classification society the American Bureau of Shipping has issued approval in principle to HD Hyundai Heavy Industries and HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering for a concept of a floating small modular reactor-powered power module.

The manufacture of the first RITM-400 reactor unit has been completed for the Rossiya, which is scheduled to feature two of the reactors and become the world's most powerful nuclear-powered icebreaker.

Brazil's Minister of Mines and Energy Alexandre Silveira has reportedly said he expects the development of a small modular reactor project with Russia in the near future.

Danish developer of floating molten salt reactors, Seaborg Technologies, has announced a name change to Saltfoss Energy and added the former mayor of Aarhus to its board, as Thailand's GPSC provides an update on their joint feasibility study.

Russia's Rosatom has begun assembling the RITM-200 reactor vessel for the Leningrad nuclear-powered icebreaker, bringing the total number of RITM reactor units currently being produced at its ZIO-Podolsk plant to eight.

UK-based classification society and professional advisory service Lloyd's Register announced it is to use generative AI to advance the application of nuclear technology in maritime in collaboration with Microsoft.

Denmark's floating compact molten salt reactor developer Seaborg Technologies has raised DKK200 million (USD28 million) from existing investors and appointed a new chairman, and said it is now planning for its first reactor to be ready in the first half of the 2030s.

A new paper - jointly published by Core Power, NorthStandard and Lloyd's Register - highlights how the UK can leverage its world-class expertise in nuclear technology and maritime innovation to lead the global shift toward nuclear-powered shipping.

Core Power of the UK has announced that it will develop a "US-anchored" maritime civil nuclear programme that will "bring floating nuclear power to market by the mid-2030s".