The USD900 million solicitation to support the deployment of small modular reactors has been re-issued to better align with President Donald Trump's agenda on unleashing American energy and AI dominance, the Department of Energy said.

US Energy Secretary Chris Wright has released USD56.8 million of the up to USD1.52 billion loan guarantee for the project to restart the Palisades nuclear power plant in Michigan.

France's Nuclear Policy Council - headed by President Emmanuel Macron - has agreed that a subsidised government loan should be issued to state-owned power utility EDF to cover at least half the construction costs of six EPR2 reactors.

The Belgian government and French utility Engie have closed the agreement covering the extension of the operation of the Tihange 3 and Doel 4 nuclear power reactors by 10 years and on all obligations related to radioactive waste.

Thorizon of the Netherlands announced it has secured EUR20 million (USD22 million) in funding to accelerate the development of its advanced small modular molten salt reactor, Thorizon One. It said the funding will be used to advance prototyping, licensing and demonstration of Thorizon One's cartridge fuel system.

The European Investment Bank and Orano have signed a loan agreement for EUR400 million (USD434 million) to partly fund the project to extend the Georges Besse II uranium enrichment plant in Tricastin in southern France. The project will increase the plant's capacity by more than 30%.

The Government of Canada is to lend AtkinsRéalis up to CAD304 million (USD212 million) over four years to support the development of next-generation Candu reactor technology, and has also announced millions of dollars in new funding commitments and support for nuclear projects in Saskatchewan, Alberta and Ontario.

The province of Noord-Brabant in the south of the Netherlands announced it will invest EUR4 million (USD4.2 million) in the further development of molten salt reactors.

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.