Finland's Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority has said it is on track to complete its assessment of Posiva Oy's operating licence application for the world's first used nuclear fuel repository and submit its statement to the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment "well before the end of the year".

TerraPower has received approval from the Wyoming Industrial Siting Council on its permit for the Natrium demonstration plant near a retiring coal-fired plant at Kemmerer. The permit covers all construction and operational activities on the plant that are not under the jurisdiction of the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

The States of Texas and Utah and microreactor developer Last Energy Inc are challenging the US regulator over its application of a rule it adopted in 1956 to small modular reactors and research and test reactors.

Egypt's Nuclear Power Plants Authority has been given the go ahead by the Nuclear and Radiological Regulatory Authority to establish a storage facility for used nuclear fuel at the El Dabaa nuclear power plant site.

International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi has urged restraint after agency staff at Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant reported hearing multiple explosions at various distances from the site over the weekend.

The International Atomic Energy Agency says Ghana is committed to the "continuous improvement of nuclear and radiation safety" and urges the government to ensure the independence of the country's Nuclear Regulatory Authority.

The head of the State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of Ukraine, Oleg Korikov, has urged against any further delays in the project to dismantle the unstable shelter facility, which was built at speed in 1986 to cover Chernobyl's damaged unit 4.

Innovative reactor developer Newcleo has submitted its Safety Option File to France's nuclear safety regulator, the Autorité de Sûreté Nucléaire, for its fuel assembly testing facility.

GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy's BWRX-300 small modular reactor design has completed the first step of the UK's Generic Design Assessment process and progressed to the next phase of its assessment.