Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power announced it has signed memorandums of understanding on cooperation with Norway's Norsk Kjernekraft and Sweden's Kärnfull Next to "strengthen its foothold in the European market with its innovative SMR (i-SMR)".

Panelists in a session at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2025 in Davos acknowledged the challenge of meeting the target of tripling nuclear capacity by 2050 but highlighted progress made with regards to the supply chain and financing in achieving this.

TerraPower and US data centre developer Sabey Data Centers have signed a memorandum of understanding to explore the deployment of Natrium power plants at current and future data centres.

Flushing of all the safety systems to the open reactor has begun at China's Tianwan Nuclear Power Plant's unit 7, which is one of two VVER-1200 units under construction at the site.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that progress on two reactors under construction is "going well" and the two countries are "now discussing the possibility of building additional units".

Westinghouse, Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power and Korea Electric Power Cooperation plan to collaborate on the deployment of new nuclear reactors around the world after agreeing to settle their intellectual property dispute.

France's EDF, its Italian subsidiary Edison and Italy's nuclear research organisation ENEA have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate on the industrial applications of small modular reactors.

The Ontario government has asked Ontario Power Generation to explore opportunities for new nuclear energy generation at a site in Port Hope, after the local municipality and Indigenous communities expressed their support.

With nuclear power generation set to reach a record level in 2025, a new report from the International Energy Agency says costs, schedules and financing of nuclear projects need to be overcome for nuclear to play an important role in the future energy landscape.