The first unit at the El Dabaa nuclear power plant has had its reactor pressure vessel installed, following a ceremony which included speeches from the Egyptian and Russian presidents.
 

The first safety-related concrete has been poured for the reactor building of unit 1 at the Zhaoyuan nuclear power plant in Shandong province. It is the first of six HPR1000 (Hualong One) units planned for the site.
 

A study conducted by strategic consultancy firm Roland Berger has confirmed that the small modular reactor proposed by Dutch offshore construction engineering contractor Allseas offers major strategic opportunities for the Netherlands.
 

The total number of countries endorsing the declaration to at least triple global nuclear generating capacity by 2050 has increased to 33 with Rwanda and Senegal both joining the initiative on the sidelines of the COP30 climate conference in Belém, Brazil. Support from nuclear industry companies and financial institutions has also increased.
 

The strategic cooperation agreement between Aecon, prime contractor for Canada’s first small modular reactor project, and Norwegian private nuclear developer Norsk Kjernekraft, will focus on the GE Vernova Hitachi BWRX-300 small modular reactor.
 

Belarus has decided to build a third unit at its first nuclear power plant - and is also going to start surveys for a second plant which may be needed to meet future energy demands.
 

The tripling of global nuclear capacity by 2050 can be achieved, provided governments take immediate and sustained action to deliver on their own national targets for nuclear capacity, a report from World Nuclear Association concludes.
 

The UK government has announced that Wylfa on the island of Anglesey, North Wales, will host three Rolls-Royce small modular reactors. It said the site - where a Magnox plant is being decommissioned - could potentially host up to eight SMRs.
 

After more than two decades of stagnation, global nuclear power capacity is set to increase by at least one-third to 2035, according to the latest World Energy Outlook from the International Energy Agency. Global nuclear generating capacity is expected to increase from 420 GWe in 2024 to 728 GWe in 2050 in a scenario based on existing energy policies.