The construction pit and foundation have been completed for the reactor building of the Pallas research reactor in Petten, the Netherlands. Preparations are now under way for the start of construction of the reactor building itself.

The Province of Ontario has approved Ontario Power Generation to start construction of the first of four small modular reactors planned at the Darlington New Nuclear Project site.

China Huaneng has announced the pouring of first concrete for the second Hualong One reactor of Phase I (units 1 and 2) at the Shidaowan nuclear power plant site in China's Shandong Province.

Tech giant Google is expanding its nuclear energy plans by providing early-stage capital for Elementl Power to prepare three potential sites in the USA for advanced nuclear power projects.

Nine contracts and three memorandums of understanding have been signed between South Korean and Czech companies relating to the proposed new nuclear capacity planned at Dukovany.

The 223.5-tonne crane is being installed in the turbine hall of the BREST-OD-300 lead-cooled fast neutron reactor at the Siberian Chemical Combine site in Seversk, in the Tomsk Region of Russia.

A regional court in the Czech Republic has issued a preliminary injunction prohibiting Wednesday's expected signing of a contract with Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power for the construction of new nuclear units at Dukovany nuclear power plant.

The Czech government has announced plans for a state loan to finance construction of two new units at the Dukovany nuclear power plant, with a contract scheduled to be signed with Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power next week.

Canada's Candu Energy has signed a preferred vendor agreement with South Korea's Doosan Enerbility, allowing it to pursue collaboration on nuclear power projects worldwide, including the upgrading of Candu reactors and nuclear new-build projects.