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.

Polskie Elektrownie Jądrowe and the Westinghouse-Bechtel Consortium have signed the recently-agreed Engineering Development Agreement, which ensures the continuity of the implementation of Poland's first nuclear power plant project.

Great British Nuclear, the arms-length body set up to oversee the UK's plans for new nuclear, is to launch a tender to procure up to two owner's engineers as part of its small modular reactor programme.

A consortium led by the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute has been awarded a USD10 million contract by the University of Missouri for the design and licensing of its planned new research reactor.

A seven-year agreement to supply natural uranium concentrate for the Czech Republic's ČEZ is described by Kazakhstan's Kazatomprom as "a significant expansion of its presence in Europe".

Candu Energy Inc has concluded Preferred Vendor Agreements with eight Canadian companies for the refurbishment and construction of Candu reactors, while Westinghouse has signed an agreement with Chemetics to support nuclear new build projects. Meanwhile, Bruce Power has selected Trillium Flow Technologies for valve supply and related service work.

Polskie Elektrownie Jądrowe and the Westinghouse-Bechtel Consortium have agreed the terms and conditions of an Engineering Development Agreement for Poland's first nuclear power plant after a previous agreement expired.

Framatome has been selected by Kernkraftwerk Leibstadt AG to modernise instrumentation and control systems at the Leibstadt nuclear power plant in Switzerland. The value of the contract was not disclosed.

Uranium enrichment services provider Urenco has selected British construction engineering company Costain to deliver new and upgraded infrastructure at its site in Capenhurst, Cheshire, in northwest England.