The World Association of Nuclear Operators hosted the third Global Nuclear Communications Forum, with WANO CEO Naoki Chigusa saying the event "made clear that communications is not just a support function - it’s a strategic driver of progress across the nuclear sector".

In the latest meeting between International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi and Rosatom Director General Alexei Likhachev the two sides discussed the on-going security situation and issues relating to any future restart of the plant's units.

A 20-year power purchase agreement between Meta and Constellation will secure the long-term operation of Constellation's Clinton Clean Energy Center, while the tech company is also moving forward with its process to develop nuclear capacity at new US locations.

Russian nuclear regulator Rostekhnadzor has issued a five-year licence extension for unit 2 of the Smolensk nuclear power plant, which will see its original 30-year life now extended to 45 years.

The US nuclear regulator has issued its final environmental assessment and finding of no significant impacts for Holtec's request to return the Palisades Nuclear Plant to an operational status.

The operator of the Borssele nuclear power plant in the Netherlands has demonstrated a commitment to its operational safety, an International Atomic Energy Agency mission has concluded. Meanwhile, another IAEA mission has completed a review of long-term operational safety of the Krško plant in Slovenia.

The Bonneville Power Administration has given the go-ahead to a USD700 million project which, together with planned energy efficiency upgrades, will add a total 186 MWe of capacity to the only operating nuclear power plant in the USA's Pacific Northwest region by 2031.

A proposal to hold a referendum on restarting the recently shut-down Maanshan nuclear power plant has been passed in Taiwan's Legislative Yuan.

Unit 2 of the Maanshan nuclear power plant - Taiwan's last operating reactor - has been disconnected from the grid and will be decommissioned following the expiry of its 40-year operating licence, in accordance with Taiwan's nuclear phase-out policy.