A tunnel boring machine has finished digging a 620-metre tunnel which will form part of Hinkley Point C's system for returning fish to the sea.
 

The successful partners have been identified for a new delivery framework, valued at up to GBP3.6 billion (USD4.8 billion), for asset care and asset creation activities at the UK's Sellafield site in Cumbria, in northwest England.
 

The UK is seeking to translate its position in fusion research into industrial and commercial leadership, with government, industry and the UK Atomic Energy Authority highlighting the need to develop supply chains, skills, regulation and investment alongside fusion technology.
 

The team behind plans for a fleet of 14 BWRX-300 small modular reactors in the UK says they are confident of the economic model and supply chain capability to deliver these units.
 

The Office for Nuclear Regulation and the Environment Agency have informed ministers of the changes they have already made or intend to make in order to speed up the licensing process for new nuclear technologies and construction projects.
 

The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero has directed UK regulators to begin the Generic Design Assessment of the X-energy Xe-100 high-temperature gas-cooled reactor, after completing reviews of X-energy UK Holdings Ltd's application.
 

A number of collaboration agreements have been announced between US and UK partners aimed at accelerating the commercial deployment of nuclear fusion power plants around the world.
 

ABB has signed a memorandum of understanding with the UK's Rolls-Royce SMR through which ABB will explore how its automation and electrification solutions can be used in the delivery of company's standardised, factory-built small modular reactors.
 

Key steam turbine components - including high-pressure turbines and valve casings - for Rolls-Royce SMR's first three small modular reactors at the Gwyndod project on Anglesey in North Wales, will be manufactured at Germany-based Siemens Energy's facility in Newcastle, in northeast England.