Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov and Minister of Energy Zhecho Stankov are considering the potential installation of small modular reactors in the country as part of its aim to be a regional energy leader.

TerraPower, Evergy and the Kansas Department of Commerce are to explore siting TerraPower's Natrium reactor and energy storage system within Evergy's service territory in Kansas.
 

The nuclear technology company is holding a groundbreaking ceremony at Idaho National Laboratory for the Aurora-INL sodium-cooled fast reactor.
 

Deep Fission, which aims to place small modular reactors in boreholes a mile underground, says it has identified three initial potential project sites - in Texas, Utah and Kansas.

 

US microreactor developer NANO Nuclear Energy has signed a letter of intent for the proposed sale of its ODIN low-pressure coolant microreactor design and all associated intellectual property to Cambridge AtomWorks of the UK.
 

Ontario Power Generation's Darlington New Nuclear project has been named as one of the first projects to be reviewed by a new office set up by the federal government to help fast-track major projects.
 

Estonia's Fermi Energia has signed a teaming agreement with Canadian construction company Aecon to advance cooperation on the development and deployment of GE Vernova Hitachi Nuclear Energy's BWRX-300 small modular reactor technology in Estonia.

The European Industrial Alliance on Small Modular Reactors has adopted its first Strategic Action Plan, outlining ten specific and targeted actions to deliver over the next five years.
 

A pre-licensing assessment of the EAGLES-300 lead-cooled small modular reactor has been launched by the Belgian, Italian and Romanian nuclear regulators. The International Atomic Energy Agency is supporting this project as a pilot project within its Nuclear Harmonisation and Standardisation Initiative.