Kinectrics Inc will continue to support Bruce Power's reactor operations, life extension programme and radioisotope production activities under a CAD2.5 billion (USD3.2 billion), 10-year agreement. Meanwhile, a new process data reconciliation/data validation and reconciliation system is improving the output of the Bruce nuclear power plants.

The UK's Heysham 1 and Hartlepool Advanced Gas Cooled Reactor nuclear power plants will operate until March 2027, while the Heysham 2 and Torness AGR plants will operate until March 2030, EDF Energy has announced.

Meta is the latest tech company to seek nuclear as an energy source for its growing data needs as it seeks proposals for as much as 4 GW of nuclear capacity in the USA by the early 2030s.

The UK's Nuclear Decommissioning Authority group has launched a specialised cyber facility in Cumbria to accelerate collaboration across nuclear operators and the supply chain, on the adoption of innovative technologies such as AI and robotics and enhancing their collective ability to successfully defend against cyber threats.

Westinghouse Electric Company and Core Power are to work together on the design and development of a floating nuclear power plant using the eVinci microreactor.

US-based multinational repository developer DeepGeo and Danish advanced reactor designer Copenhagen Atomics are to collaborate on better understanding both the radioactive materials and fuel needs of Copenhagen Atomics' small and modular thorium molten salt reactor.

Framatome and Nucleoeléctrica are to carry out a pre-feasibility study on producing radioisotopes such as lutetium-177 at Argentina's Atucha I, Atucha II and Embalse nuclear power units.

Rosenergoatom says it will seek permission from regulator Rostekhnadzor in 2025 for the production of medical isotopes at the Kursk nuclear power plant in Russia.

Specialist global investment firm C5 Capital and multinational mining and metals processing group Sibanye-Stillwater are joining together to participate in future development of advanced nuclear energy opportunities in South Africa and globally.