Slovakia has been awarded a grant from the USA's Nuclear Expediting the Energy Transition (NEXT) project for help in selecting a site for the construction of small modular reactors in the country.

The University of Leicester has announced the launch of a new spin-out company, Perpetual Atomics, aimed at commercialising its research into the application of nuclear technology in space.

The Salt Production Facility at the company's new Manufacturing Development Campus near Albuquerque will produce high-purity, molten salt coolant for its advanced reactors.

TerraPower Isotopes announced it is producing actinium-225 at commercial scale. The medical radioisotope is being produced from material recovered from a legacy uranium-233 inventory at a US national laboratory.

Tokyo-based IT company Muroosystems Corporation has completed its acquisition of Germany's Nukem Technologies Engineering Services GmbH, which specialises in decommissioning, waste management and engineering services.

Westinghouse Electric Company has announced that it will transform its Operating Plant Services business into two new global business units - Long-Term Operations and Outage & Maintenance Services - as of the beginning of 2025.

The US Department of Energy has finalised a USD1.52 billion loan guarantee for Holtec International's project to recommission the single-unit pressurised water reactor, and the Department of Agriculture has issued USD1.3 billion in grants to two rural electric cooperatives that will purchase power from the restarted plant.

Newcleo, the developer of small modular lead-cooled fast reactors, has relocated its headquarters from London to Paris in a move which opens up "access to a broader range of European funding opportunities".

Nucleoeléctrica Argentina says it has secured the necessary funds to carry out the Atucha 1 life extension project.