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.

Canada is experiencing a surge in nuclear job creation - and the demand for a skilled workforce will continue to grow, a new study commissioned by the Canadian Nuclear Association (CNA) has found.

France's EDF energy group said its efforts to convert the Cordemais coal power plant to use wood pellets as fuel has not met the required "technical and economic conditions".

Constellation has signed a 20-year power purchase agreement with Microsoft that will see Three Mile Island unit 1 restarted, five years after it was shut down.

Ontario Power Generation's (OPG) project to refurbish the four Candu units at Darlington is now 86% complete, with unit 1 preparing to restart ahead of schedule. Meanwhile disassembly work on unit 4 continues - and the company has announced its latest corporate green bond issue.

The programme to restart the Palisades nuclear power plant in Michigan is now in the inspections and maintenance phase and remains on schedule, Holtec International said in its latest update. Meanwhile, the US regulator has been petitioned to codify regulations for restarting shuttered nuclear power plants.

The Indian government has approved the creation of a joint venture between Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited and National Thermal Power Corporation to construct, own and operate nuclear power plants in India.

The owners of the Oskarshamn nuclear power plant in Sweden have decided to begin a preliminary study on what measures can be taken to extend the operating life of unit 3 from 60 to 80 years.

Westinghouse Electric Company of the USA and Hyundai Engineering & Construction of South Korea have signed a teaming agreement to pursue AP1000 technology opportunities in Sweden and Finland.