Delivering a fleet of new reactors in France and refurbishing the country's existing plants "requires a strong, coordinated and long-term partnership" with the supply chain, EDF Chairman and CEO Bernard Fontana told delegates at World Nuclear Symposium 50.
 

The growing interest from institutional investors in the nuclear sector, and the issues surrounding developing suitable private financing options for new nuclear projects were in focus at World Nuclear Association's Finance Summit.
 

Nuclear power is at the forefront of the UK government's acceleration to net-zero, Lee McDonough, Director General, Net Zero, Nuclear and International at the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero told World Nuclear Symposium 50 in London on Thursday.

Large energy consumers are teaming up with the nuclear industry to develop energy clusters on private grids in what could be a mutually beneficial model, delegates heard at World Nuclear Association’s Energy Users Summit in London.
 

Singapore's Energy Market Authority has appointed UK-headquartered engineering firm Mott MacDonald to conduct a study on the safety and technical feasibility of advanced nuclear energy technologies.

Polskie Elektrownie Jądrowe has been granted a permit by the head of the Pomeranian Voivode to begin preparatory works related to the construction of Poland's first nuclear power plant at Lubiatowo-Kopalino.

Nuclear reactors worldwide generated 2667 TWh of electricity in 2024, beating the previous record of 2660 TWh which was set back in 2006, according to World Nuclear Performance Report 2025.
 

At the request of Norwegian government, three state agencies have set out their proposed programme for the environmental impact assessment for a small modular reactor power plant in the municipalities of Aure and Heim. Meanwhile, a joint venture of Norsk Kjernekraft and Austrheim Municipality has begun the formal regulatory process to assess the construction of a nuclear power plant in Austrheim.
 

A proposal for an assessment programme for building a small modular reactor power plant in Grenland, southern Norway, has been submitted to the country's Ministry of Energy. Meanwhile, a project company has been established to investigate the construction of an SMR plant in the municipality of Vardø in Finnmark, north-eastern Norway.