Poland's Synthos Green Energy has signed a memorandum of understanding with South Korea's Samsung C&T Corporation to explore future partnership opportunities for the fleet deployment of GE Vernova Hitachi's BWRX-300 small modular reactor technology in Central and Eastern Europe.
 

The Flamanville 3 reactor has reached full power for the first time, after the Autorité de Sûreté Nucléaire et de Radioprotection gave approval on Friday for it to move beyond 80% of its nominal power as part of its commissioning process.
 

Governor Kathy Hochul has announced USD40 million of funding over the next four years to develop the workforce needed to support the planned deployment of advanced nuclear energy in Upstate New York.
 

Completing the partially built VC Summer plant would boost South Carolina's economy by USD7.3 billion during the construction stage and, once operational, the two AP1000 reactors would add USD1.6 billion in GDP - all while supporting thousands of high-paying jobs, a new report has found.
 

The planned public support for Poland's first nuclear power plant complies with EU rules on state aid, the European Commission has concluded.
 

The board of South Carolina’s public power and water utility has approved a memorandum of understanding that marks the next step in the potential sale of the two partially built VC Summer AP1000 units to Brookfield Asset Management.

Estonia’s Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications has announced a public procurement for consultancy services for the preparation of work towards selecting a location and environmental impact assessments for a 600 MW nuclear power plant.
 

As public hearings are held on the project to build Kazakhstan's second nuclear power plant, the country is also looking to broaden its energy partnerships with the European Union into new areas including the nuclear sector. Meanwhile, Russian and Kazakh entities have confirmed their intention to work together to build a multipurpose research reactor and laboratory complex.
 

The government has "only just begun when it comes to our ambitions for new nuclear in the UK", Energy Secretary Ed Miliband told the Nuclear Industry Association's Nuclear 2025 conference in London. He said the government has plans for further reactors - both large and small - and has initiated a search for suitable sites.