US fusion energy developer Type One Energy has signed a cooperative agreement with the Tennessee Valley Authority to jointly develop plans for a potential fusion power plant project in the Tennessee Valley region using Type One Energy's stellarator fusion power technology.

Indian power companies Tata Power and the Naveen Jindal Group have each expressed interest in setting up small modular reactors. Meanwhile, the country's minister of railways has confirmed that nuclear power is under consideration to meet the growing power needs of the country's rail sector.

The National Association of State Energy Officials Advanced Nuclear First Mover Initiative will support states to explore ways to bring down project costs and meet rapidly growing power needs in the USA.

Brazil's nuclear power plant operator Eletronuclear has announced cost-saving measures which it says are aimed at improving the current governance model and enabling the continuation of strategic projects such as Angra 3.

The UK government has announced plans to reform planning requirements and regulatory rules as part of measures to streamline the process of constructing new nuclear power plants in England and Wales, including small modular reactors.

Vietnam's Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has instructed two state-owned groups, Electricity of Vietnam and Vietnam Oil & Gas Group, to complete the construction of two nuclear power plants in Ninh Thuan province by the end of 2030.

The International Atomic Energy Agency has begun analytical work as part of its safety assessment for the possible use of components from Bulgaria's discontinued Belene nuclear power plant project to complete Ukraine's unfinished Khmelnitsky units 3 and 4.

Kairos Power, Natura Resources, Terrestrial Energy and Aalo Atomics have signed agreements to bring their reactors to Texas A&M-RELLIS, a 2400-acre technology campus in Bryan in Texas in the USA.

Belgium's new coalition government has announced plans to continue operating two of the country's reactors for an additional 10 years beyond the 10-year extension already agreed - and said it aims to construct new reactors.

The introduction of regulatory regimes focused on small modular reactors is something many countries are wrestling with. It is something that the SMR Regulators' Forum was set up to help with, as this World Nuclear News Briefing on its history and work explains.

Georgia Power has filed its 2025 Integrated Resource Plan, saying it has proposed power uprates at four units at its Hatch and Vogtle nuclear power plants and that additional nuclear power capacity will be needed over the long-term.

The start-up and testing phase of the on-shore pumping station for Turkey's Akkuyu nuclear power plant's first unit has begun.