France's Bpifrance Assurance Export and Sfil have joined the growing list of overseas financial institutions expressing interest in helping to finance Poland's first nuclear power plant project. Meanwhile, a poll shows record public support for nuclear energy in Poland.

Energy Northwest has selected AtkinsRéalis Group Inc as the Owner's Engineer for its small modular reactor development project in Washington state.

US-based engineering company Amentum and Norwegian consulting firm Multiconsult Norge AS have been appointed by Halden Kjernekraft AS to evaluate the potential for constructing a small modular reactor at Halden in southeast Norway, where a research reactor once operated.

Polskie Elektrownie Jądrowe announced it has received a letter of intent from Export Development Canada, for up to CAD2.02 billion (USD1.45 billion) to potentially support Poland's first nuclear power plant project.

The Philippines has made progress in implementing the recommendations of an International Atomic Energy Agency nuclear infrastructure review mission in 2018, a team of IAEA and international experts said.

South Korean construction firm Samsung C&T has signed a memorandum of understanding with Swedish small modular reactor project development company Kärnfull Next to advance the deployment of SMRs in Sweden.

Finland's Steady Energy has signed a contract with Tractebel to provide engineering services to develop its district heating-focused LDR-150 small modular reactor.

Meta is the latest tech company to seek nuclear as an energy source for its growing data needs as it seeks proposals for as much as 4 GW of nuclear capacity in the USA by the early 2030s.

The reactor pressure vessel has been installed for the first of the two EPR reactors at the Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant under construction in Somerset, England.

The provincial government has told Ontario Power Generation to begin discussions to determine community support for all types of new energy generation, including nuclear, at three sites in the southern part of the province.

Hungary's Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Péter Szijjártó says first concrete is to be poured for the Paks II new nuclear plant early in 2025 after the country's National Atomic Energy Agency approved the preliminary safety report.

Unit 1 of the Zhangzhou nuclear power plant in China's Fujian province has been connected to the grid, China National Nuclear Corporation has announced. The unit is the first of four Hualong One (HPR1000) reactors under construction at the site.