Britain's Rolls-Royce SMR has signed memorandums of understanding to explore the deployment of its small modular reactor in Finland and Sweden, as well as to help post-war recovery in Ukraine.

Deep borehole disposal cannot replace the UK's need for a geological disposal facility but may nevertheless have a helpful role to play in the disposal of some of the country's nuclear waste inventory, according to a study conducted by Deep Isolation on behalf of the UK's Nuclear Decommissioning Authority.

British engineering group Rolls-Royce has secured additional funding of GBP2.9 million (USD3.5 million) from the UK Space Agency for a project that will deliver an initial demonstration of a UK lunar modular nuclear reactor. The company plans to have a reactor ready to send to the Moon by 2029.

The United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority and the US Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have entered a strategic research partnership to better understand the performance and behaviour of materials required for use in future commercial fusion power plants.

The UK's Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has announced that nuclear will "subject to consultation, be classed as environmentally sustainable in our green taxonomy" - he also launched a competition, to be completed by the end of the year, which could lead to co-funding for small modular reactors.

Large-scale production of nuclear-derived net-zero synthetic fuels could help hard-to-decarbonise sectors such as aviation and shipping, according to a report by energy consultants Equilibrion and the Nuclear Industry Association.

Newcleo, the UK-headquartered developer of small modular lead-cooled fast reactors, has signed an agreement with Italian utility Enel to cooperate on Newcleo's power plant projects, including taking a stake in the first plant.

The leaders of Australia, the UK and the USA have outlined the phased approach through which Australia will acquire nuclear-powered submarines through the Australia-United Kingdom-United States (AUKUS) enhanced security partnership.

X-Energy UK Holdings and Cavendish Nuclear are developing proposals for small modular reactors in the UK and have "identified Hartlepool as a preferred location" - welcoming EDF's announcement that the existing nuclear power plant will operate for an extra two years, to 2026.

Britain's energy crisis and rising heating bills have fuelled support among voters for new nuclear reactors to be built in the UK, a survey has found. Meanwhile, a public opinion poll in Switzerland suggests that about half of the population favours the continued use of nuclear energy.

Nuclear operator EDF has announced that it is to keep the Heysham 1 and Hartlepool nuclear power units operating until 2026, two years longer than previously planned.

The UK Atomic Energy Authority and the University of Sheffield have entered a partnership that is set to drive the development of fusion technology and the UK's future fusion industry. The collaboration will see Sheffield appoint two Chairs who will establish new research programmes to address global fusion challenges.