Thorizon of the Netherlands announced it has secured EUR20 million (USD22 million) in funding to accelerate the development of its advanced small modular molten salt reactor, Thorizon One. It said the funding will be used to advance prototyping, licensing and demonstration of Thorizon One's cartridge fuel system.

Prodigy Clean Energy and Lloyd's Register are to collaborate on completing the development of lifecycle requirements for Prodigy's Transportable Nuclear Power Plants. The goal is to achieve licensing and deployment for an energy project in Canada in the next 5-7 years.

Japan's Fukushima Institute for Research, Education and Innovation and the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority have signed a memorandum of cooperation on joint research in robotics and autonomous systems, including applications in nuclear decommissioning.

The United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority and Italian multinational energy company Eni SpA have entered into a collaboration agreement to jointly conduct research and development activities in the field of fusion energy. The collaboration primarily starts with the construction of the world's largest and most advanced tritium fuel cycle facility.

Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power has signed two agreements to collaborate with Kazakhstan on the utilisation of uranium resources dissolved in seawater and groundwater.

The province of Noord-Brabant in the south of the Netherlands announced it will invest EUR4 million (USD4.2 million) in the further development of molten salt reactors.

Moltex's WATSS process for converting used uranium oxide fuel into molten salt reactor fuel has been validated on used fuel from a commercial nuclear reactor.

Fortum has agreed to support the development of Finnish technology company Steady Energy's district heating nuclear reactor with its simulation expertise. The goal is to create a comprehensive digital twin for Steady Energy's LDR-50 reactor using Apros software.

The UK's First Light Fusion is to focus on commercial partnerships with other fusion companies who want to use its amplifier technology, as well as with non-fusion applications such as NASA seeking to replicate potential high-velocity impacts in space.

Munich-based Proxima Fusion and its partners have published a new peer-reviewed paper presenting Stellaris, the world's first integrated concept for a commercial fusion power plant designed to operate reliably and continuously.

Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Luciana Santos, was present for a ceremony to mark the start of infrastructure works for the construction of the Brazilian Multipurpose Reactor in Iperó.

France's Hexana has formed a strategic partnership with Belgian engineering firm Tractebel to support the development of its sodium-cooled fast neutron reactor energy platform. Meanwhile, Swedish and French lead-cooled fast reactors developers Blykalla and Newcleo are to jointly research and develop materials for such reactors.