The Hermes 2 Demonstration Plant in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, will be the company's first commercial-scale reactor and is the first power-producing Gen IV reactor to receive a construction permit from the US regulator.

Poland's Orlen Synthos Green Energy has signed a letter of intent with the country's Industrial Development Agency to collaborate on the preparation for the construction and operation of small modular reactors at the Strategic Investment Park in Stalowa Wola.
 

A memorandum of understanding has been signed for the construction of a non-nuclear demonstrator Thorizon molten-salt reactor in the Dutch province of Zeeland, a nuclear demonstrator at Petten, Noord-Holland, followed by the first commercial unit in Zeeland.
 

The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission announced it has received an application from the University of Illinois to construct the first research KRONOS micro modular reactor on the university's campus.
 

The Swedish government said it plans to take a majority stake in nuclear project development company Videberg Kraft AB and to take a role in financing the future system for the disposal of radioactive waste and used nuclear fuel.
 

Poland's SGE has signed cooperation agreements with Spanish nuclear fuel manufacturers Enusa Industrias Avanzadas SA and GNF Enusa Nuclear Fuel SA to support the deployment of BWRX-300 small modular reactors across Europe.
 

Buckley Space Force Base in Colorado and Malmstrom Air Force Base in Montana have been selected by the US Department of the Air Force as potential locations to site microreactors under the Advanced Nuclear Power for Installations programme.

Dutch heavy lifting and transport specialist Mammoet and nuclear development company ULC-Energy have signed a cooperation agreement to streamline the construction of new nuclear power facilities in the Netherlands.
 

Rolls-Royce SMR and Great British Energy - Nuclear have signed a contract that enables work to start immediately on the delivery of three Rolls-Royce small modular reactors at Wylfa, on the island of Anglesey, North Wales. In addition, the National Wealth Fund is committing up to GBP599 million (USD805 million) to Rolls-Royce SMR to support the development of its reactors.
 

Sweden-based engineering, project management and advisory company AFRY has entered into a non-exclusive collaboration with GE Vernova Hitachi Nuclear Energy to support the deployment of BWRX-300 small modular reactor technology.
 

Monaco-based shipping company Scorpio Tankers Inc has entered into a strategic collaboration with AMPERA Inc of the USA to jointly develop and commercialise advanced microreactors for marine, shipping and related maritime applications.
 

Canada's Ontario Power Generation has submitted its application for a licence to operate the first BWRX-300 small modular reactor at the Darlington New Nuclear Project.