The two part-built units at the Khmelnitsky nuclear power plant could be finished with unused equipment from Bulgaria's discontinued Belene nuclear power plant project, with President Volodymyr Zelensky signing into law the legal framework for the acquisition.

A study by NRG-Pallas has identified four regions in the Dutch province of Gelderland as suitable for hosting a small modular reactor. The province aims to designate two locations for an SMR in 2027.

More than 70% of Polish companies surveyed by the Polish Economic Institute say they have experience in the energy sector that can be used in a nuclear project. One-third of companies declare experience from other projects in the nuclear sector abroad.

The director general of Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom has said that generating the first kilowatt-hours from the new nuclear power plants in Turkey and Bangladesh - plus pouring first concrete for Leningrad II's fourth unit and putting the first new Kursk unit into commercial operation - are priorities for the current year.

Tech giants and other major energy users Amazon, Google, Meta, Dow, Occidental, Allseas and OSGE have signed a pledge supporting the goal of at least tripling global nuclear capacity by 2050.

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.

Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power has signed an agreement with South Korean construction firm Samsung C&T to establish a strategic partnership for the co-development of overseas nuclear power plant projects.

A total of nine major contracts have been signed for the construction of units 1 and 2 of the Bailong nuclear power plant in China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, the Shanghai Nuclear Engineering Research and Design Institute announced.

The installation of the second tier of the inner containment building for Egypt's El Dabaa nuclear power plant's second unit took just over a fortnight to complete.

The Government of Canada is to lend AtkinsRéalis up to CAD304 million (USD212 million) over four years to support the development of next-generation Candu reactor technology, and has also announced millions of dollars in new funding commitments and support for nuclear projects in Saskatchewan, Alberta and Ontario.

The passive water tank of the reactor building has been installed at unit 3 of the Xudabao nuclear power plant in China's Liaoning province. Meanwhile, the first module of the passive reactor cavity water injection tank has been installed at unit 3 of the Zhangzhou plant in Fujian province.

Russian nuclear regulator Rostekhnadzor has issued a location licence for the proposed third unit at the Kursk II nuclear power plant, allowing preparatory work to begin for construction.