A working group formed of representatives from the radiation and nuclear safety authorities of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden has released a strategy, which provides recommendations for strengthening cooperation between them.

Sweden's parliament - the Riksdag - has approved the government's proposals for providing state aid to companies that want to invest in new nuclear reactors in the country. The new law will enter into force later this year.

Swedish lead-cooled small modular reactor technology developer Blykalla and Norway's Institute of Energy Technology have entered into a strategic collaboration to accelerate the technical development of Blykalla's SEALER reactor.

The Swedish government has proposed a new law regarding state support for nuclear power investments. In the bill - submitted to parliament on 27 March - it proposes providing state loans to finance four new reactors as well as a contract-for-difference power price mechanism.

Finnish utility Fortum has selected two large reactor vendors plus one small modular reactor vendor to continue discussions with after concluding a two-year feasibility study examining the prerequisites for nuclear new-build in Finland and Sweden.

Researchers at Linköping University in Sweden have developed a document - referred to as a Key Information File - aimed at maintaining awareness of the final repository for used nuclear fuel in Forsmark for future generations.

Swedish lead-cooled small modular reactor technology developer Blykalla and Norwegian nuclear project developer Norsk Kjernekraft have signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on the deployment of Blykalla's SEALER in Scandinavia.

Kärnfull Next announced it will conduct feasibility studies on hosting small modular reactor power plants at two properties located in Karlshamn municipality in Blekinge county, southern Sweden.

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.

Small modular reactor project development company Kärnfull Next has secured land rights for the project to build a power plant based on SMRs in the municipality of Valdemarsvik in Östergötland county in southeastern Sweden.

The dismantling of a reactor pressure vessel at the Oskarshamn nuclear power plant marks the completion of a project to dismantle the RPVs of four decommissioned reactors in Sweden.

Swedish lead-cooled small modular reactor technology developer Blykalla has broken ground for the construction of an electrical small modular reactor pilot facility near Oskarshamn to test proof of concept of its SEALER technology.