El Salvador, which is embarking on a nuclear energy programme, has signed a memorandum of understanding with Argentina's National Atomic Energy Commission.

Unprecedented load growth, renewed interest in AP1000s, and increased recognition of the value of the existing nuclear fleet - including plans to restart closed reactors - have prompted the US Department of Energy to issue an updated version of its Pathways to Commercial Liftoff - Advanced Nuclear report.

The inner containment building for unit 2 of Egypt's El Dabaa nuclear power plant has begun to take shape, with work also under way on the reactor vessel for the fourth unit.

A new survey has shown that more than half of the Swiss population supports the government's plan to remove the country's ban on the construction of new nuclear power plants.

The first safety-related concrete has been poured for the nuclear island of unit 4 at the Zhangzhou nuclear power plant in Fujian province, China National Nuclear Corporation announced. The plant will eventually house six Hualong One reactors.

Iran says it has three nuclear energy reactors under construction, with site and technology selection processes under way for more - and has also outlined planned nuclear fuel cycle and research reactor developments.

The manufacture of the first of five vacuum vessel sectors under the responsibility of Fusion for Energy (F4E) - the ITER Organisation's European domestic agency - has now been completed in Italy. The component is set to be delivered to the construction site of the tokamak fusion device in Cadarache, France.

Great British Nuclear has announced that there are four companies remaining in the contest to select technology for the UK's proposed small modular reactor programme, with NuScale missing out.

The US Department of Defense has broken ground at Idaho National Laboratory for the Project Pele prototype mobile microreactor. It will become the USA's first electricity-generating Generation IV reactor as early as 2026.

Westinghouse Electric Company and Bechtel said they welcome the announcement by the Polish government of its intention to allocate PLN60 billion (USD15.7 billion) to fund the country’s first nuclear power plant.

A finance-focused edition examines the significance of the declaration of support by 14 international banks for the goal of tripling nuclear capacity - and also hears from some of the key decision-makers about the challenges for private finance in new nuclear, and their ideas for smoothing that path.

A group of 14 global financial institutions have expressed their support for the call to action to triple nuclear energy capacity by 2050.