A blowdown of the fresh steam pipelines in the turbine compartment has been completed at the first unit of the Rooppur nuclear power plant being built in Bangladesh.

The long-delayed Flamanville 3 EPR reactor in Normandy in northern France is now expected to reach full power for the first time "before the end of autumn 2025", EDF said. It had earlier been scheduled to reach full power in "summer 2025".

Six items weighing more than 1,000 tonnes have been manufactured for the BREST-OD-300 lead-cooled fast neutron reactor which is being built at the Siberian Chemical Combine site in Seversk, in the Tomsk Region of Russia.

Belgian engineering firm Tractebel announced it has signed a new mutual agreement with NRG-Pallas to extend their long-standing collaboration on the construction of the Pallas research reactor in Petten, the Netherlands.

UK-based Rolls-Royce SMR has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Czech firm Škoda JS to explore the production of key components for a global fleet of small modular reactors.

Tests that simulate the temperatures and pressures which the reactor systems will be subjected to during normal operation have been completed at unit 2 of the Taipingling nuclear power plant. The unit is the second of six HPR1000 (Hualong One) units planned at the site in China's Guangdong province.

Hungarian nuclear energy development firm Hunatom has signed a letter of intent with Synthos Green Energy to establish a pre-framework for joint activities relating to project development for up to 10 GE Vernova Hitachi BWRX-300 small modular reactors.

Fusion energy developer Helion Energy announced it has begun initial earthwork and construction on the site of Orion power plant in Malaga, in the US state of Washington. The plant will provide electricity to technology company Microsoft.

US private energy developer Fermi America has signed a memorandum of understanding with South Korea's Hyundai Engineering & Construction to plan and develop the nuclear component of what is designed to be the world's largest, first-of-its kind private grid to power next-generation AI.

Norway's Trondheimsleia Kjernekraft AS and Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power are to conduct a feasibility study on the construction of a power plant based on multiple Korean-designed i-SMR reactors in the municipalities of Aure and Heim.

The Emirates Nuclear Energy Company and Samsung C&T Corporation have signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly explore projects ranging from restarts in the USA, to small modular reactors in the UAE, to potential nuclear-powered hydrogen production in South Korea.