The UK's Department for Energy Security and Net Zero has launched a pre-qualification for potential investors as the first stage of an equity raise process for the Sizewell C nuclear power plant project in Suffolk, England.

A long-term power purchase agreement signed between Holtec Palisades Energy and the non-profit Wolverine Power Cooperative is described as a "significant milestone" towards restarting the 800 MW Palisades nuclear power plant in the USA.

Member states of the International Atomic Energy Agency now owe more than EUR200 million (USD214 million), and Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi has warned that unless payments are made, then in a month's time "we will run out of money ... I will not be able to pay salaries or for the lights ... we will grind to a halt".

Germany will invest more than EUR1 billion (USD1.1 billion) in fusion research over the next five years, Federal Research Minister Bettina Stark-Watzinger announced.

The UK government has made available a further GBP341 million (USD434 million) of previously allocated funding for development work on the Sizewell C nuclear power plant project in Suffolk, England. It said the extra money will help prepare the site for construction, procuring key components from the project's supply chain, and expanding its workforce.

The UK government has announced it will provide a GBP192 million (USD243 million) loan guarantee to enable UK-headquartered Urenco to supply Energoatom, Ukraine's national nuclear company, with uranium enrichment services. The UK government also agreed a Memorandum of Understanding committing support to Ukraine's energy sector and green energy future.

The Canadian government has approved CAD74 million (USD55 million) of federal funding for small modular reactor development in Saskatchewan. The funding - including over CAD24 million from the proceeds of Canada's pollution pricing system - will support work to advance the project led by utility SaskPower.

Westinghouse has been awarded three grants totalling GBP10.5 million (USD13.6 million) from the UK government's Nuclear Fuel Fund to upgrade and expand the Springfields fuel fabrication facility in Lancashire in northwest England.

UK government ministers have announced the release of GBP170 million (USD218 million) funding to take forward development work to prepare the Sizewell C site "for future construction, procure key components from the project’s supply chain, and expand its workforce".

The UK's Department for Energy Security and Net Zero has awarded Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation UK a grant of up to GBP22.5 million (USD29 million) to support the development and demonstration of high-temperature gas-cooled reactor technology.

Investment in the global fusion industry has now reached a cumulative USD6.21 billion, up from USD4.8 billion a year ago, according to the third annual Global Fusion Industry Report from the Fusion Industry Association. The report surveyed 43 private fusion companies, up from 27 a year earlier.

Oklo is to go public by merging with AltC Acquisition Corp - co-founded by Oklo chairman Sam Altman - in a deal which values the company at USD850 million.