The European Commission "has doubts" that the proposed Czech funding plan for its proposed new nuclear units "is fully in line with EU State aid rules".
 

France's EDF has said its preliminary cost estimate for the project to build six EPR2 reactors at Penly, Gravelines and Bugey totals EUR72.8 billion (USD85.3 billion).
 

Niger's state-owned Timersoi National Uranium Company has signed an agreement with Russian company Uranium One Group to cooperate in uranium mining and eventually open new mines. Meanwhile, Global Atomic Corporation remains upbeat about the prospects for securing financing for the Dasa uranium project - although first uranium shipments could now be delayed.
 

The planned public support for Poland's first nuclear power plant complies with EU rules on state aid, the European Commission has concluded.
 

The government has "only just begun when it comes to our ambitions for new nuclear in the UK", Energy Secretary Ed Miliband told the Nuclear Industry Association's Nuclear 2025 conference in London. He said the government has plans for further reactors - both large and small - and has initiated a search for suitable sites.
 

The US Department of Energy has selected Tennessee Valley Authority and Holtec to each receive USD400 million in federal cost-shared funding to support early deployments of advanced light-water small modular reactors in the USA.
 

The multilateral development bank has amended its energy policy, paving the way for it to support developing member countries that choose to pursue nuclear power.
 

A GBP9.9 million (USD12.9 million) investment from Innovate UK, backed by a further GBP8.9 million from industry, will support a major project to develop cutting-edge new treatments for cancer using lead-212 derived from used nuclear fuel.
 

If global nuclear energy capacity is to at least triple by 2050 there needs to be huge investment - potentially USD250 billion a year for 25 years. So how will it be financed, and what are the opportunities and challenges for financiers wanting to get involved?