Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power has signed two agreements to collaborate with Kazakhstan on the utilisation of uranium resources dissolved in seawater and groundwater.

The province of Noord-Brabant in the south of the Netherlands announced it will invest EUR4 million (USD4.2 million) in the further development of molten salt reactors.

Moltex's WATSS process for converting used uranium oxide fuel into molten salt reactor fuel has been validated on used fuel from a commercial nuclear reactor.

Fortum has agreed to support the development of Finnish technology company Steady Energy's district heating nuclear reactor with its simulation expertise. The goal is to create a comprehensive digital twin for Steady Energy's LDR-50 reactor using Apros software.

The UK's First Light Fusion is to focus on commercial partnerships with other fusion companies who want to use its amplifier technology, as well as with non-fusion applications such as NASA seeking to replicate potential high-velocity impacts in space.

Munich-based Proxima Fusion and its partners have published a new peer-reviewed paper presenting Stellaris, the world's first integrated concept for a commercial fusion power plant designed to operate reliably and continuously.

Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Luciana Santos, was present for a ceremony to mark the start of infrastructure works for the construction of the Brazilian Multipurpose Reactor in Iperó.

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.

Natura Resources has entered into a memorandum of understanding with Texas Tech University and Abilene Christian University to evaluate integrating Natura's molten salt small modular reactor technology with water desalination systems.

Core Power of the UK has announced that it will develop a "US-anchored" maritime civil nuclear programme that will "bring floating nuclear power to market by the mid-2030s".

South Korea's HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering has unveiled a nuclear-powered container ship model utilising small modular reactor technology.

Japan's Federation of Electric Power Companies has announced that a total of 400 tonnes of used nuclear fuel, instead of the originally planned 200 tonnes, will now be transported to Orano in France for research on the reprocessing of used mixed oxide fuel.