The RITM-200 reactor unit is the eleventh so far manufactured at the ZiO-Podolsk plant, part of Rosatom's machine-building division.
 

The US Department of Transportation's Maritime Administration agency has launched an initiative to develop small modular reactors for use in commercial shipping.
 

Fusion energy startup Avalanche Energy has been awarded a USD5.2 million contract from the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's Rads to Watts programme to develop next-generation technology for compact, resilient, nuclear batteries.
 

Monaco-based shipping company Scorpio Tankers Inc has entered into a strategic collaboration with AMPERA Inc of the USA to jointly develop and commercialise advanced microreactors for marine, shipping and related maritime applications.
 

The US space agency NASA has set out a series of ambitious goals for missions, which include a return to the Moon by early 2028 as well as a Mars mission the same year utilising nuclear propulsion technology.
 

The American Bureau of Shipping and South Korea's HD Hyundai have signed a joint development project for the conceptual design of a nuclear-powered electric propulsion system for a container ship.
 

UK-based classification society and professional advisory service Lloyd's Register has issued approval in principle to Australian ship design group Seatransport Pty Ltd for a concept of a hybrid nuclear-diesel powered ship.
 

Lloyd's Register is leading a new consortium of UK companies seeking "to set the highest international standards for safe, secure and commercially viable nuclear-powered ships".
 

Argentina's Nuclear Regulatory Authority and Brazil's Naval Secretariat for Nuclear Safety and Quality aim to develop regulation relating to the use of nuclear reactors on ships.