The largest and heaviest module - the CA20 - has been installed at unit 4 of the Haiyang nuclear power plant in China's Shandong province, the Shanghai Nuclear Engineering Research and Design Institute has announced.

A Diploma in Nuclear Technology course has been launched by Nawah Energy Company to educate and train UAE National High School graduates to become local operators at the Barakah nuclear power plant. Meanwhile, the UAE has launched its first MSc Programme in Medical Physics.

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.

An official ceremony has been held to mark the issuing of licences from the Bangladesh Atomic Energy Regulatory Authority for nuclear fuel, which is expected to be delivered to the Rooppur nuclear power plant later this year.

A joint development agreement has been signed between US utility Energy Northwest and X-Energy Reactor Company for the deployment of up to 12 Xe-100 small modular reactors in central Washington State. Energy Northwest expects to bring the first Xe-100 module online by 2030.

The first large-scale nuclear power plant item - the core catcher for El Dabaa unit 1 - is to be installed in October, the chairman of Egypt's Nuclear Power Plants Authority has said.

Norsk Kjernekraft and Denmark's Seaborg have signed a letter of intent to investigate the deployment of Seaborg's compact molten salt reactor in Norway.

Slovenské elektrárne says that the energy start-up stage of Mochovce 3 has seen its power level increased to 75% - with the final trial run at 100% power for six days and nights now expected to take place between September and October.

Westinghouse Electric Company has signed memorandums of understanding with Slovakia's JAVYS on the potential deployment of its AP1000 reactors and AP300 small modular reactors in the country.

Among the agreements signed during a Polish-Korean business forum on 14 July was a memorandum of understanding between Poland's KGHM Polska Miedź SA and South Korea's Samsung C&T Corporation on the implementation of low and zero-emission technologies, including small modular reactors. Daewoo Engineering & Construction signed an MoU with Polish construction firm ERBUD to carry out new projects in the country, including the construction of nuclear power plants.

The core module for the ACP100 small modular reactor demonstration project has passed the final acceptance and will be shipped to the construction site at the Changjiang nuclear power plant on China's southern island province of Hainan, China National Nuclear Corporation has announced.

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has taken part in the ground-breaking ceremony for the 1200 MWe unit 5 of the Chashma nuclear power plant, which is being built by China National Nuclear Corporation.