Moltex Energy Canada Inc has initiated pre-licensing consultation with the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission in relation to the development of its WATSS process for converting used uranium oxide fuel into molten salt reactor fuel.

Issues such as tariffs, taxes and regulation facing the transport sector as it prepares for the coming growth in nuclear capacity worldwide were highlighted by a panel at the World Nuclear Fuel Cycle 2025 conference.

The UK Office for Nuclear Regulation has published its first report on international regulatory collaboration on small modular reactors, outlining how it is working with international counterparts to create more efficient, harmonised approaches to reactor design assessment. Meanwhile, more US states have joined a lawsuit challenging federal licensing rules for advanced nuclear energy technology.

The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission has announced its decision to authorise Ontario Power Generation to construct a BWRX-300 reactor at the Darlington New Nuclear Project site in Clarington, Ontario.

Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant has been under Russian military control since March 2022 and its director has said he expects Russian licences for operation of all units to be obtained by the end of 2027. Ukraine's Energoatom says any talk of restarting the units is a violation of nuclear and radiation safety standards.

Russian nuclear regulator Rostekhnadzor has approved a 15-year life extension to 2040 for the Beloyarsk nuclear power plant's unit 3, a BN-600 fast neutron reactor.

The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has renewed for a second time the operating licences of units 1-3 at Duke Energy's Oconee nuclear power plant in South Carolina for an additional 20 years.

US Nuclear Regulatory Commission approval of the Principal Design Criteria Topical Report is a key milestone towards licensing Westinghouse's eVinci microreactor in the USA.

The Norwegian government has issued Norwegian Nuclear Decommissioning with a licence to own and operate the nuclear fuel and materials testing reactor at Halden, which it will decommission. Until now, the reactor has been owned and operated by the Institute of Energy Technology.