The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission now expects to complete its review of TerraPower's construction licence application for the Natrium advanced reactor demonstration project by the end of 2025, ahead of the original August 2026 date.

The giant New Safe Confinement shelter over the remains of Chernobyl's unit 4 was damaged by a drone in February with an initial EUR42.5 million (USD50 million) already pledged for repair work.

Global Laser Enrichment has submitted its Safety Analysis Report for the planned Paducah Laser Enrichment Facility to the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission. This follows its submission in December 2024 of the Environmental Report, now completing GLE's full licence application for NRC review.

The US regulator has renewed the operating licence for VC Summer unit 1 for a second time, clearing the pressurised water reactor to operate until August 2062.

Maritime classification society the American Bureau of Shipping has issued approval in principle to HD Hyundai Heavy Industries and HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering for a concept of a floating small modular reactor-powered power module.

More than 75 countries and 10 international organisations are taking part in what the International Atomic Energy Agency says is the "world’s largest and most complex international nuclear emergency exercise, simulating a severe accident at Romania’s Cernavodă Nuclear Power Plant".

International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi has warned the United Nations Security Council that there is still a "window of opportunity to return to dialogue and diplomacy", after the United States joined Israel in launching attacks on nuclear sites in Iran.