Westinghouse has signed a contract worth USD180 million with the ITER Organization for the assembly of the vacuum vessel for the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor under construction in Cadarache, southern France.

Construction firms Balfour Beatty, Laing O'Rourke and Bouygues Travaux Publics have signed a Programme Alliance Agreement with Sizewell C to deliver the main civil works at the new nuclear power plant in the UK.

The reactor internals have been successfully hoisted into position at unit 4 of the Haiyang nuclear power plant in China's Shandong province.

Software development company Palantir Technologies Inc is partnering with The Nuclear Company to develop and deploy an AI-driven, real-time software system that they say will transform the construction of nuclear reactors.

The tests for tightness and strength of the containment building at Bangladesh's first nuclear power plant unit have been carried out successfully.

Sweden's radioactive waste management company Svensk Kärnbränslehantering AB has selected Swiss construction firm Implenia as its collaborative partner to build the first underground section of the final repository for used nuclear fuel in Forsmark.

Hungary's Atomic Energy Authority has granted permission to resume construction activity in the entire working pit area of the planned first new unit at the Paks II nuclear power plant project.

Maire S.p.A subsidiary Nextchem and France-based innovative reactor developer Newcleo are creating the NextCleo joint venture to develop the conventional island and balance of plant of nuclear power plants based on Newcleo's 200 MW advanced modular reactors.

Civil engineering for ONDRAF/NIRAS' surface disposal facility in Dessel will be carried out by the NucleusSafe partnership, with construction company Denys responsible for electromechanical aspects. Work is to begin later this year.