A number of collaboration agreements have been announced between US and UK partners aimed at accelerating the commercial deployment of nuclear fusion power plants around the world.
 

ABB has signed a memorandum of understanding with the UK's Rolls-Royce SMR through which ABB will explore how its automation and electrification solutions can be used in the delivery of company's standardised, factory-built small modular reactors.
 

Testing at the mockup of the Hermes 2 reactor cavity has validated aspects of the precast concrete shielding design and remote handling and maintenance capabilities to support Kairos Power's Hermes 2 Demonstration Plant and future commercial fleet.

The Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute is to provide fuel fabrication and material corrosion evaluation services to the Danish developer of floating molten salt reactors Saltfoss for its seaMSR-100 reactor over the next two years.
 

UK-based classification society and professional advisory service Lloyd's Register, Danish global shipping company AP Moller-Maersk, the USA's Port of Charleston and the UK's Port of Felixstowe are partnering to examine the security and safeguarding requirements for the theoretical trans-Atlantic deployment of nuclear-powered container ships.
 

Tokyo-based fusion company Helical Fusion announced it has been conditionally selected by Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry for a project aimed at demonstrating fusion energy power generation in the 2030s.
 

A consortium led by France-headquartered innovative reactor developer Newcleo has been awarded funding to develop the conceptual design of a nuclear barge able to host multiple 200 MWe small modular reactors.
 

US microreactor developer Ampera Inc has announced a strategic partnership project with the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory to further the development of scalable, advanced nuclear fuel for use in advanced nuclear energy systems, including compact and subcritical reactor platforms.
 

Holtec International says the HI-TEST facility - a one-third scale representation - will probe the SMR-300 design margin and potentially support future power uprates.