Researchers at Switzerland's Paul Scherrer Institute have experimentally investigated passive cooling systems for small modular reactors, collecting high-resolution measurement data for the first time.
 

Nuclear fuel company Clean Core Thorium Energy announced its patented ANEEL fuel has successfully reached more than 60 GWd/MTU of burnup in the Advanced Test Reactor at Idaho National Laboratory.
 

Swedish lead-cooled small modular reactor technology developer Blykalla and global engineering company ABB have signed a Joint Development Agreement, marking a significant step forward in their collaboration and formally advancing their partnership.
 

The heads of a dozen fusion and industrial companies have called on the European Commission to develop an EU Fusion Strategy to ensure Europe remains a leader in the commercialisation of fusion power.
 

The Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute has signed a technology transfer agreement with Arinus Co for a technology that protects cells from radiation using an antioxidant ingredient contained in citrus fruit peel.
 

Three trial uranium-plutonium MOX fuel assemblies containing americium-241 and neptunium-237 were loaded into the Beloyarsk BN-800 fast neutron reactor core in the summer of 2024. After completing three fuel campaigns they will now cool in a used fuel pool before undergoing post-irradiation studies.
 

In the coming months, the University of Utah's TRIGA research reactor will be used to produce electricity to power a mini AI data centre as part of proof-of-concept for powering full-scale data centres with microreactors.
 

French molten salt reactor developer Stellaria has signed a letter of intent with the Alternative Energies & Atomic Energy Commission for a feasibility study for constructing its Alvin experimental reactor at its Cadarache site in southern France.
 

Forty years after the Chernobyl accident, the largely uninhabited exclusion zone around the nuclear power plant has become a haven for wildlife, as well as providing the world with a unique living laboratory for scientific study of the impact of radioactive elements. The zone also plays a large part in popular culture's enduring interest and fascination with the events of 1986.