The first back-up diesel generator - which plays an essential role in safety systems - has been launched for the first unit at Turkey's Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant.

An application for a permit to determine the location of the planned unit 8 at the Kozloduy nuclear power plant has been submitted to Bulgaria's Nuclear Regulatory Agency.

Minister of Industry and Trade Lukáš Vlček has said that the Czech Republic and South Korea are looking at further investments and trade relations in addition to the proposed new capacity at the Dukovany nuclear power plant.

Japan is to "make maximum use of nuclear power", with about 20% of the country's total electricity generation in fiscal 2040 coming from nuclear, according to the government's latest Basic Energy Plan. Previous plans have called for a reduction on its dependence on nuclear power.

Small modular reactor project development company Kärnfull Next has secured land rights for the project to build a power plant based on SMRs in the municipality of Valdemarsvik in Östergötland county in southeastern Sweden.

The reactor pressure vessel for unit 1 of the Lianjiang nuclear power plant has arrived at the construction site in China's Guangdong province. It will be the first of two CAP1000 reactors planned for the first phase of the plant.

Ahead of a National Energy Policy Council meeting to discuss whether or not to complete the Angra 3 unit, the president of Eletronuclear, Raul Lycurgo, set out what he sees as the wider benefits to Brazil's economy of the project.

US microreactor developer Last Energy has formally entered the UK's nuclear site licensing process for its plans to develop four 20 MWe microreactors at the site of the decommissioned Llynfi coal-fired power station in Bridgend County, south Wales.

The governor of Tennessee has pledged new support for nuclear - including USD50 million for a small modular reactor project, a further USD10 million to attract advanced nuclear technology companies, and funds to develop the nuclear workforce and help set up a regulatory framework for commercial fusion.

Innovative reactor developer Newcleo announced it has started the land acquisition process for its demonstration LFR-AS-30 small modular reactor in Indre-et-Loire in the Chinon Vienne et Loire community of municipalities in western France.

A new company is being established to further investigate the possibility of establishing a nuclear power plant based on small modular reactors in the municipality of Lund in the southern Norwegian county of Rogaland.

The Netherlands is unlikely to have a new nuclear power plant online by 2035, as previously planned, Minister of Environment and Green Growth Sophie Hermans has told parliament. She said the government is now including Eemshaven among the list of potential sites for two new reactors.