Blue Energy has announced it is partnering with GE Vernova in a collaboration aimed at pairing nuclear and gas-fired generating capacity as a near-term approach to meeting AI-driven energy demand.

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 giant Basemat module, which will serve as the foundation of the reactor building for the first small modular reactor to be built in a G7 country, has been set into place 35 metres below ground in the excavated reactor building shaft.
 

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.
 

Czech nuclear operator ČEZ has signed an early works contract with Rolls-Royce SMR for the proposed construction of a small modular reactor at Temelín. ČEZ has also signed a memorandum of understanding with the Ministry of Industry and Trade to consider the investor model and possible sources of financing.
 

The US Department of the Air Force has selected Radiant Industries, Inc, Westinghouse Government Services and Antares Inc as potential microreactor developers and operators under its Advanced Nuclear Power for Installations initiative, as well as announcing a third potential location for a reactor.
 

TerraPower has announced the official start of construction on its first Natrium plant, Kemmerer unit 1 in Wyoming. The Bill Gates-chaired company says the unit will be the first utility-scale advanced nuclear power plant in the United States.
 

The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has approved Kairos Power's request that the completion date specified in the construction permit for its Hermes 1 demonstration reactor be extended by 28 months.
 

Eli Lilly and Company will collaborate with the state on a future pathway for nuclear energy solutions, including small modular reactors and other advanced nuclear technologies, under a non-binding letter of intent signed with Indiana Governor Mike Braun.
 

India's largest private thermal power producer has incorporated a new subsidiary to generate, transmit, and distribute power from nuclear energy.

The Hermes 2 Demonstration Plant in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, will be the company's first commercial-scale reactor and is the first power-producing Gen IV reactor to receive a construction permit from the US regulator.