With the Dutch province of Zeeland under consideration as the location of two new nuclear power plants, a new report says local businesses could capture up to EUR4.6 billion (USD5.4 billion) in direct economic value during the 12-year construction period.
 

Westinghouse Electric Company's submittal to the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission seeks to incorporate lessons learned from the construction of Vogtle units 3 and 4 into the design control document and establishes Vogtle 4 as the standard AP1000 reference plant for deployment in the USA.
 

The Norwegian Nuclear Commission has recommended that the government does not start a process for nuclear power development in the country at this stage, but says it should prepare for its possible future use.
 

Sweden-based engineering, project management and advisory company AFRY has entered into a non-exclusive collaboration with GE Vernova Hitachi Nuclear Energy to support the deployment of BWRX-300 small modular reactor technology.
 

The initiation of a controlled nuclear fission chain reaction at the Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor sees India move into the second stage of a three-stage nuclear programme which ultimately aims to achieve a closed fuel cycle using the country's abundant thorium.
 

The first safety-related concrete has been poured for the nuclear island of unit 2 at the Jinqimen nuclear power plant in Ningbo, Zhejiang province, China National Nuclear Corporation announced. It is the second of six HPR1000 (Hualong One) units planned for the plant.
 

Canada's Ontario Power Generation has submitted its application for a licence to operate the first BWRX-300 small modular reactor at the Darlington New Nuclear Project.
 

The reactor pressure vessel has been installed at unit 2 of the Lianjiang nuclear power plant in China's Guangdong province. It is one of two CAP1000 reactors planned for the first phase of the plant.
 

Poland's SGE, construction engineering firm Polimex Mostostal and engineering consultant ATEC Group have signed a memorandum of understanding to cooperate on the development and deployment of BWRX-300 small modular reactors in Central and Eastern Europe.