Hungary's Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Peter Szijjarto has said US President Donald Trump sees Hungary as a friend and "it was in this spirit that the US administration lifted the sanctions related to the Paks nuclear plant project".

World Bank Group President Ajay Banga and International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi outlined the thinking behind the change in policy at a joint event in Paris. Hear what they said, as well as World Nuclear Association Director General Sama Bilbao y León's assessment of its significance.

The reactor internals have been successfully hoisted into position at unit 4 of the Haiyang nuclear power plant in China's Shandong province.

Slovenia is due to begin a three month public consultation as part of the spatial planning process for proposed JEK2 new nuclear capacity at the Krško nuclear power plant.

The World Bank has taken its first step since ending its ban on funding nuclear energy projects by partnering with the International Atomic Energy Agency to support countries that choose to include nuclear energy in their development strategies. 

GE Vernova Hitachi Nuclear Energy has announced plans for a BWRX-300 Engineering and Service Centre in Durham, Ontario. The centre will complement the company's operations in Wilmington, North Carolina.

EDF had taken its case to the regional court relating to the tender for new nuclear in the Czech Republic.

Terrestrial Energy is to collaborate with US engineering services company Ameresco Inc to advance the commercial deployment of its Integral Molten Salt Reactor plant in the USA.

Swedish lead-cooled small modular reactor technology developer Blykalla has signed a letter of intent with Hörby Municipality to jointly investigate the possibility of siting a SEALER reactor in Stavröd in Skåne County, southern Sweden.

The tests for tightness and strength of the containment building at Bangladesh's first nuclear power plant unit have been carried out successfully.

State Governor Kathy Hochul has directed New York's public electric utility to develop and construct an advanced nuclear power plant in Upstate New York.

A new company has been established with the goal of developing a nuclear power plant near the Mongstad oil refinery in Norway. Meanwhile, Norsk Kjernekraft has partnered with France's Hexana to explore opportunities for joint deployment of advanced nuclear technologies in Norway.