The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission now expects to complete its review of TerraPower's construction licence application for the Natrium advanced reactor demonstration project by the end of 2025, ahead of the original August 2026 date.

The US Department of Energy has made conditional selections for Westinghouse and Radiant Nuclear to perform the first tests in the National Reactor Innovation Center's Demonstration of Microreactor Experiments test bed at the Idaho National Laboratory.

GE Vernova Hitachi Nuclear Energy and Fortum are to work on pre-licensing and engineering activities for site adaptation in Finland and Sweden aiming for deployment of BWRX-300 small modular reactors in the 2030s.

France-headquartered innovative reactor developer Newcleo has signed a memorandum of understanding with Federbeton, the Italian cement association, to explore Newcleo's technologies and potential synergies with the cement industry.

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.

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.