EnergySolutions has partnered with the Intermountain Power Agency and the state of Utah to explore the development of advanced nuclear power generation at the Intermountain Power Project site near Delta, Utah, including potential development of advanced small modular reactor nuclear baseload power.

A new company, Trondheimsleia Kjernekraft AS, has been founded in partnership between the future host municipalities of Aure and Heim, local energy company NEAS and Norsk Kjernekraft to develop a power plant based on multiple small modular reactors.

The deployment of advanced nuclear technologies, such as small modular reactors and advanced modular reactors, presents a promising yet complex horizon as these technologies look to support the transformation of the energy sector, write PA Consulting's Derreck Van Gelderen and Matt Leedham.

Slovakia's Slovenské elektrárne has announced the results of a contest for school students to build small modular reactors in the Minecraft video game world.

A Tennessee Valley Authority-led coalition including BWRX-300 developer GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy has submitted an application for the revised federal funding to support the US deployment of small modular reactors. Holtec has also announced its application to the USD800 million programme.

Great British Nuclear, the arms-length body set up to oversee the UK's plans for new nuclear, is to launch a tender to procure up to two owner's engineers as part of its small modular reactor programme.

The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued its final safety evaluation approving the Fuel Qualification Methodology Topical Report for the advanced fuel design to be used in NANO Nuclear Energy Inc's KRONOS micro modular reactor energy system.

Technical cooperation under a newly signed Memorandum of Agreement between Westinghouse Electric Company and the University of Saskatchewan will help accelerate deployment of the microreactor in Saskatchewan.

The Tennessee Valley Authority intends to submit the Construction Permit Application for the Clinch River small modular reactor to the US regulator by June.