Russia's nuclear regulator Rostekhnadzor has issued an operating licence to the Kalinin nuclear power plant's unit 1 to June 2044.

Westinghouse has received approval for its eVinci microreactor's Preliminary Safety Design Report from the US Department of Energy, becoming the first microreactor developer to secure such an approved report for the National Reactor Innovation Center's Demonstration of Microreactor Experiments test bed at the Idaho National Laboratory.

Russian nuclear regulator Rostekhnadzor has issued a five-year licence extension for unit 2 of the Smolensk nuclear power plant, which will see its original 30-year life now extended to 45 years.

The US nuclear regulator has issued its final environmental assessment and finding of no significant impacts for Holtec's request to return the Palisades Nuclear Plant to an operational status.

The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has approved the 77 MWe version of NuScale Power's NuScale Power Module small modular reactor design. The regulator had previously approved a 50 MWe version of the design.

Finland's Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority has said it remains on track to complete its assessment of Posiva Oy's operating licence application for the world's first used nuclear fuel repository despite deficiencies in the materials submitted for review.

The Tennessee Valley Authority has submitted an application to the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission for a permit to build a GE Vernova Hitachi Nuclear Energy BWRX-300 small modular reactor at Clinch River.

EnergySolutions and WEC Energy Group have agreed to explore new nuclear energy generation at the Kewaunee nuclear power plant site in Wisconsin. EnergySolutions said it aims to obtain an early site permit from the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Russia's nuclear regulator Rostechnadzor has given the go-ahead for the Beloyarsk nuclear power plant's planned fifth unit - a fast neutron BN-1200 reactor. Preparatory construction works are expected to start this year.