The manufacture of the first RITM-400 reactor unit has been completed for the Rossiya, which is scheduled to feature two of the reactors and become the world's most powerful nuclear-powered icebreaker.

A full-scale model of innovative reactor developer Newcleo's TL-40 lead-cooled fast reactor for maritime applications is being displayed at the 19th International Architecture Exhibition of the Venice Biennale. Newcleo said the exhibit is aimed at "redefining the image of nuclear energy".

The first metal has been cut for the seventh nuclear-powered icebreaker in Russia's Project 22220 series. The Stalingrad is scheduled to be completed and delivered in December 2030.

Australian ship design group Seatransport and US-based Deployable Energy are collaborating with UK-based classification society and professional advisory service Lloyd's Register to develop nuclear power generation for different applications, including strategic response vessels in remote areas.

Plans for large-scale expansion of Northern Sea Route trade means that the number of icebreakers required will increase from 10 or 11 to between 15 and 17, according to Rosatom Director General Alexei Likhachev.

The Sunbird nuclear fusion rocket concept has the potential to more than halve the time to travel to Mars and cut travel time to Pluto to about four years, the UK's Pulsar Fusion says.

UK-based classification society and professional advisory service Lloyd's Register announced it is to use generative AI to advance the application of nuclear technology in maritime in collaboration with Microsoft.

A new paper - jointly published by Core Power, NorthStandard and Lloyd's Register - highlights how the UK can leverage its world-class expertise in nuclear technology and maritime innovation to lead the global shift toward nuclear-powered shipping.

South Korea's HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering has unveiled a nuclear-powered container ship model utilising small modular reactor technology.