An independent taskforce has called for "radical, once-in-a-generation" reform of the UK's nuclear regulatory system in order to remove regulatory barriers to new nuclear projects. The taskforce said the system has become "unnecessarily slow, inefficient and costly".
 

UK-based Rolls-Royce SMR has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Czech firm Škoda JS to explore the production of key components for a global fleet of small modular reactors.

France-headquartered innovative reactor developer Newcleo announced it is suspending its programme to develop lead-cooled fast reactors in the UK and will substantially wind down its UK activities.

US microreactor developer Last Energy said it remains on track to obtain a site licence decision by December 2027 for its South Wales project after successfully completing a Preliminary Design Review for its PWR-20 power plant design by UK nuclear regulators.

The UK Atomic Energy Authority has begun using two additive manufacturing - or 3D printing - machines that use complementary methods to manufacture highly specialised components for fusion machines.

In a world first, a robotic arm has been retrofitted and operated inside an active nuclear glovebox at Sellafield in the UK, helping to remove the risk to operators and promising to make decades-old gloveboxes safer to dispose of.

The first of four 520-tonne steam generators has been installed in the first unit of the Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant in the UK.

UK Energy Secretary Ed Miliband has signed the final investment decision for the Sizewell C nuclear power plant in Suffolk, England. The government will be the largest shareholder in the GBP38 billion (USD51 billion) project alongside EDF, Centrica, La Caisse and Amber Infrastructure.

The UK government announced plans to develop a National Policy Statement to unblock fusion energy projects, making the UK the first country in the world to develop fusion-specific planning rules.