The UK fusion energy sector is entering a decisive transition from laboratory development to industrial-scale delivery, driven by rising private investment, sustained government backing, and an evolving regulatory framework designed to support deployment, speakers said at the NextGen Nuclear Summit, held in London.

The first-ever national nuclear strategy released by the Canadian government outlines a vision of new nuclear builds, as well as expanded uranium production, and a strengthened supply chain, as the nation works towards its ambition to become an "energy superpower".
 

Valar Atomics' Ward 250 advanced reactor has completed a zero-power fuelled criticality demonstration, becoming the second to meet the 4 July deadline for the US Department of Energy’s Reactor Pilot Program.
 

The Japan Atomic Energy Agency, the UK's National Nuclear Laboratory and Rolls-Royce have signed trilateral memorandums of cooperation on advancing High-Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactors and the coated particle fuel to power them.
 

The US Department of Energy has formally approved Xcimer Energy's preconceptual design and technology development roadmap milestone for Athena, the company's architecture for fusion power plants.
 

The Japan Atomic Energy Agency and Kazakhstan's National Nuclear Centre have agreed to a new phase of their joint core safety experiments of fast reactors, which focus on severe accident mitigation measures for demonstration fast reactors.
 

An advanced testing facility where molten salt reactor technologies can be developed and tested has been launched at the High Tech Campus in Eindhoven, in the province of North Brabant in the Netherlands.
 

The ITER Organization has announced the start of operations at its Magnet Cold Test Facility following the successful cooldown of the first magnet coil to 4 Kelvin, or minus 269°C.
 

France-headquartered innovative reactor developer Newcleo announced that the main vessel for its PRECURSOR non-nuclear demonstrator has been installed at the ENEA Brasimone Research Centre, near Bologna, Italy.