An exemption granted by the US regulator means Holtec can go ahead with certain works before the issuance of a Limited Work Authorisation for two small modular reactor units at the Palisades Energy Center in Michigan.
 

The Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand has signed an agreement with the US Trade and Development Agency for a feasibility study on the deployment of US small modular reactor technologies in Thailand.
 

The European Investment Bank is to invest up to EUR40 million (USD46 million) in Finland's small modular reactor company Steady Energy, whose LDR-50 reactor is designed specifically for district heating networks.
 

China Atomic Energy Authority has launched the Global Network for SMR Innovation with the aim of supporting small modular reactor technology progress, standards and deployment "helping make nuclear energy safer, more affordable and more accessible in support of climate action and sustainable development".
 

Westinghouse says the completion of zero-power high-temperature criticality testing for the microreactor, which saw it reach criticality at 663 degrees Celsius, is a defining milestone in the programme's build-test-learn development journey.
 

The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero has directed UK regulators to begin the Generic Design Assessment of the X-energy Xe-100 high-temperature gas-cooled reactor, after completing reviews of X-energy UK Holdings Ltd's application.
 

A commercially owned and operated micromodular reactor is to be installed at Naval Weapons Station Crane, becoming the US Navy's first shore-based advanced micromodular reactor as well as the state of Indiana's first power-producing reactor.
 

A full-sized prototype of the canister that will hold the Gravity reactor has been installed and then retrieved from a borehole using standard equipment already in commercial service in the drilling industry.

The CEO of French fuel cycle company Orano says he expects the company will be producing "multi-million pounds" of uranium per year from its operations in Mongolia by the end of the decade, as senior leaders discussed advances in the entire nuclear value chain at World Nuclear Symposium 2026.