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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 tinyurl.com/28axyp54

Fabrication of the reactor core for the Project Pele prototype mobile microreactor - the first microreactor to be built and operated in the USA - has begun at  @BWXT's Innovation Campus in Lynchburg, Virginia #nuclear tinyurl.com/mrpvm7sd

The US @NRCgov has approved a series of licensing and regulatory actions that will allow fuel loading at @holtecintl's Palisades #nuclear power plant, which it plans to restart by the end of this year tinyurl.com/kdn27wyz

The energy ministers of France and Belgium have signed a declaration of intent for the two countries to deepen their cooperation on #nuclear energy. The move comes after Belgium decided to reverse its nuclear phase-out policy tinyurl.com/2s7y2y6z

US-based Deep Geo Inc and South Africa-based Allweld Nuclear & Industrial have signed a memorandum of understanding to support the development of new #nuclear power capacity in Africa tinyurl.com/mrev6c5f

Workers have begun the pre-assembly of the first tier of the internal containment building for what will be the seventh unit at the Leningrad #nuclear power plant tinyurl.com/yppyurx8

Cold hydrostatic testing has been completed at unit 7 of the Tianwan #nuclear power plant in China's Jiangsu province. The tests mark the first time the reactor systems are operated together with the auxiliary systems tinyurl.com/nhdfspzk

The Palisades on-site training department has achieved full accreditation from the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations - a prerequisite for the planned restart of the US #nuclear power plant by the end of this year tinyurl.com/spnb4cb3

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 tinyurl.com/bdxkpxbw

Norway's Ocean-Power and Danish #nuclear technology company @CphAtomics have signed an MoU to jointly study the potential for producing electricity and heat in Norway using thorium-based molten salt reactors tinyurl.com/mf3avaae

The #fusion industry raised USD2.64 billion in private and public funding in the 12 months to July 2025, according to the latest annual Global Fusion Industry Report from @Fusion_Industry #nuclear tinyurl.com/spuybb25

.@oklo is to collaborate with @Vertiv on advanced power and thermal management solutions tailored specifically for hyperscale and co-location data centres, powered by steam and electricity from Oklo's advanced #nuclear power plants tinyurl.com/43356fwc

.@BWXT has installed all the equipment required for the production of Uranium Nitride TRISO fuel for advanced #nuclear reactors at its Technology Centre in Lynchburg, Virginia tinyurl.com/bdht2xct

The latest edition of the @OECD_NEA's Small Modular Reactor Dashboard reports growing interest around the world with 51 SMR designs involved in pre-licensing or licensing processes and 85 active discussions between SMR developers and site owners #nuclear tinyurl.com/yzmktrj7

Viewpoint: Wietse Smit, research and development manager, @urencoglobal, looks at the potential, and the challenges, ahead for role of medical isotopes in theranostics #nuclear tinyurl.com/bdhecdvk

The first stage of design work on a prototype molten salt reactor has been completed, Russian state #nuclear corporation @RosatomGlobal has said tinyurl.com/y2n9dz23

Japanese utility Kansai Electric Power Co (@KANDEN_Official) plans to conduct surveys of the Mihama #nuclear power plant site in Fukui Prefecture to determine if a new reactor could be build there tinyurl.com/4wcwc2hj

UK Energy Secretary Ed Miliband has signed the final investment decision for the Sizewell C #nuclear power plant in Suffolk, England tinyurl.com/5n79nptm

.@EDFofficiel subsidiary Arabelle Solutions is to supply turbine island equipment for the first BWRX-300 small modular reactor project at the Darlington site in Ontario, Canada #nuclear tinyurl.com/cte4sza6

Poland's @ORLEN_Synthos has signed a letter of intent with Canada's @OPG to collaborate on a framework for the commercial development and operation of BWRX-300 reactors in Poland #nuclear tinyurl.com/365aenvd