This is part of the GBP1.7 billion of new direct government funding to develop a large-scale nuclear project announced in October.

Germany, which has the European Union’s biggest economy, and other countries intend restarting mothballed coal-fired power plants and extending the life of their nuclear power plants to reduce their reliance on Russian gas and coal following its invasion of Ukraine.

Ghana's Ministry of Energy is developing a National Energy Transition Plan that will help the country move to cleaner energy, with nuclear power playing a critical role as a base.

Under the blueprint for the country’s electricity supply through 2036, South Korea plans to produce 201.7 TWh of electricity thanks to nuclear power by 2030.

In July 2019, Fermi Energia announced it would conduct a feasibility study on the deployment of SMRs in Estonia.

"Today, the Paks II NPP project is taking another leap forward," said Hungary's Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó. "The construction licence confirms that the project complies with the international and Hungarian safety requirements. It is entirely feasible that Hungary will have two new power units by 2030, thus ensuring the stability of energy supply."

Alexander Korchagin, Atomstroyexport senior vice president for NPP construction project management, said the El Dabaa project - where construction formally began last month - is an attractive project for international companies. KHNP is joining a pool of qualified participants in the construction works, including major Egyptian companies, he added.

The station, as stated in the technical specification, must operate at temperatures from minus 60 to plus 40 degrees Celsius. The Automated Control and Management System (ACS) must ensure stable operation of the reactor or its shutdown without the participation of operational personnel.

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has recently called for Japan to work to restart its idled nuclear power reactors and to look into an expansion of nuclear energy as the country tackles a crisis of tight power supply and demand.

In December, the Netherlands' new coalition government placed nuclear power at the heart of its climate and energy policy.