Rosatom’s first uranium-plutonium fuel for VVER reactors was REMIX fuel – its pilot operation was successfully completed at the Balakovo in March.

Rolls-Royce SMR was selected as the UK government's preferred technology for the country's first small modular reactor (SMR) project in June last year, and GBP2.6 billion was allocated in the 2025 Spending Review to enable this contract and wider programme delivery.

Rosatom is already developing the lunar NPP. A prototype of the system, called “Selena”, will be ready by 2032, the President of the Kurchatov Institute, Mikhail Kovalchuk, told a scientific conference at the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

The Russian state nuclear corporation has "extensive experience collaborating with Brazil in the nuclear fuel cycle, primarily in the supply of enriched uranium for fuel production at the Angra Nuclear Power Plant, as well as services for the conversion of Brazilian uranium. The signed agreement lays the foundation for expanding this partnership".

Japan’s National Institute for Quantum Science and Technology (QST) has accelerated its timeline for a prototype fusion reactor.

Under an MoU on cooperation in the field of energy signed in October 2024 between KHNP and the Philippine Department of Energy, KHNP agreed to conduct a feasibility study to evaluate the possible start up of the mothballed Bataan plant.

The Innovative Small Modular Reactor (i-SMR) - being developed by a consortium led by Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) and the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI) - is an integrated pressurised water reactor type nuclear power plant with an electrical output of 170 MW for both domestic use and export.

Rosatom later reported that in meetings on Monday, Likhachev also held talks with Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić "during which they discussed expanding cooperation in nuclear energy, attracting Serbian companies to Rosatom's international projects, and training Serbian applicants in nuclear fields at Russian universities".  

India has a target to expand its nuclear energy capacity to 100 GW by 2047. It plans to achieve this by a two-pronged approach, with the deployment of large-capacity reactors as well as small modular reactors (SMRs).

Situated in Al Ruwais Industrial City, Abu Dhabi, the 9.6 Mt/year Ruwais LNG project is expected to begin commercial operations in 2028.

The MoU was signed by Rosatom CEO Alexei Likhachev and the President of the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran Mohammad Eslami.

Uzbekistan says that it aims to have completed the design for the SMR project by the end of this year so that the "main phase of its implementation can begin in 2026".

The contract, worth CNY4.2bn ($594m), was awarded to a joint group of companies, China Energy Engineering Jiangsu Electric Power Construction No 3 Company and China National Nuclear Huachen Construction Engineering Company. They will build the nuclear islands, their auxiliary systems and part of the equipment for the balance of the station.

Russia sold 35 billion bcm of gas to the European Union in 2024, which positioned Russia as Europe’s largest gas supplier. Gas has not been subjected to EU sanctions, although the EU has stated it wishes to cut off all Russian gas supplies by 2027. Iran’s gas consumption potential can more than make up the difference and is also likely to spur Iranian industrial development.

Korea Electric Power Corporation (Kepco) and Vietnam’s state-owned energy company, Petrovietnam (PVN), also signed an MOU to develop a workforce for the nuclear power industry in the Vietnam, which plans to build four nuclear reactors by 2035.