More than 20 countries at COP28 pledged to work towards tripling global nuclear power capacity to reach net-zero by 2050.

Japanese start-up Helical Fusion aims to launch the world’s first steady-state nuclear fusion reactor in 2034 and to begin commercial operations in the 2040s,

The Sizewell C Devex Scheme has a total value of GBP5.5bn (€7.2bn) and it is expected to provide the greater flexibility to cover development expenditure costs up to and including FID, subject to appropriate Value for Money (VfM) assessments and approvals at the relevant time.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, in her July Union budget announced that the Centre would partner with the private sector to establish Bharat Small Reactors and for research and development of SMRs.

Switzerland currently has four nuclear reactors generating about one-third of its electricity. They all have an unlimited operating licence and can be operated as long as they are safe.

The Czech SMR roadmap, published and approved in 2023, sets out options for technology suppliers and identifies 45 potential sites as well as investor models. Its vision is for SMRs to complement large nuclear units from 2030s-40s onwards.

From 2019 to 2023, the number of new reactors approved in China was six, four, five, 10 and 10 respectively, "showing an overall positive, safe and orderly development momentum", state-run China Energy News reported.

In 2023, nuclear power generation increased by 2% despite a slight decrease in total installed capacity.

Implementation of the New General Scheme (Novoi Genskhemi) for the placement of generating capacities will support economic growth in the Urals, the Far East and Siberia, Rosatom said in a statement.

According to World Nuclear Association, exploration in the 1970s and 1980s showed that Brazil has reasonably assured resources of 210,000 tonnes of uranium. However, there has been little investment in exploration since the mid-1980s.

Kudankulam NPP will comprise six units with VVER-1000 reactors. Work began following an intergovernmental agreement between India and Russia signed in 1988.

Rosatom Director General Alexey Likhachev initiated a telephone conversation with IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi on 9 August to discuss the situation around the Kursk NPP.

The IAEA has been monitoring the situation on the reported military activities taking place in the vicinity of the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant (NPP).

According to Russian customs data, the Russia-India bilateral trade volume hit a record US$23.1 billion in the first four months of the current year, marking a 10% rise versus the same period in 2023.

Стороны обсудили широкий круг вопросов развития кооперации в нефтяной, газовой, угольной, атомной и электроэнергетической сферах, а также в области возобновляемых источников энергии и декарбонизации энергетики.