Fermi Energia has launched a feasibility study on the suitability of small modular reactors for Estonia’s 2030+ electricity supply and climate goals, following a financing round of EUR260,000 (USD290,076) from investors and shareholders. World-nuclear-news.org Rosenergoatom, the operator of Russia's Leningrad nuclear power plant, has strengthened operational safety in response to the findings of an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) review in 2017, a follow-up mission has concluded. The team encouraged the operator to pursue continuous improvement. World-nuclear-news.org Framatome said Wednesday it had received a voucher from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Gateway for Accelerated Innovation in Nuclear program (GAIN) to support development of Lightbridge Fuel in collaboration with Idaho National Laboratory (INL). Nuclearstreet.com Russia’s state nuclear corporation Rosatom plans to obtain permits for the construction of a nuclear power plant in Uzbekistan by the end of 2020 and to begin pouring first concrete at the turn of 2020-2021, state news agency Tass has reported. Nucnet.org