The Urenco-led U-Battery consortium has completed the first stage of Canadian Nuclear Laboratories’ (CNL) invitation to site a first-of-a-kind small modular reactor (SMR) at the Chalk River site. It is the fourth reactor design to do so. World-nuclear-news.org

Rolls-Royce has today welcomed the UK government’s decision to advance its small modular reactor programme. The government says it will commit GBP18.0 million (USD22.4 million) of initial funds to support the development of the power plant as part of the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund, subject to final confirmation in the early autumn. World-nuclear-news.org

FirstEnergy’s Perry Nuclear Power Plant had an Emergency Shutdown Saturday, Still Not in Operation. Clevescene.com

Poland’s foreign ministry said on Friday that Russia bears full responsibility for the collapse of the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF), after the United States formally withdrew from the landmark 1987 pact. Reuters.com