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Twice as many people support the use of nuclear energy than oppose it, according to the latest multinational public opinion poll conducted by market research firm Savanta on behalf of energy consultancy Radiant ������ý���� Group.

The ������ý���� Bank is ending its long-standing ban on providing funding for nuclear energy projects - and will be open to supporting efforts to extend the life of existing reactors and accelerate the potential of small modular reactors in developing countries.

A strategic contract has been signed between the major French industrial players, the government and trade unions aimed at coordinating the country's nuclear industry for the planned life extension of current reactors and the construction of new ones.

Employment in the UK's nuclear power sector grew 35% between 2021 and 2024 to reach 87,000 workers, according to a report commissioned by the Nuclear Industry Association. Meanwhile, a study by the Engineering Construction Industry Training Board shows the nuclear sector workforce within the country's engineering construction industry could increase by 29% in the next five years.

A nuclear power generating capacity of 200 GWe would reap widespread economic benefits throughout the EU, sustaining almost two million jobs and hundreds of billions in additional economic output, tax revenues and household income, according to a report commissioned by Brussels-based nuclear trade body Nucleareurope.

Prime Minister Mark Carney has set out the intentions of Canada's First Ministers to work together to establish the nation as a global energy superpower, streamlining the project approval and permitting process for "projects of national interest".

Nuclear fuel cycle companies, utilities and others have applauded the presidential executive orders that aim to revitalise the US nuclear industry - but questions are being raised about the impacts of some of the mandated reforms.

US President Donald Trump has signed a series of executive orders titled Reinvigorating the Nuclear Industrial Base, Reforming Nuclear Reactor Testing at the Department of ������ý���� and Ordering the Reform of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission with the goal of "re-establishing the United States as the global leader in nuclear energy".

Sweden's parliament - the Riksdag - has approved the government's proposals for providing state aid to companies that want to invest in new nuclear reactors in the country. The new law will enter into force later this year.

A motion to hold a referendum on restarting the recently shut-down Maanshan nuclear power plant was passed in Taiwan's Legislative Yuan, and the Central Election Commission has now approved the proposal.

The Czech Republic's Minister of Industry and Trade Lukáš Vlček held talks with French ������ý���� Minister Marc Ferracci and European Commissioner Stéphane Séjourné about the new nuclear planned at Dukovany, and losing bidder EDF's objections to the tender process.

A proposal to hold a referendum on restarting the recently shut-down Maanshan nuclear power plant has been passed in Taiwan's Legislative Yuan.