Monday, 21 September 2026

Cambridge Vacuum Engineering has signed a memorandum of understanding with Cambridge Atomworks to collaborate on a nuclear microreactor, according to no2nuclearpower.org.uk. The publication described Cambridge Atomworks as a nuclear engineering start-up focused on delivering the microreactor.

Separately, the U.S. Army's Janus program has approved five companies to each build a microreactor for one of five military bases, according to the Brookings Register.

Vietnam used its national statement at the 70th Regular Session of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) General Conference in Austria to restate its commitment to civilian nuclear power, linking the programme to energy security and economic growth, according to remarks by Nguyen Hoang Linh, director of the Vietnam Agency for Radiation and Nuclear Safety.

Linh told delegates the country is executing a national atomic energy roadmap that runs to 2035, with a longer vision to 2050. Preparatory work is under way for the Ninh Thuan nuclear power projects, a nuclear science and technology centre, and a new research reactor.

On safeguards, the Vietnamese statement said projects will be run transparently, with safety, security and non-proliferation treated as top conditions for implementation.