US energy major Westinghouse Electric company (WEC) and Nucelar Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) signed an MoU for starting discussions on techno-commercial aspects to set up six to eight AP1000 type nuclear power reactors in India. AP1000 is a pressurised water reactor, which is the trademark of Westinghouse Electric Co.

Flowserve Corp of the US has signed a joint venture agreement with China's SUFA Technology Industry Co Ltd to produce safety-related valves for the Chinese nuclear power industry in Beijing.

Reliance Industries Ltd Chairman and Managing Director Mukesh Ambani is strengthening his hold on the mineral of the future, uranium, in the Australian region which has the bulk of uranium reserves in the world.

Equipos Nucleares SA (Ensa) who operates a facility in Maliano, on the northern coast of Spain will become a key supplier of reactor pressure vessels (RPVs) under a strategic agreement signed with GEH.