GE Hitachi And Kärnfull Announce SMR Cooperation in Sweden A Memorandum of Understanding on Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) has been signed between Kärnfull Next and GE Hitachi (ENS Corporate Member) for the BWRX-300, a 300-megawatt water-cooled, natural circulation SMR with passive safety systems. The model leverages the design and licensing basis of larger boiling water reactors,…
Rolls Royce SMRs Expected To Power UK’s National Grid by 2029 Rolls-Royce is to start building parts for its small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs) in anticipation of receiving regulatory approval from the British government by 2024, the chairman of Rolls-Royce SMR, Paul Stein, has told the Reuters news agency. Mr. Stein also said he hoped the…
Tractebel To Support France’s NUWARD SMR Project Tractebel (ENS Corporate Member) will provide engineering services to deliver NUWARD ™, a small modular reactor technology. The construction of the reference plant is expected to start in 2030 and its deployment will contribute to meeting growing European demand for carbon-neutral, safe, and affordable electricity. Tractebel’s experts will…
Westinghouse To Advance Micro-Reactors Deployment In North America Westinghouse Electric Company (ENS Corporate Member) is signing several Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) with North American research centres and universities to advance micro-reactors deployment in Canada and USA. Canada Westinghouse and the Saskatchewan Research Council (SRC) will jointly develop a project to locate an eVinci™ micro-reactor in…
SCK CEN Receives Government Funding To Lead SMR Research Belgium’s SCK CEN nuclear research centre (ENS Corporate Member) will receive a budget of €100 million from the Federal Government to conduct research into small modular reactors (SMRs). In 1952, SCK CEN was created to promote nuclear energy in Belgium and launch the Belgian atomic age.…
Romania Studies The Deployment Of Europe’s First SMR By 2028 Romania’s state nuclear power corporation Nuclearelectrica announced a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed with NuScale Power LLC to conduct engineering studies, technical reviews, and licensing and permitting activities at a site in Doicesti (Romania) that is the preferred location for the deployment of the first NuScale…
GEH Small Modular Reactor Selected For Future Deployment In Canada GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) (ENS Corporate Member) BWRX-300 small modular reactor (SMR) has been selected by SaskPower for potential deployment in the mid-2030s in Saskatchewan, Canada. Advanced nuclear technologies like the BWRX-300 are a key pillar of GE’s energy transition leadership. The BWRX-300 is a 300…
Vattenfall Begins Feasibility Study On SMR Deployment At Ringhals Swedish company Vattenfall (ENS Corporate Member) announced it will be starting work on a pilot study on the feasibility of deployment of at least two small modular reactor (SMR) units at the site of the Ringhals nuclear power plant. Vattenfall said the study is focusing on…
Poland’s National Atomic Energy Agency Received Applications for SMRs Two applications have been submitted to Poland’s National Atomic Energy Agency (Państwowa Agencja Atomistyki, PAA) for the assessment of Small Modular Reactor (SMR) technology. The National Atomic Energy Agency (PAA) said Orlen Synthos Green Energy and KGHM had both submitted application documents on 8 July. Orlen’s…
GEH And TVA To Cooperate On BWRX-300 SMR Deployment In The US GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH, ENS Corporate Member) and Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) signed an agreement to support the planning and the preliminary licensing for the potential deployment of a BWRX-300 small modular reactor (SMR) at the Clinch River site, near Oak Ridge…