Vattenfall Shortlisted Two SMR Technologies for Ringhals Vattenfall (ENS Corporate Member) has decided to shortlist Rolls-Royce SMR and GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (also ENS Corporate Member) among six potential suppliers of small modular reactors (SMR) for new nuclear reactors next to the nuclear power plant in Ringhals, Sweden. The next steps will involve a detailed…
Nuclear energy will power Google, Amazon, and Microsoft’s server farms! How? And what’s the story behind it? Important developments in nuclear energy – big international tech companies are turning to small modular reactors, investing in SMR technology The last few weeks have been extremely busy for international nuclear news. One after another, big technology companies…
Tractebel To Support Steady Energy Developing LDR-50 SMR Tractebel (ENS Corporate Member) signed a contract with Finnish technology developer Steady Energy to provide engineering services to develop Steady Energy’s LDR-50 SMR, aimed at providing clean district heating and industrial steam. Steady Energy has already struck agreements for 15 reactors in Finland and is expanding to…
Deep Atomic Joins ENS As A New Corporate Member Following the approval of the General Assembly of ENS, we are glad to announce that Deep Atomic has joined the European Nuclear Society as a new Corporate Member, effective 12th December 2024. It is great to see the ENS community growing and cooperating with the top European companies in the nuclear…
EDF, Edison and ENEA To Partner On Innovative Nuclear Technologies EDF (ENS Corporate Member), Edison, and ENEA (the Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Development) announced the signature of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on innovative nuclear technologies. The MoU aims to collaborate on the industrial applications of small modular reactors (SMRs). In…
Tractebel To Support HEXANA In Developing Its SMR Tractebel (ENS Corporate Member) signed a new partnership to support the French start-up HEXANA in developing its design of a Small Modular Reactor (SMR). HEXANA, a spin-off from CEA (ENS Corporate Member), aims to develop an SMR featuring a sodium-cooled fast neutron reactor, integrated with a high-temperature storage device.…
NRG PALLAS Supporting The Development Of Kairos Power SMR Fleet NRG PALLAS (ENS Corporate Member) has signed a major contract with Kairos Power to assess materials and fuels that will be used in its Small Modular Reactor (SMR) fleet. Kairos Power will build a number of Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) for Google data centres to…
Deep Atomic Enters U.S. NRC Pre-Application Process for MK60 SMR Design Certification Deep Atomic (ENS Corporate Member) officially announces that it has entered the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Pre-Application Process for Design Certification of its flagship MK60 Small Modular Reactor (SMR). The engagement with the NRC’s design certification process will help inform final design…