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Burns & McDonnell to Advance BWXT Microreactor Development

US construction firm Burns & McDonnell has entered into an agreement with BWX Technologies Inc to further the design and development of the BWXT Advanced Nuclea…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

More Funding for Rolls-Royce Space Microreactor

Rolls-Royce has secured an additional GBP4.8 million (USD6.2 million) in funding from the UK Space Agency to advance the development and demonstration of key te…

SMR

Last Energy to Advise NATO on Microreactors

US microreactor developer Last Energy has formed a partnership with the NATO Energy Security Centre of Excellence (ENSEC COE) to jointly research military appli…

Nuclear Reactor

US Microreactor Developer Goes Public

NANO Nuclear Energy Inc said it intends to use the net proceeds from its initial public offering (IPO) to continue R&D of its proprietary ZEUS and ODIN microrea…

Nuclear Reactor

US Companies Sign up With Oklo for Microreactor Power

Oil and gas producer Diamondback Energy Inc has signed a letter of intent on a long-term power purchase agreement to use Oklo's Aurora 'powerhouses'…

Nuclear Reactor

Canadian Partnership for Microreactor Deployment

Prodigy Clean Energy and Des Nëdhé Group - an Indigenous Economic Development Corporation - have signed a memorandum of understanding to develop opp…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Westinghouse and Prodigy Collaborate on Floating Nuclear Plant

The aim is for a first project in Canada by 2030 for a Prodigy marine-based transportable nuclear power plant (TNPP) featuring Westinghouse eVinci microreactors…

Nuclear Reactor

TRIGA International to Produce Fuel for US Microreactor

TRIGA International - a joint venture between Framatome and General Atomics - has been awarded a contract to fabricate TRIGA-like fuel for the US Department of …

Nuclear Reactor

Saskatchewan Government Announces Microreactor Funding

The province is providing CAD80 million (USD59 million) for the Saskatchewan Research Council to pursue the demonstration of a microreactor in Saskatchewan, wit…

Nuclear Reactor

Philippines Considers Deploying USNC Microreactors

The Philippines' largest electric distribution utility, the Manila Electric Company (Meralco), has signed a cooperation agreement with Ultra Safe Nuclear Co…

Nuclear Reactor

Transportable Microreactor Project Gets US DOE Support

(Image: X-energy)The agreement has been awarded through the DOE's Office of Nuclear Energy and supports X-energy’s continuing work on architecture and…

SMR

Three Microreactor Designs Selected for US Test Bed Experiments

Radiant, Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation and Westinghouse have been awarded US Department of Energy funding totalling USD3.9 million for front-end engineering an…

Nuclear Reactor

US microreactor apparatus begins tests

Tests now under way using an electric-powered prototype of the US Department of Energy's (DOE) MARVEL microreactor will demonstrate the natural circulation …

Nuclear Reactor

X-Energy to Develop Second Project Pele Microreactor Design

The US Department of Defense (DOD) has awarded a contract option to X-energy, LLC to develop an enhanced engineering design for a transportable microreactor sui…

Nuclear Reactor

BWXT to Evaluate Microreactor Deployment in Wyoming

BWX Technologies Inc has been contracted by the Wyoming Energy Authority (WEA) to assess the viability of deploying microreactors in the state. The value of the…