Small modular reactor

Nuclear Reactor

GE Hitachi and Estonia Energy Firm Expand Small Modular Reactor Project

GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy and Estonia-based Fermi Energia OÜ are teaming up to complete due diligence before installing a BWRX-300 small modular reactor in tha…

Nuclear Power Plant

Rolls-Royce and Fermi Energia Sign SMR MOU

Rolls-Royce and Fermi Energia have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to study the potential for the deployment of small modular reactors in Estonia.

Nuclear Reactor

GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy Advances Efforts to License BWRX-300 Small Modular Reactor

GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy today announced that it continues to make significant progress in its efforts to license the BWRX-300 small modular reactor in the U.S…

Nuclear Reactor

Estonia’s Fermi Energia Seeks $1m to Launch SMR Planning Procedure

The new call for funding aims to complete a series of investments of €2.5 million ($3m) required to formally launch the planning project for deployment of a sm…

Energy Investment

New Brunswick Announces Funds for SMR Development

New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs has announced a further CAD20 million of funding towards the next phase of small modular reactor development in the province.

Nuclear Technology

US Awards Grant to Romania’s Nuclearelectrica for SMRs

The US Trade and Development Agency awarded a grant to Romania’s nuclear energy authority, Societatea National Nuclearelectrica.

Nuclear Policy

US Order Promotes SMRs for Space Exploration and Defence

This includes directives to demonstrate the use of microreactors on military bases and also to ensure a viable US-origin supply of high-assay low-enriched urani…

Nuclear Power Plant

Canada Releases National Small Modular Reactor Action Plan

Canada Minister of Natural Resources Seamus O’Regan, released a national SMR Action Plan, which responds to the 53 recommendations identified in Canada’s SMR …

Poland

Exelon Completes SMR Feasibility Study for Polish Programme

Synthos Green Energy has announced the completion of a deployment feasibility study for the implementation of a fleet of GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy BWRX-300 smal…

Nuclear Power Plant

Rolls-Royce Agrees Sale of I&C Business to Framatome

British engineering firm Rolls-Royce announced today that it has signed an agreement to sell its civil nuclear instrumentation and control business to France's …

United States

GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy BWRX-300 Small Modular Reactor Achieves US Licensing Milestone

The LTR, which was submitted to the NRC in December 2019, forms the basis for the dramatic simplification of the BWRX-300.

Nuclear Power Plant

OPG Completes Defuelling of Darlington Reactor

The refurbishment of unit 3 began in September, after a four-month postponement due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Nuclear Power Plant

Vattenfall Extends SMR Cooperation with Fermi Energia

Swedish utility Vattenfall and Estonia's Fermi Energia have signed a Letter-of-Intent to further expand their cooperation on small modular reactors.

SMR

What are Small Modular Nuclear Reactors?

Small modular reactors could allow energy developers to build smaller nuclear plants than conventional construction would.

SMR

Fluor and Sargent & Lundy Partner to Design New SMR Reactors

Two major energy engineering, procurement and construction firms will collaborate on marketing and design services for future nuclear small modular reactor powe…