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Romania’s Nuclearelectrica Sees Preliminary Decision on Smr Plant in 2025

Romania expects to make a preliminary final investment decision next year on whether to build a small modular reactor plant (SMR), which could become Europe&rsq…

SMR

X-Energy Opens First Training Centre for SMR Operators

The centre includes a full-scale plant control room simulator, Reactor Protection System prototype, and virtual reality experience as well as offices and classr…

SMR

Transatlantic Collaboration on SMR Regulation Expanded

A trilateral memorandum of cooperation has been signed between the British, Canadian and US nuclear regulators to collaborate on technical reviews of advanced r…

SMR

UK-Polish Partnership for SMR Deployment in Poland

Polish industrial group Industria has signed a letter of intent with UK-based zero emissions energy and technology developer Chiltern Vital Group to collaborate…

SMR

Exclusive: Holtec Seeks UK Site for 600 Mln Pound Small Nuclear Reactor Factory

The British arm of U.S. nuclear firm Holtec International will on Friday launch a competition to find a site for a 600 million pound ($767.04 million) factory i…

SMR

Holtec and Hyundai E&C Partner With British Firms to Advance UK SMR Bid

South Korea's Hyundai Engineering & Construction, the USA's Holtec International and British construction company Balfour Beatty and engineering firm Mo…

Nuclear Technology

British Company Pioneers New Nuclear Welding Technique

Sheffield Forgemasters has completed weld-assembly of a full-sized small modular reactor (SMR) nuclear vessel demonstrator assembly using Local Electron-Beam We…

Nuclear Reactor

Holtec Unveils Hybrid Nuclear-Solar Power Plant Design

Holtec International has announced a new power plant design which combines the benefits of nuclear with those of solar. The Combined Nuclear/Solar Plant (CNSP) …

SMR

Saskpower-GEH Agreement to Advance SMR Development

Canadian Utility SaskPower and GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) have signed an agreement to advance small modular reactor (SMR) development in Saskatchewan. In J…

SMR

SMR Completes Canadian Design Review Milestones

Canadian regulators have concluded that there are no fundamental barriers to licensing the Xe-100 small modular reactor, X-Energy Reactor Company has announced.…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

IAEA Welcomes Action on Back-up Power at Zaporizhzhia

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) says a new system to ensure an immediate supply of back-up electricity if the main external line fails is a signif…

Carbon Emissions

Estonian Report Backs Nuclear's Climate Goals Potential

The Estonian government's Nuclear Energy Working Group has concluded that introducing nuclear energy to the country would help to meet climate goals and inc…

SMR

Nuscale SMR Meets Polish Safety Requirements, Says Regulator

NuScale Power's NPM-20 small modular reactor (SMR) technology is compliant with Polish nuclear safety and radiological protection standards, the president o…

SMR

New Brunswick Releases Energy Strategy With SMR Focus

The strategy outlining how the province aims to transition to clean energy calls for the addition of 600 MWe of capacity at the Point Lepreau Nuclear Generation…

Nuclear Reactor

Nuclear Included in NZIA by European Council

The European Council has adopted its position on the proposed Net-Zero Industry Act (NZIA), which is intended to bolster Europe's manufacturing output in te…