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Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Nuscale SMR Simulator Opens in Romania

The first simulator for the control room of a NuScale VOYGR small modular reactor (SMR) power plant in Europe has opened at the University Politehnica of Buchar…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

In Quotes: Nuward’s Renaud Crassous on SMR Plans

In an interview for the World Nuclear News podcast, the President and CEO of Nuward, Renaud Crassous, explained EDF's decision to set up a wholly-owned subs…

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SMR Shows Promise for Campus Use, Study Finds

An ongoing study of the feasibility of using advanced nuclear reactors to power Purdue University's West Lafayette campus in Indiana has found small modular…

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Dow’s Seadrift Site Selected for X-Energy SMR Project

Dow has selected its UCC Seadrift Operations manufacturing site in Texas for its proposed advanced small modular reactor (SMR) project with X-Energy Reactor Com…

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Korea Considers Deployment of Nuscale SMR for Hydrogen Production

Private power generation company GS Energy has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Uljin County in North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea, to consid…

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Holtec and Hyundai Win Korean Financial Support for SMR-160

South Korean national financial institutions K-Sure (Korea Trade Insurance Corporation) and Kexim (Export-Import Bank of Korea) have both signed agreements with…

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Doosan Starts Forging Components for Nuscale SMR

South Korea's Doosan Enerbility has begun the forging production process for the first module that will be deployed as part of a NuScale VOYGR-6 small modul…

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Holtec Deepens Relationship With South Korea for SMR Deployment

From left: Hyundai E&C president and CEO Young-joon Yoon, Holtec president and CEO Kris Singh, South Korean minister of trade, industry and energy Chang-yang Le…

Nuclear Technology

Westinghouse Unveils SMR Version of AP1000

Rendering of a Westinghouse AP300 plant. (Image: Westinghouse)At a virtual press conference this morning, Westinghouse Electric Company president and chief exec…

Nuclear Reactor

Nuscale Looks to the Philippines

Philippines President Ferdinand R Marcos Jr held a meeting with executives of US NuScale Power Corporation on the sidelines of a working visit to the Washington…

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Poland’s Orlen Synthos Green Energy Seeks Formal Approval for SMR Sites

Poland’s Orlen Synthos Green Energy (OSGE) has applied to the Ministry of Climate & Environment for a fundamental decision for six NPPs with BWRX-300 smal…

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OSGE Seeks Approval for SMRs at Six Polish Locations

Orlen Synthos Green Energy (OSGE) has submitted applications to Poland's Ministry of Climate for a decision-in-principle on the construction of power plants…

Nuclear Reactor

Ukraine Agrees to Deploy Holtec SMRs

Ukraine’s nuclear utility Energoatom and Holtec International have signed a Cooperation Agreement aimed at deploying the first SMR-160 Pilot Project in Uk…

Nuclear Reactor

Expansion of US-Korean Cooperation on SMRs

Agreements to cooperate on small modular reactors (SMRs) have been signed between South Korean and US companies during a visit by Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Holtec Inks Agreement for up to 20 SMRs in Ukraine

Kris Singh (front left), Holtec International president and chief executive officer, signs the cooperation agreement between Holtec and Ukraine’s Energoat…