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Increased Investments Could Lower SMR Cost to Competitive Levels by 2050

SMRs can be a viable competitor with renewable energy, Wood Mackenzie noted.Increasing investments in advanced nuclear technologies, such as small modular react…

SMR

Last Energy Secures Ppas for 34 SMR Nuclear Power Plants in Poland and the UK

Last Energy, a U.S.-based micro modular nuclear technology firm and project developer, has secured power purchase agreements (PPAs) for 34 PWR-20 small modular …

Nuclear Reactor

TVA, OPG, Synthos Team to Shape Standard Design for Bwrx-300 Nuclear Reactors

The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), Ontario Power Generation (OPG), and Synthos Green Energy (SGE) will collaborate to shape a standard design for GE-Hitachi …

Nuclear Reactor

BWXT to Manufacture Bwrx-300 Reactor Vessel

Cambridge, Ontario-based nuclear engineering firm BWX Technologies (BWXT) has been contracted by GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) to provide engineering analysis…

SMR

Finland, Sweden and Ukraine consider Rolls-Royce SMRs

Britain's Rolls-Royce SMR has signed memorandums of understanding (MoUs) to explore the deployment of its small modular reactor (SMR) in Finland and Sweden,…

SMR

Urenco Exits U-Battery Micro-Reactor Project

Urenco has announced that it is withdrawing its support for the U-Battery advanced modular reactor (AMR) project "having exhausted its attempts to secure the co…

Nuclear Power Plant

USA, Indonesia Announce Partnership on SMRs

The USA and Indonesia have announced a strategic partnership to help Indonesia develop its nuclear energy programme, supporting Indonesia's interest in depl…

Nuclear Technology

UK Space Agency Funds Rolls-Royce Nuclear Micro-Reactor for Moon Base

Humans could maintain a continuous presence on the Moon with a UK Space Agency-supported nuclear Micro-Reactor being developed by scientists and engineers at Ro…

Nuclear Technology

BWRX-300 Becomes First SMR to Clear Two Phases of Canadian Nuclear Design Review

GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy’s (GEH’s) BWRX-300 design has cleared the first two phases of the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission’s (CNSC) Vendor…

Nuclear Power Plant

UK Classes Nuclear as ‘Environmentally Sustainable’ and Unveils SMR Support

But Budget announcement to group nuclear with renewables divides energy sectorThe future for nuclear energy in the UK was given a significant boost yesterday by…

SMR

Nuscale Places First Long-Lead Material Production Order With Doosan

A rendering of a NuScale VOYGR plant. (Image: NuScale)NuScale Power, the Portland, Ore.–based small modular reactor developer, announced last week that it…

SMR

Rolls-Royce SMR: What Industry Needs Is Not Just Stem but Steam

Scouring the standard recruitment pools for engineers will not be sufficient to meet the recruitment needs for a new generation of SMR development. Instead, the…

SMR

Canada Launches $30 Million Small Modular Reactor Funding Program

(A rendering of GE-Hitachi’s BWRX-300 SMR, which is proposed for the Darlington new nuclear site. The reactor would be Canada’s first SMR. Image cou…

SMR

Westinghouse Begins Joint Licensing Process for Microreactor in Us and Canada

Image: The Westinghouse eVinci microreactor is perfectly suited to provide power in remote locations (courtesy of Westinghouse)Westinghouse Electric Company has…

Nuclear Technology

Poland’s Industria Selects Rolls-Royce SMR for Green Energy Projects

Polish industrial group Industria has signed a memorandum of intent (MOI) with Rolls-Royce SMR to deploy small modular reactors (SMRs) in Poland. Government-own…