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Nuclear Technology

Canada Commits C$970 Million to New Nuclear Power Technology

Canada will provide C$970 million ($708 million) in financing to develop a grid-scale small modular reactor (SMR), a new nuclear technology touted as a key part…

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Hyundai E&C Accelerating Commercialization of SMRs

Hyundai E&C announced on Oct. 19 that it has held a ceremony with its partner Holtec International of the United States to initiate detailed design and commerci…

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Fortum Launches Study Into New Nuclear to Meet Energy Challenges

Fortum is starting a two-year feasibility study to explore the conditions needed for new nuclear developments in Finland and Sweden.

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US, Canadian Regulators Further SMR Collaboration

The charter agreement on advanced reactor and small modular reactor (SMR) technologies formally establishes the collaborative relationship between the Canadian …

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Converting Coal Power Plants to Nuclear Gains Steam

A U.S. Department of Energy report identifies over 300 coal plants that could be swapped over

Nuclear Reactor

US Study Assesses Potential for Coal-To-Nuclear Conversion

Hundreds of coal power plant sites across the USA could be converted to nuclear plant sites, providing huge decarbonisation gains as well as bringing tangible e…

SMR

NuScale Seals New Partnerships to Accelerate Nuclear SMR Deployment

NuScale and private asset manager Habboush Group are forming a strategic alliance to advance the deployment of NuScale small modular reactor nuclear projects.

Nuclear Technology

Bill Gates’ TerraPower Raises $750 Million for Advanced Nuclear Technologies

TerraPower, one of the companies racing to build a small modular reactor (SMR), announced it raised $750 million.

SMR

US Nuclear Regulator Greenlights Its First Small Modular Reactor

The first small modular reactor (SMR) design has been approved for certification by the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Holtec Unveils Green Boiler Designed to Repurpose Coal Plants

Holtec International, an equipment provider that specializes in the design and manufacture of parts for nuclear reactors, in May unveiled a “green boiler” tec…

SMR

Last Energy Agrees to Build Ten SMRs for Polish Industrial Zone

US small modular reactor (SMR) developer Last Energy has signed a Letter of Intent with Poland's Legnica Special Economic Zone (LSEZ) and DB Energy on the const…

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More Nuclear Heat for Arctic Town

The floating nuclear power plant at Pevek in the Russian Arctic is moving towards its goal of heating all the homes in the town.

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Rolls-Royce Releases UK Small Modular Reactors Shortlist

Seven sites are in the running for the first Rolls-Royce SMR power station which will have the capacity to generate 470MW of low carbon energy.

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Vattenfall Begins Feasibility Study on Construction of Small Modular Reactors at Ringhals

Electricity consumption in Sweden is expected to increase rapidly over the coming decades and, for this reason, Vattenfall is working actively to find out how d…

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Rolls-Royce SMR Receives Rapturous Welcome Back Home by Mancunians

The engineering giant has confirmed Manchester will become home to its Small Modular Reactors unit.