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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.

Hybrid Power Plant

Shearwater Energy SMR Wind-Hybrid Energy Project Progresses

A new wind-SMR and hydrogen production hybrid energy project in North Wales, being developed by UK-based Shearwater Energy, could produce over three million kil…

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

NuScale and UAMPS Agreements Progress Plans for SMR Plant

The Carbon Free Power Project will be a 720 MWe NuScale power plant, comprising 12 NuScale Power Modules, to be located at the US Department of Energy's INL sit…

Nuclear Power Plant

New Nuclear Plant Could Rise at Site of Former One in NJ

Holtec owns that facility and oversaw its shutdown in 2018.

Nuclear Power Plant

SMR Nuclear Power Plant to be Bult in Yakutia by 2028

ROSATOM and the Government of the Republic of Sakha signed an agreement on electric power tariff formation principles for the SMR power plant construction proje…

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 …

Nuclear Reactor

Floating 'Mini-Nukes' could Power Countries by 2025, Says Startup

Danish company plans to fit ships with small nuclear reactors to send energy to developing countries

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

UK Confirms Status of Nuclear as Clean Energy

The UK government has identified nuclear power as a way to help the country achieve the four-fold increase in clean electricity generation needed to achieve its…

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

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

OPG Includes SMR Plans in Net-Zero Strategy

Ontario Power Generation has committed to being a net-zero carbon company by 2040, and to help the markets where it operates to achieve net-zero carbon economie…