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US-based GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) and BWXT Canada Ltd have...
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Canada’s Arc Clean Energy signs MOU to advance SMR deployment
ARC Clean Energy Canada has signed a strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Cross River Infrastructure Partners to develop sustainable industrial projects globally that...
OKBM Afrikantov presents low-power reactor designs for the Arctic
Russia’s OKBM Afrikantov has presented details of new developments of transportable nuclear power units at the15th international exhibition and conference on the development of oil...
Commissioning of Holtec’s SMR-160 by 2030 deemed 'credible'
Holtec International’s Nuclear Advisory Council, during a bi-annual meeting in September said: “Having considered Holtec’s progress, the Council viewed Holtec’s hard date...
Terrestrial upgrades molten salt reactor design
Ontario-based Terrestrial Energy on 14 September announced its upgraded Integral Molten Salt Reactor (IMSR®) nuclear power plant design – the IMSR®400 –with a net 390MW of...
Ciech and Synthos Green to cooperate on nuclear energy use
Polish chemical company Ciech has signed a Letter of Intent to cooperate with Synthos Green Energy (ESG) to co-operate in the use of small modular reactor (SMR) and micro modular...
X-energy to provide fuel fabrication services for nuclear powered rocket
US company X-energy said on 30 August that the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) had recently awarded a Track A contract to General Atomics Electromagnetic...
Polish companies co-operate to develop SMRs
Polish chemicals group Synthos and energy group ZE PAK on 31 August signed an investment agreement to consider construction of GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) BWRX-300 small...
CNSC and US NRC produce joint report on Xe-100 reactor
The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) said on 11 August that it had completed its first collaborative activity under the Memorandum of Cooperation (MOC) on Advanced Reactor...
WANO experts conduct pre-launch peer reviews of Russian nuclear icebreakers
Russia’s Atomflot (part of Rosatom) said on 6 August that experts from the Moscow Centre of the World Association of Nuclear Power Plant Operators (WANO-MC) had completed...
NuScale announces investment of $152m
US-based NuScale Power announced on 3 August that recent private capital investments from a diverse base of strategic investors totalled $152 million, closing out NuScale’s A-5 round...
Energoatom considers SMRs for Ukraine
Hartmut Yakob, Vice President of Ukrainian nuclear utility Energoatom on 29 July took part in a meeting of the working group on small modular reactors (SMRs) organised by the...
STATEMENT: Response to Government announcement on the Advanced Modular Reactor (AMR) demonstration programme
In response to today’s Government announcement that plans have moved a step closer to having the latest nuclear technology up and running within the next decade, Dr Paul Howarth,...
China moves forward with thorium molten salt reactor
A team of government researchers in China have unveiled the design for a commercial nuclear reactor that is expected to be the first in the world that does not need water for cooling,...
NASA announces funding for nuclear thermal propulsion reactor
The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) said on 13 July it was leading an effort, working with the Department of Energy (DOE), to advance space nuclear...
Rolls-Royce and Cavendish Nuclear sign SMR partnership agreement
Rolls-Royce and Cavendish Nuclear on 8 July signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to explore opportunities to deepen their relationship through cooperation on the Rolls-Royce...
Cameco, GEH and GNF-A co-operate on commercialisation of BWRX-300 SMR
Canada’s Cameco, GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) and Global Nuclear Fuel-Americas (GNF-A) on 7 July have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to explore several areas...
NuScale announces investment deal with GS Energy
US-based NuScale Power on 30 June announced that it has finalised an investment agreement with GS Energy North America Investments (GS Energy), the US entity of the South Korean...
Canadian study sees role for very small modular reactors in mining areas
Ontario Power Generation (OPG) said on 23 June that very small modular reactors (vSMRs) could provide clean, economic and reliable power and heat to remote northern mines and...
Curtiss-Wright joins US DOE’s Project SAFARI
US-based Curtiss-Wright Corporation on 24 June announced that it has been selected to participate in Project SAFARI, a US Department of Energy DOE) project to develop Digital...
