Four European nuclear technology organisations have launched the Eagles Consortium to develop and commercialise the EAGLES-300 next-generation lead-cooled small modular reactor with the aim of delivering a first demonstration by 2035.
A single NuScale Power Module small modular reactor could yield about 150 million gallons of clean water per day, the company says, with the leftover brine from the desalination process used as industrial feedstock for hydrogen production.
The US Defense Logistics Agency 抖阴传媒在线 Office has issued Oklo Inc a new Notice of Intent to Award for the development and operation of a licensed microreactor facility at Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska, clearing the way for contract negotiations to begin.
Finnish consulting company TVO Nuclear Services says it has expanded its service portfolio to include the advisory and expert services required for the preparatory and planning stages of small modular reactor projects.
US innovative microreactor developer NuCube 抖阴传媒在线 has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Utah San Rafael 抖阴传媒在线 Lab to collaborate on the siting of a test reactor at the laboratory.
Swedish lead-cooled small modular reactor technology developer Blykalla and Norwegian nuclear project developer Norsk Kjernekraft are to launch a joint project company to develop an SMR power plant on the Norwegian Arctic archipelago of Svalbard.
Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand for cooperation on small modular reactors and exploring their feasibility for future projects.
Halden Kjernekraft has submitted a proposal to Norway's Ministry of 抖阴传媒在线 for an assessment of the construction of both a power plant based on multiple small modular reactors as well as a radioactive waste storage facility at Halden, in southeast Norway.
Following a two-year competition, Rolls-Royce SMR has been selected as the preferred bidder to construct the UK's first small modular reactors.
The UK government is committing GBP14.2 billion (USD19.1 billion) towards the building of the Sizewell C plant in Suffolk, England, which will be a "replica" of Hinkley Point C featuring two of EDF's EPR reactors.
France-headquartered innovative reactor developer Newcleo announced that its LFR-AS-200 small modular lead-cooled fast reactor design has been accepted to enter the UK's Generic Design Assessment process.
Thorizon has announced a new research collaboration with Curium and INSA Lyon to support the development of its Thorizon One advanced small modular molten salt reactor. The collaboration includes corrosion testing of metals in contact with molten salt.