GEH Submitted GDA Application For BWRX-300 SMR In The UK GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH, ENS Corporate Member) last week announced that it has submitted a Generic Design Assessment (GDA) entry application for the BWRX-300 small modular reactor (SMR) to the UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS). The GDA process allows UK…
Framatome Supports NuScale In VOYGR™ SMR Development Framatome (ENS Corporate Member) announced this week two new contract awards with NuScale Power to design fuel handling equipment and fuel storage racks for NuScale’s VOYGR™ small modular reactor (SMR) power plant. These awards build on our partnership as NuScale’s fuel assembly supplier and signify an important opportunity…
IEA WEO 2022 – Nuclear Generation Could More Than Double By 2050 The International Energy Agency (IEA) released on 27 October the World Energy Outlook 2022. The report considers the ongoing global energy crisis as a “historic turning point towards a cleaner and more secure energy system”, thanks to the unprecedented response from governments around…
SMR-160 Project Advances In Czech Republic US Small Modular Reactor (SMR) developer Holtec announced the signature of a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) with engineering multinationals Škoda Praha and Hyundai Engineering and Construction to advance the planning for construction of SMR-160s in the Czech Republic. Under the Agreement, the parties will develop the division of responsibilities…
GEH And Sheffield Forgemasters To Support SMR Deployment In The UK GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH, ENS Corporate Member) and Sheffield Forgemasters have agreed to cooperate in support of the potential deployment of the BWRX-300 small modular reactor (SMR) in the United Kingdom. Through a memorandum of understanding GEH and Sheffield Forgemasters agree to discuss…
Romania And Poland To Cooperate On NuScale SMR Development Romanian nuclear operator Nuclearelectrica and Polish copper producer and industrial group KGHM Polska Miedź have signed a memorandum of understanding to cooperate in the development of small modular reactor technology (SMR) for potential deployment in both countries. The 36-month agreement will include the exchange of technical,…
GEH And TVA To Cooperate On BWRX-300 SMR Deployment In The US GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH, ENS Corporate Member) and Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) signed an agreement to support the planning and the preliminary licensing for the potential deployment of a BWRX-300 small modular reactor (SMR) at the Clinch River site, near Oak Ridge…
Poland’s National Atomic Energy Agency Received Applications for SMRs Two applications have been submitted to Poland’s National Atomic Energy Agency (Państwowa Agencja Atomistyki, PAA) for the assessment of Small Modular Reactor (SMR) technology. The National Atomic Energy Agency (PAA) said Orlen Synthos Green Energy and KGHM had both submitted application documents on 8 July. Orlen’s…
Vattenfall Begins Feasibility Study On SMR Deployment At Ringhals Swedish company Vattenfall (ENS Corporate Member) announced it will be starting work on a pilot study on the feasibility of deployment of at least two small modular reactor (SMR) units at the site of the Ringhals nuclear power plant. Vattenfall said the study is focusing on…
GEH Small Modular Reactor Selected For Future Deployment In Canada GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) (ENS Corporate Member) BWRX-300 small modular reactor (SMR) has been selected by SaskPower for potential deployment in the mid-2030s in Saskatchewan, Canada. Advanced nuclear technologies like the BWRX-300 are a key pillar of GE’s energy transition leadership. The BWRX-300 is a 300…