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Rolls-Royce SMR progresses through generic design assessment
Rolls-Royce SMR Limited's 470 MWe small modular reactor (SMR) design has completed the first step of the UK's Generic Design Assessment (GDA) process and is expected to complete...
US Senate considers legislation to support deployment of advanced reactors
The US Senate Energy & Public Works Committee (EPW) has introduced new legislation based on bipartisan support for advanced nuclear reactor developments, including expanding levels...
Rosatom plans development of pilot nuclear thermal power plant
Rosatom is considering construction of a pilot nuclear thermal power plant (ATST) Elena-AM, designed for use in small remote villages. According to documents posted on Rosatom’s...
Urenco ends its support for U-Battery advanced reactor
Urenco says it is withdrawing its support for the U-Battery advanced modular reactor (AMR) project "having exhausted its attempts to secure the commitment of new commercial...
NRC begins partial review of NuScale’s SMR
The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) said staff will begin reviewing most of NuScale Power’s application for standard design approval of the company’s 77 MWe/module small...
SMR development tracked by NEA and IAEA studies
The Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) has recently published a 73-page study, which tracks the progress of selected small modular reactor (SMR) designs towards deployment. NEA says the...
Enel and newcleo partner on Generation IV reactors
Italy’s Enel Group and UK-based nuclear technology company newcleo have signed a cooperation agreement to jointly work on newcleo’s Generation IV nuclear technology projects. Enel...
Canada’s TRIUMF and Dual Fluid co-operate on SMR development
Canadian research centre TRIUMF and Canadian-German nuclear technology company Dual Fluid have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to advance the development of a small...
GE Hitachi's BWRX-300 completes first two phases of design review
The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) says it has completed a combined phases 1 & 2 vendor design review (VDR) of GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy’s BWRX-300 boiling water reactor....
South Korea's APR1000 certified for use in Europe
Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power's (KHNP's) APR1000 reactor design has been formally certified as compliant by the European Utility Requirements (EUR) organisation. In November 2019,...
Progress continues at Russia’s Brest reactor project
TsKBM, (part of Rosatom’s mechanical engineering division Atomenergomash) has started assembling a prototype of the main circulation pump unit (RCPU) for the Brest-OD-300 lead-cooled...
NANO Nuclear announces second reactor design
US-based NANO Nuclear Energy has announced development of a second proprietary advanced micro nuclear reactor design. ODIN is a low-pressure coolant reactor that “aims to diversify...
NANO Nuclear closes funding round
US-based NANO Nuclear Energy has closed an oversubscribed $4.14m funding round. Jay Jiang Yu, NANO Nuclear Energy’s Founder, Chairman & President said the money raised will be used...
Sheffield Forgemasters to collaborate with Holtec on SMR-160
UK-based Sheffield Forgemasters International (SFI) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Holtec Britain to design components for Holtec’s SMR-160 small modular...
South Korean partnership aims to develop SMR-powered ships
South Korean industry, led by the leaders in maritime transport Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) and Janggeum Merchant Marine (Sinokor), have joined forces to develop nuclear-powered...
Argonne National Lab supports advanced nuclear concepts
The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) is supporting three companies developing a range of new advanced reactor and fuel cycle concepts. The work...
UK and Canadian regulators collaborate on advanced reactors
The UK’s Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) has signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MOC) with the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) to share best practice and experience...
Russia proposes power plant for lunar base
Scientists at the Bauman Moscow State Technical University (MSTU) and the All-Russian Research Institute of Aviation Materials (VIAM, part of the Kurchatov Institute) have proposed...
Holtec’s SMR-160 Nuclear Steam Supply System could repurpose coal plants
US-based Holtec International has announced a technical breakthrough that it says would preserving most of the physical assets of coal plants by replacing their boilers with...
