European SMR Alliance selects nine projects to constitute first Project Working Groups

The European Industrial Alliance on SMRs announced on Friday 11 October 2024 the 9 SMR projects selected to be part of the first batch of its Projects Working Groups (PWGs).

Out of the 22 applications received, the following projects have been selected to constitute the Alliance’s first PWGs:

EU-SMR-LFR project (Ansaldo Nucleare, SCK-CEN, ENEA, RATEN); CityHeat project (Calogena, Steady Energy); Project Quantum (Last Energy); European LFR AS Project (newcleo); Nuward (EDF); European BWRX-300 SMR (OSGE); Rolls-Royce SMR (Rolls-Royce SMR Ltd); NuScale VOYGR™ SMR (RoPower Nuclear S.A) and Thorizon One project (Thorizon).

The PWGs will provide a framework for selected projects to gather interested stakeholders, and to potentially form project partnerships that will bring together technologically similar projects. Through its project development activities, the Alliance will aim at delivering concrete results, with the ultimate objective to facilitate and accelerate the development, demonstration, and deployment of first SMRs projects in Europe in the early 2030s.

Following this first selection, projects which have not been selected will have the opportunity to submit a new application in the next round of selection, set to take place in the second quarter of 2025.