Berta Picamal, DG Office, Legal & Intl Relations Director Since late October 2019, the development and deployment of Small Modular Reactor (SMRs) in the EU has been at the core of many...
Rolls-Royce / UK Company Announces £450 Million Funding For New Nuclear Reactor Venture
Rolls-Royce is pushing ahead with multibillion pound plans to develop and deploy a new generation of small modular nuclear reactors after raising £450m in funding from investors and the government.
Small Modular Reactors / US And Romania Will Announce Plans To Collaborate On NuScale Plant
The US and Romania are to announce plans to build a first-of-a-kind small modular reactor plant in Romania in partnership with US NuScale Power, bringing the latest civil nuclear technology to what...
Poland / Companies Sign MOU In Bid To Establish Fuel Supply For SMRs
GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH), GEH SMR Technologies Canada, Cameco and Synthos Green Energy have entered into a memorandum of understanding to evaluate the potential establishment of a uranium...
Poland / SMRs Could Be Part Of Country’s Long-Term Energy Planning, Says Oil Boss
Small modular reactors are not a technology “from space” and could be part of Poland’s long-term strategic energy planning, the president of state oil and petrol company PKN Orlen Daniel Obajtek...
Estonia / Vattenfall Agrees To Become Minority Investor In Fermi Energia Nuclear Startup
Vattenfall has signed an agreement with the Estonian nuclear energy startup Fermi Energia to become a minority shareholder in the company with a seed investment of €1m. The investment follows a...
UK SMR to start regulatory process this autumn
The UK SMR consortium, led by Rolls-Royce, has announced the latest design and an increase in power - from 440 MW to 470 MW - of its "compact" nuclear power station. The "refreshed design" features...
The role of SMRs in the Net Zero Challenge
Tom Samson, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the UK SMR consortium To meet the climate challenge the world faces, it is becoming increasingly clear that we will need to decarbonise more of the...