The project will focus on inspection and maintenance robotics and establish 13 Digital Innovation Hubs across a range of industries with the nuclear element seeking solutions for everything from...
Advanced Reactors / Design And Deployment Pose Challenges, Says IAEA
Advanced nuclear power reactor designs, including small modular reactors, can play a crucial role in increasing access to electricity while minimising greenhouse gas emissions, but their design and...
Vattenfall takes part in Estonian pilot study on small modular reactors
The Estonian development company Fermi Energia is currently conducting a pilot study to investigate the possibility of building a so-called SMR reactor in Estonia. SMR stands for small modular...
‘Three Municipalities Interested In Estonia SMR Project’
Three municipalities in Estonia have expressed an interest in a nuclear power plant being built in their districts, press reports said. The reports appeared to be referring to plans by Estonian...
Good riddance to fossil fuels! VTT develops a Small Modular Reactor for district heating
VTT launched the Finnish development of a Small Modular Reactor (SMR) intended for district heat production. The first phase of the project will involve the conceptual design of a nuclear power...
GEH and ČEZ to Develop Small Modular Reactor Technology Collaboration in the Czech Republic
GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) and ČEZ, a. s. (ČEZ), an integrated electricity conglomerate, have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding through which the companies have agreed to examine the...
France’s new SMR initiative
French nuclear industry players, CEA, EDF, Naval Group and TechnicAtome, are jointly developing a new SMR (small modular reactor) concept in the 300-400 MWe size range – consisting of two 170 MWe...
Finnish regulator prepares for SMR licensing
Finland's Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (Stuk) has published a report discussing the safety assessment and licensing of small modular reactors (SMRs).