NuScale Power and Paragon Energy Solutions have signed a patent licence agreement that will enable the potential widespread use of the highly integrated protection system (HIPS) platform. The HIPS...
Applications for SMRs submitted to Polish regulator
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. Copper and silver...
Sweden / Vattenfall To Begin Study On Potential SMR Deployment At Ringhals
Swedish utility Vattenfall announced today 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...
EDF’s NUWARD SMR to be case study for European regulatory review
EDF has announced that its Small Modular Reactor NUWARD will be the case study for a European early joint regulatory review led by the French Safety Authority (ASN) with the participation of the...
ČEZ And South Bohemia To Establish Nuclear Park For SMR Development
The administrative region of South Bohemia, Czech state power company ČEZ and its subsidiary ÚJV Řež have signed an agreement to establish a nuclear park dedicated to the preparation of small...
Company Visits Site Near Sellafield As Potential Location For UK Reactor
Representatives from Rolls-Royce SMR, which is aiming to deploy small modular reactors in the UK, have toured the land to the south of the Sellafield nuclear site in northwest England – part of work...
Romania eyes deepening nuclear ties with US
Romania, the only European country with North American nuclear technology, wants to develop its strategic partnership with the US, said Prime Minister Nicolae Ciucă after meeting with US Department...
Belgium government allocates funding for SMR research
Belgium's SCK-CEN nuclear research centre will receive a budget of EUR100 million (USD107 million) from the federal government to conduct research into small modular reactors (SMRs).