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Rolls-Royce backs NuScale SMR
Rolls-Royce backs NuScale SMR
NuScale SMR 48UK-based engineering company Rolls-Royce is adding its support to NuScale Power's submission for US federal funds to help build and commercialize its small modular reactor (SMR).
New Nuclear · Friday, 2 August 2013
SMR developers reapply for federal funds
SMR developers reapply for federal funds
UPDATED The three small modular reactor (SMR) developers that missed out in the first round of US Department of Energy funding have all applied for the second round. Hybrid Power Technologies has also applied.
New Nuclear · Tuesday, 2 July 2013
URS to support Holtec SMR development
URS to support Holtec SMR development
Holtec International is teaming up engineering, construction and technical services company URS Corporation to develop its SMR-160 small modular reactor (SMR).
New Nuclear · Friday, 28 June 2013
Land secured for pilot fast reactor
Land secured for pilot fast reactor
SVBR-100 module (AKME) 48A lease agreement has been signed for land on which the pilot heavy metal-cooled SVBR-100 reactor will be built in Dimitrovgrad in Russia's Ulyanovsk region.
New Nuclear · Tuesday, 18 June 2013
SMRs off the menu for Iowa
SMRs off the menu for Iowa
MidAmerican Energy has told regulators in Iowa that it is holding back on its plans to construct new nuclear generating capacity based on small modular reactors (SMRs) in the state due to regulatory uncertainties.
New Nuclear · Wednesday, 5 June 2013
Fast reactor developer licensed to build
Fast reactor developer licensed to build
Russia's AKME-Engineering is now licensed to provide construction services for nuclear power plants, in preparation for the construction of a pilot heavy metal-cooled reactor.
New Nuclear · Tuesday, 21 May 2013
Gift of salt for Czech research program
Gift of salt for Czech research program
A Czech nuclear research institute has received a shipment of fluoride salt from the US Department of Energy. The Řež research institute is conducting studies into the use of the salt as a coolant in high-temperature nuclear reactors.
New Nuclear · Monday, 20 May 2013
Westinghouse, SNPTC join forces for SMR
Westinghouse, SNPTC join forces for SMR
Westinghouse SMR cutaway 48Westinghouse and China's State Nuclear Power Technology Corporation (SNPTC) will work together to develop a small modular reactor (SMR) design licensable in both the USA and China.
Corporate · Friday, 17 May 2013
SMR funding signed, sealed and delivered
SMR funding signed, sealed and delivered
P Lyons at mPower (BW)_48A formal agreement with the US Department of Energy (DoE) means that Babcock & Wilcox (B&W) mPower can access the first $79 million of federal funding under a government program to accelerate commercialization of small modular reactors (SMRs). 
New Nuclear · Tuesday, 16 April 2013
Small fast reactor simulator commissioned
Small fast reactor simulator commissioned
SVBR 48x68A training simulator for the SVBR-100 metal-cooled integral fast reactor being developed in Russia has entered operation. A pilot unit is scheduled to start up in 2017.
New Nuclear · Wednesday, 27 March 2013
Chinese HTGR fuel plant under construction
Chinese HTGR fuel plant under construction
HTGR demo fuel production line groundbreaking 48Construction has started on a pilot production line for fuel elements for the Shidaowan HTR-PM project - a demonstration high-temperature gas-cooled reactor (HTGR) in China's Shandong province.
Uranium & Fuel · Thursday, 21 March 2013
Second round of SMR funding announced
Second round of SMR funding announced
The US government has announced another funding opportunity to help industry design and certify small modular reactors (SMRs).
New Nuclear · Wednesday, 13 March 2013
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