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NuScale SMR wins second DoE funding round
The US Department of Energy (DoE) has chosen NuScale Power's small modular reactor (SMR) to receive federal funding in a project that will see the DoE invest up to half of the cost of developing, licensing and commercialising the reactor.
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Friday, 13 December 2013
Contract awarded for CAREM vessel
The reactor pressure vessel (RPV) for Argentina's prototype CAREM reactor is to be manufactured domestically by engineering company IMP SA. It will be the first RPV to be designed and manufactured in the country.
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Wednesday, 4 December 2013
Invitation to the mPower party
B&W is seeking additional equity partners to secure the resources it needs to deploy the lead plant of its mPower small modular reactor by 2020.
Corporate
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Thursday, 14 November 2013
Reactors installed on floating plant
The two reactors for the first floating nuclear power plant being built in Russia have been installed in the vessel's hull, marking a major milestone in the plant's construction.
New Nuclear
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Tuesday, 1 October 2013
General Atomics in contest for SMR funds
General Atomics has announced that it is among the small modular reactor (SMR) developers seeking funds from the US Department of Energy. It has submitted its Energy Multiplier Module (EM2), a helium-cooled high-temperature reactor.
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Tuesday, 6 August 2013
Rolls-Royce backs NuScale SMR
UK-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).
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Friday, 2 August 2013
SMR developers reapply for federal funds
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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
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Tuesday, 2 July 2013
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).
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Friday, 28 June 2013
Land secured for pilot fast reactor
A 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
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Tuesday, 18 June 2013
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
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Wednesday, 5 June 2013
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
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Tuesday, 21 May 2013
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.
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Monday, 20 May 2013
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 48.jpg "EM2 on truck (GA) 48")
The reactor pressure vessel (RPV) for Argentina's prototype CAREM reactor is to be manufactured domestically by engineering company IMP SA. It will be the first RPV to be designed and manufactured in the country.
The two reactors for the first floating nuclear power plant being built in Russia have been installed in the vessel's hull, marking a major milestone in the plant's construction.
UK-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). 48.jpg "SVBR-100 module (AKME) 48")
A 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.