A new company has been established with the goal of developing a nuclear power plant near the Mongstad oil refinery in Norway. Meanwhile, Norsk Kjernekraft has partnered with France's Hexana to explore opportunities for joint deployment of advanced nuclear technologies in Norway.
Norway's Nuclear Power Committee has selected US-based engineering company Amentum and Norwegian consulting firm Multiconsult Norge AS to report on technology options for a potential nuclear power programme.
Swedish lead-cooled small modular reactor technology developer Blykalla and Norwegian nuclear project developer Norsk Kjernekraft are to launch a joint project company to develop an SMR power plant on the Norwegian Arctic archipelago of Svalbard.
Halden Kjernekraft has submitted a proposal to Norway's Ministry of Energy for an assessment of the construction of both a power plant based on multiple small modular reactors as well as a radioactive waste storage facility at Halden, in southeast Norway.
Norwegian nuclear project developer Norsk Kjernekraft is to cooperate with Aurum Green Energy, a private company exploring for uranium resources in Norway. Meanwhile, Norwegian Nuclear Decommissioning has selected Amentum for the next phase of Norway's nuclear clean-up programme.
A working group formed of representatives from the radiation and nuclear safety authorities of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden has released a strategy, which provides recommendations for strengthening cooperation between them.
Swedish lead-cooled small modular reactor technology developer Blykalla and Norway's Institute of Energy Technology have entered into a strategic collaboration to accelerate the technical development of Blykalla's SEALER reactor.
Norway should build a deep geological landfill for high-level waste and a medium-depth geological repository for low- and intermediate-level waste, a group of experts considering solutions for the disposal of the country's historic radioactive waste have recommended.
A new company, Trondheimsleia Kjernekraft AS, has been founded in partnership between the future host municipalities of Aure and Heim, local energy company NEAS and Norsk Kjernekraft to develop a power plant based on multiple small modular reactors.
The Norwegian government has commissioned several agencies to develop an Environmental Impact Assessment programme for the proposed power plant based on multiple small modular reactors in the municipalities of Aure and Heim.