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Netherlands-based nuclear energy development and consultancy company ULC-Energy has undertaken a study that investigated the potential to use civil nuclear technologies to power commercial maritime vessels. The study was commissioned by mining company and shipping charterer BHP, a major producer of commodities including iron ore, copper, nickel, and metallurgical coal. BHP has approximately 80,000 employees and contractors, primarily in Australia and the Americas.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 28 February 2024
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsbhp-to-consider-nuclear-powered-cargo-ships-11551624
HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (KSOE), a subsidiary of South Korea's HD Hyundai, is to collaborate in a nuclear shipping project with UK start-up Core Power and US Southern Company and TerraPower. This followed a joint research and technology exchange meeting at Terrapower’s headquarters in Washington DC.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Saturday, 10 February 2024
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newskorean-shipbuilder-joins-nuclear-shipping-project-11502161
South Korea's HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (KSOE) plans to develop a small modular reactor (SMR) for use in shipping in cooperation with the UK's Core Power and the USA's Southern Company and TerraPower.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Thursday, 08 February 2024
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Korean-shipbuilder-joins-maritime-SMR-project
A recent statement from Fitch Ratings casts doubt on any new nuclear construction in the US in the immediate future. Similar concerns were voiced during discussions at a full committee hearing of the Senate Committee on Energy & Natural Resources to Examine Opportunities and Challenges Associated with Advanced Nuclear Reactor Commercialisation.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 06 December 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsgrowing-uncertainty-in-us-regarding-economics-of-new-nuclear-11347683
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Friday, 14 July 2023
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/denmark-s-seaborg-cites-haleu-risks-for-switch-to-leu-fuel-7-4-2023
A public-private partnership comprised of 42 state-run and private entities has been created to advance Korea's small modular reactor (SMR) sector. The alliance aims to establish plans to revitalise the country's SMR industry within the next year.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Thursday, 06 July 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/South-Korea-forms-SMR-Alliance
South Korea’s Kepco Nuclear Fuel (KNF) and GS Engineering & Construction (GS E&C) are to collaborate with Denmark’s Seaborg Technologies to investigate the feasibility of developing a low enriched uranium (LEU) fuel salt production facility in South Korea. The companies see fluoride fuel salt supply as important for generation 4 advanced reactors.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Saturday, 24 June 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newssouth-korea-and-denmark-to-collaborate-on-leu-fuel-salt-production-10961645
Two South Korean national financial institutions - Korea Trade Insurance Corporation (K-Sure) and the Export-Import Bank of Korea (KEXIM) - have each entered into agreements with Holtec International and Hyundai Engineering & Construction to provide financial support for SMR-160 projects around the world.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Thursday, 04 May 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Team-Holtec-signs-agreements-with-Korean-financial
International partnerships critical, says TerraPower president
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Friday, 28 April 2023
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/three-agreements-signed-towards-global-reactor-deployment-4-4-2023
Agreements to cooperate on small modular reactors (SMRs) have been signed between South Korean and US companies during a visit by Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol to the USA. Doosan Enerbility and the Export-Import Bank of Korea (KEXIM) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to cooperate with NuScale Power, while SK and Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) have agreed to collaborate with TerraPower.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Thursday, 27 April 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Expansion-of-US-Korean-cooperation-on-SMRs