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Even oil-rich companies of Middle East are eying reactors, as more nations announce plans for SMRs Russian troops occupied the Zaporizhzhia nuclear station, which was damaged by shelling. File photo courtesy IAEA. 2022 was a year of mega milestones for nuclear energy.

Countries around the world turned to nuclear as a reliable low-carbon energy source as they looked for ways to wean themselves off Russian imports and lower carbon emissions.

New plants began operating, deals for small modular reactors were signed and countries announced ambitious plans for new-build.

On the political front, US president Joe Biden signed into law new legislation that will help to finance struggling nuclear reactors and could save dozens from being shut down early. In Europe, the nuclear industry celebrated when members of the European parliament decided to “follow the science” and support legislation which includes nuclear in the bloc’s sustainable finance taxonomy for green investment.

Source: Nucnet
Date: Tuesday, 10 January 2023
Original article: nucnet.org/news/five-major-developments-that-are-setting-the-stage-for-2023-and-beyond-1-1-2023

Investment is third of its kind in recent years The eVinci is a very small modular reactor for decentralised generation purposes including off-grid sites and remote communities. Courtesy Westinghouse. The Canadian wing of US-based Westinghouse Electric Company has received CAD27.2m ($21.5m, €19.5m) of funding from the Canadian government to support the development of the company’s eVinci microreactor technology.

The fund has previously made grants to two SMR projects: CAD20m for Canada-based Terrestrial Energy to accelerate development of its integral molten salt reactor and CAD47.5m to Moltex Energy, another Canadian company. to help develop its 300 MW stable salt reactor-wasteburner (SSR-W) technology.

According to Westinghouse, eVinci is a next-generation, very small modular reactor for decentralised generation purposes including off-grid sites, remote communities, disaster recovery, industrial sites, defence facilities, marine propulsion, hydrogen generation, and water purification among others.

Source: Nucnet
Date: Tuesday, 22 March 2022
Original article: nucnet.org/news/canada-awards-cad27-2m-in-funding-to-westinghouse-for-evinci-development-3-1-2022

Poland has become a focus of interest for companies seeking to develop small modular reactors (SMRs).

Source: NEI Magazine
Date: Tuesday, 28 September 2021
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newssmr-developers-look-to-poland-9111111

The UK government has outlined plans to invest £525 million ($686 million) to help develop large and smaller-scale nuclear power plants, and research and develop new advanced modular reactors.

Source: NEI Magazine
Date: Saturday, 21 November 2020
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsuks-ten-point-plan-supports-small-and-advanced-reactors-8371307

Bruce Power and Westinghouse Electric Company have agreed to pursue applications of Westinghouse's eVinci micro reactor programme within Canada. The companies said the agreement supports efforts by the federal and provincial governments to study applications for nuclear technology to reach their goal of a Net Zero Canada by 2050.

Source: World Nuclear News
Date: Tuesday, 13 October 2020
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Bruce-Power-to-help-explore-use-of-eVinci-in-Canad