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South Africa’s Koya Capital has signed a partnership agreement with Stratek Global to assist in securing finance for construction of a high temperature modular reactor. The ZAR9bn ($480m) HTMR-100 is based on South Africa’s Pebble Bed Modular Reactor (PBMR).
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 12 April 2024
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newssupport-grows-for-south-africas-htmr-100-smr-11676146
As well as preparing to issue a Request for Proposals for 2500 MW of new nuclear "this calendar year", the Nuclear Energy Summit was told that South Africa is developing its Pebble Bed Modular Reactor technology and "deserves the opportunity to implement the complete nuclear fuel cycle for peaceful uses".
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Tuesday, 26 March 2024
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/South-Africa-aims-to-be-global-supplier-of-HTR-fue
Washington State energy provider Energy Northwest has signed an agreement with Bellevue-based utility Puget Sound Energy to support its programme investigating the feasibility of developing and deploying a next-generation nuclear energy facility.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 17 January 2024
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsus-utility-invests-in-advanced-reactor-development-11439310
UK-based Sheffield Forgemasters has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with US X-energy and Cavendish Nuclear (a UK subsidiary of Babcock International) to explore opportunities around the deployment of a fleet of Xe-100 high temperature gas-cooled reactors (HTGRs) in the UK.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Thursday, 19 October 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newssheffield-forgemasters-to-support-deployment-of-xe-100-htgrs-11228383
Rosatom's fuel company TVEL and the South African Atomic Energy Corporation (Necsa) have signed a memorandum of understanding to cooperate in the manufacture of nuclear fuel and its components. Both companies aim to combine existing competencies in this area and to further interaction to develop relevant capabilities.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 16 August 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newssouth-africas-necsa-and-russias-tvel-to-cooperate-in-fuel-fabrication-11074795
US utility Energy Northwest and X-Energy Reactor Company, which is developing advanced small modular reactors (SMRs) and fuel technology have signed a joint development agreement (JDA) for up to 12 of X-Energy’s Xe-100 SMRs in central Washington capable. Together, they would generate up to 960 MWe and Energy Northwest expects to bring the module online by 2030.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 21 July 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsenergy-northwest-and-x-energy-sign-joint-development-agreement-11019889
US-based X-energy Reactor Company has selected UK-based Howden, a subsidiary of Chart Industries, as its preferred strategic supplier of the helium circulator system for its Xe-100 high temperature gas cooled advanced modular reactor intended for the UK market.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Thursday, 20 July 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newshowden-to-supply-helium-circulator-system-for-xe-100-11018219
Stratek Global hopes to produce a pilot plant of the High Temperature Modular Reactor (HTMR-100), which is derived from the South African Pebble Bed Modular Reactor programme.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Saturday, 24 June 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/HTMR-100-team-aim-for-PBMR-SMR-in-South-Africa
US-based X-Energy Reactor has joined forces with Kinectrics - engineering, testing and certification services company - to design, construct and operate a commercial-scale helium test facility (HTF).
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 07 April 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsx-energy-and-kinectrics-collaborate-on-design-of-helium-test-facility-10738743
X-Energy UK Holdings and Cavendish Nuclear are developing proposals for small modular reactors (SMRs) in the UK and have "identified Hartlepool as a preferred location" - welcoming EDF's announcement that the existing nuclear power plant will operate for an extra two years, to 2026.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Saturday, 11 March 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/X-Energy-and-Cavendish-Nuclear-s-SMR-plan-for-Hart