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Budget includes money for pilot projects as work to enable construction of reactors ‘now entering a more intensive phase’

Date: Friday, 13 September 2024
Original article: nucnet.org/news/gov-t-announces-major-investments-as-plans-for-new-nuclear-gather-pace-9-4-2024

Actions being taken by various countries to meet the target of tripling global nuclear power generating capacity by 2050 were discussed by panellists during a session at World Nuclear Symposium 2024. Cooperation will be key to meeting the target, they agreed.

Date: Saturday, 07 September 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Meeting-the-challenge-to-triple-nuclear-capacity

Swedish lead-cooled small modular reactor (SMR) technology developer Blykalla said it is participating in a new project focused on integrating SMRs with thermochemical processes to produce renewable materials, like bio-coal and bio-oil, which can then be used to reduce carbon emissions and enhance energy efficiency in Sweden's steel and chemical industries.

Date: Friday, 06 September 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Project-to-study-use-of-SMRs-for-bio-coal-producti

A Swedish government study has proposed that state aid be given to companies for investments in new nuclear power following an application procedure. It says a new legislative act should regulate conditions for receiving the support, the support measures, and what an application must contain.

Date: Wednesday, 14 August 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Financing-model-proposed-for-new-Swedish-reactors

Lithuania has identified 77 potential locations for its planned geological repository for used nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste. A final decision on the facility's location is not expected until 2047.

Date: Tuesday, 06 August 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Lithuania-narrows-search-for-repository-site

Sweden and the USA have signed a memorandum of understanding aimed at pursuing cooperation in industrial collaboration, technology development, and research and innovation in technologies related to nuclear energy for peaceful purposes.

Date: Saturday, 03 August 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Sweden,-USA-agree-to-nuclear-cooperation

Nuclear is much cleaner and has less environmental impacts over the life cycle of the production than other energy sources for the Finnish and European district heating markets, a study by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has concluded.

Date: Saturday, 13 July 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Study-highlights-benefits-of-nuclear-district-heat

The owners of Sweden's Forsmark and Ringhals nuclear power plants are to assess the possibility of extending the operating lifetime of the plants' reactors from 60 to 80 years. This would enable their continued operation into the 2060s.

Date: Wednesday, 19 June 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Extended-operation-considered-for-Swedish-reactors

Swedish small modular reactor (SMR) project development company Kärnfull Next has formed a strategic partnership with Finnish SMR developer Steady Energy to introduce SMRs for district heating in Sweden.

Date: Wednesday, 19 June 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/SMR-partnership-targets-Swedish-district-heating