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Reporting its fourth quarter and full year results for 2023, US-based NuScale Power said progress continued toward “commercialisation of small modular reactor (SMR) technology to meet consumer demand for safe, reliable, 24/7 and carbon-free baseload energy”.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 20 March 2024
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsnuscales-2023-financial-results-11612567
Project developer says first unit could be operating by 2030
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Wednesday, 20 March 2024
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/mou-could-lead-to-transportable-microreactors-for-mines-and-remote-communities-3-2-2024
Company’s reactor on government shortlist for deployment
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Thursday, 14 March 2024
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/holtec-launches-gbp600-million-competition-for-smr-factory-site-3-3-2024
As part of his recent UK budget statement, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt said: “I can announce that this week the government has reached agreement on a £160m ($203m) deal with Hitachi to purchase the Wylfa site in Ynys Môn and the Oldbury site in South Gloucestershire.” This was confirmed in paragraph 5.120 of the Budget Statement. Hunt said the purchase had been made "given the importance of securing nuclear sites for the success of the nuclear programme".
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 08 March 2024
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsuk-government-to-buy-wylfa-and-oldbury-nuclear-sites-from-hitachi-11580315
South Korea's Hyundai Engineering & Construction, the USA's Holtec International and British construction company Balfour Beatty and engineering firm Mott McDonald have agreed to cooperate on Holtec's bid to construct a small modular reactor in the UK.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Thursday, 07 March 2024
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Team-Holtec-partners-with-British-firms-to-advance
An agreement to buy the Hitachi-owned sites for new nuclear at Wylfa in north Wales and Oldbury-on-Severn in southwest England has been reached for GBP160 million (USD203 million), Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has announced.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Thursday, 07 March 2024
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/UK-government-buys-Wylfa-and-Oldbury-nuclear-sites
The Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) has published the second edition of its Small Modular Reactor Dashboard which tracks the progress of selected small modular reactor (SMR) designs towards deployment. NEA says the SMR designs are at various stages of development, from fundamental research on new concepts to commercial deployment and operation of mature designs.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Saturday, 02 March 2024
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsnea-launches-second-edition-of-its-small-modular-reactor-dashboard-11561305
Sheffield Forgemasters has completed weld-assembly of a full-size small modular reactor (SMR) nuclear vessel demonstrator using Local Electron-Beam Welding (LEBW). Sheffield Forgemasters Research, Design & Technology Director Jesus Talamantes-Silva said the company had achieved “a significant milestone in assembling a nuclear vessel demonstrator, using electron beam welding for the first time at this scale, with 100% success and no defects”.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Thursday, 22 February 2024
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newssheffield-forgemasters-completes-smr-nuclear-vessel-demonstrator-11533660
Move follows recent plans to deploy first private reactor units in northeast England
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Thursday, 15 February 2024
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/company-formally-begins-uk-design-assessment-for-ap300-nuclear-power-plant-2-3-2024
Waste management issues need to have a significantly greater prominence in the process of developing and deploying small modular reactor and advanced modular reactor designs, according to the UK's Committee on Radioactive Waste Management (CoRWM).
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Thursday, 15 February 2024
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Waste-issues-need-consideration-in-SMR-deployment,