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The company responsible for implementing the UAE's civil nuclear power programme has signed separate agreements with several small modular reactor (SMR) developers on the sidelines of the COP28 climate conference in Dubai.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Tuesday, 12 December 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/ENEC-signs-multiple-SMR-MoUs
Agreement will enable exploration of technical design and commercial viability
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Tuesday, 05 December 2023
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/bill-gates-terrapower-signs-natrium-mou-with-uae-12-1-2023
US-based TerraPower and Centrus Energy Corp have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to expand their collaboration aimed at establishing commercial-scale, US production capabilities for high-assay, low-enriched uranium (HALEU). The fuel is needed to supply TerraPower’s first-of-a-kind Natrium reactor and energy storage system.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Thursday, 20 July 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsterrapower-and-centrus-accelerate-efforts-to-commercialise-haleu-production-11018234
Aim is to deploy nuclear plant on Indonesian island for ammonia production
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Tuesday, 23 May 2023
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/danish-companies-sign-agreement-for-usd4-billion-thorium-smr-in-borneo-5-1-2023
Holtec International has applied for a patent for multi-stage compressors that would enable any coal-fired plant to be repurposed by replacing its coal-fired boiler with clean steam from the SMR-160 small modular reactor.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Thursday, 12 January 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Holtec-claims-SMR-160-can-repurpose-any-coal-fired
Denmark's Copenhagen Atomics has applied for its containerised small modular thorium molten salt reactor design to undergo Generic Design Assessment (GDA) in the UK.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Tuesday, 10 January 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newscopenhagen-atomics-submits-molten-salt-smr-design-10500286
US nuclear innovation company TerraPower and regulated utility PacifiCorp are to undertake a joint study to evaluate the feasibility of deploying up to five additional Natrium reactor and integrated energy storage systems in the PacifiCorp service territory by 2035.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Thursday, 03 November 2022
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsterrapower-and-pacificorp-to-expand-natrium-technology-deployment-10141150
Southern Company and TerraPower have completed construction and installation of a new test facility at TerraPower's laboratory in Everett, Washington. The Integrated Effects Test will be used in the development of the Molten Chloride Fast Reactor (MCFR).
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Thursday, 20 October 2022
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/World-s-largest-chloride-salt-system-in-place
Successful commercialisation of advanced nuclear reactors could lower the total cost as the US transitions to a clean energy system - and increasing investment and policy support for advanced nuclear technology will generate far-reaching national benefits, the study by the Breakthrough Institute has found.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 08 July 2022
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Advanced-nuclear-key-to-cost-effective-US-decarbon
The US Department of Energy (DOE) on 13 October announced it has selected two teams to receive $160 million in initial funding under the new Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program (ARDP).
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 16 October 2020
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsus-funding-for-terrapower-and-x-energy-8181875