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Swedish nuclear technical services provider Studsvik has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Nordic energy company Fortum to explore the conditions for new nuclear at the Studsvik site near Nyköping in Sweden.

Date: Thursday, 23 November 2023
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsstudsvik-and-fortum-investigate-new-nuclear-11317851

Swedish nuclear technical services provider Studsvik has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Finnish utility Fortum to explore the conditions for new nuclear at the Studsvik industrial site near Nyköping in Sweden.

Date: Saturday, 18 November 2023
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Studsvik,-Fortum-study-prospects-for-new-nuclear-a

Finnish energy firm Helen has signed a letter of intent with Steady Energy - developer of the LDR-50 small modular reactor (SMR) - with the aim of enabling an investment in a small-scale nuclear power plant for the production of district heating.

Date: Wednesday, 04 October 2023
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Helen,-Steady-Energy-partner-for-Finnish-SMR-deplo

Sweden's Radiation Safety Authority (SSM) has presented its final report to the government on how the regulatory framework for nuclear power should be developed and what other measures may be needed for nuclear power to be expanded in the country.

Date: Thursday, 10 August 2023
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Swedish-regulator-proposes-framework-for-expansion

Swedish small modular reactor (SMR) project development company Kärnfull Next has received funding of €2m ($2.2m) from Danish climate tech fund Climentum Capital and Sween’s Granitor Growth Management. Kärnfull said this “signifies one of the first instances of a European dark green climate fund investing in nuclear energy, marking a major milestone in climate-oriented investments”.

Date: Wednesday, 12 July 2023
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newskrnfull-next-receives-funding-from-climate-tech-fund-11000415

Finland-based Fortum and US Westinghouse Electric Company have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to explore the possible development and deployment of new nuclear in Finland and Sweden. However, any potential investment decisions will be made at a later stage.

Date: Tuesday, 13 June 2023
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsfortum-and-westinghouse-to-investigate-new-nuclear-in-finland-and-sweden-10932582

Finnish utility Fortum and Westinghouse Electric Company of the USA have signed a memorandum of understanding to explore prerequisites for the development and deployment of new nuclear in Finland and Sweden. The agreement is related to Fortum's nuclear feasibility study launched in November 2022.

Date: Thursday, 08 June 2023
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Fortum,-Westinghouse-study-new-build-opportunities

Nordic power utility Fortum has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co (KHNP), the owner and operator of South Korea’s nuclear fleet and a nuclear power technology supplier. The MOU relates to cooperation and information exchange regarding future NPPs and new reactor designs as well as safe and efficient operation of existing NPPs. It extends an earlier agreement, signed in 2018, to include to a joint exploration of new nuclear.

Date: Saturday, 03 June 2023
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsfortum-and-khnp-sign-nuclear-co-operation-agreement-10911664

Nordic power company Fortum and stainless-steel producer Outokumpu have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to explore the decarbonisation of Outokumpu’s steel manufacturing operations using emerging nuclear technologies, such as small modular reactors (SMRs).

Date: Wednesday, 29 March 2023
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsfortum-and-outokumpu-to-use-smrs-to-decarbonise-steel-production-10708375