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Even oil-rich companies of Middle East are eying reactors, as more nations announce plans for SMRs Russian troops occupied the Zaporizhzhia nuclear station, which was damaged by shelling. File photo courtesy IAEA. 2022 was a year of mega milestones for nuclear energy.

Countries around the world turned to nuclear as a reliable low-carbon energy source as they looked for ways to wean themselves off Russian imports and lower carbon emissions.

New plants began operating, deals for small modular reactors were signed and countries announced ambitious plans for new-build.

On the political front, US president Joe Biden signed into law new legislation that will help to finance struggling nuclear reactors and could save dozens from being shut down early. In Europe, the nuclear industry celebrated when members of the European parliament decided to “follow the science” and support legislation which includes nuclear in the bloc’s sustainable finance taxonomy for green investment.

Date: Tuesday, 10 January 2023
Original article: nucnet.org/news/five-major-developments-that-are-setting-the-stage-for-2023-and-beyond-1-1-2023

The USA has delivered its “Concept and Execution Report for Civil Nuclear Cooperation” to Polish Minister of Climate and Environment Anna Moskwa in Warsaw. This was done through the US Department of Energy (DOE) and US Ambassador to Poland Mark Brzezinski joined by Westinghouse Poland President Miroslaw Kowalik and Bechtel’s General Manager for Nuclear Power Ahmet Tokpinar. 

Date: Friday, 16 September 2022
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsus-poland-nuclear-cooperation-progress-reflected-in-new-roadmap-report-10007184

The USA and Poland have set out a detailed bilateral roadmap for the construction of six large nuclear reactors using US technology and a framework for strategic cooperation in civil nuclear energy.

Date: Wednesday, 14 September 2022
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Roadmap-report-reflects-US-Poland-nuclear-cooperat

Westinghouse Electric Company and Ukrainian company NT-Engineering LLC have signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) to implement maintenance optimisation and system repair projects for VVER reactors. They said the work will increase the safety levels and performance of Ukrainian VVERs, improving annual power output and reducing operational costs.

Date: Friday, 24 September 2021
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Companies-sign-agreement-to-increase-Ukrainian-pow

Memoranda of understanding have been signed between US companies, including Westinghouse and NuScale Power, after a Ukrainian delegation visited the United States in early September.

Date: Wednesday, 08 September 2021
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsmous-signed-as-ukrainian-delegation-visits-usa-9061874

US-based Westinghouse Electric Company and Ukrainian nuclear utility Energoatom on 31 August signed an exclusive agreement to bring Westinghouse AP1000 reactors to multiple sites in Ukraine. The signing took place at the Department of Energy (DOE) Headquarters in Washington, DC, and was witnessed by Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky, US Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm and the Minister of Energy of Ukraine German Galushchenko.

Date: Friday, 03 September 2021
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsukraine-agrees-to-construct-westinghouse-ap1000-reactors-9051424

There are four Westinghouse AP1000 Units in operation in China, including two at Haiyang (pictured). Courtesy SPIC. US-based Westinghouse Electric Company and Energoatom, the state-owned nuclear utility of Ukraine, have signed an exclusive agreement to bring Westinghouse AP1000 reactors to multiple sites in the eastern European country.

The signing of what Westinghouse said was an “historic” agreement took place at the US Department of Energy headquarters in Washington and was witnessed by Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky, US energy secretary Jennifer Granholm and Ukraine’s energy minister German Galushchenko.

Energoatom, operates Ukraine’s fleet of 15 commercial nuclear power plants, which in 2020 provided about 51% of the country’s electricity production share. Two Russia-supplied VVER-1000 PWRs units have been under construction at Khmelnitski-3 and -4 since the late 1980s, but progress has mostly stalled for years, because of financing and political issues.

Date: Thursday, 02 September 2021
Original article: nucnet.org/news/westinghouse-signs-agreement-to-deploy-ap1000-reactor-technology-at-multiple-sites-9-3-2021

The US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) on 30 June announced grant funding to Poland’s Polskie Elektrownie Jadrowe (PEJ – Polish Nuclear Power Plants Ltd) for a front-end engineering and design study that will help develop Poland’s first two nuclear power plants, facilitate a transition away from coal-fired power, and strengthen efforts to ensure its long-term energy security.

Date: Tuesday, 06 July 2021
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsmore-us-support-for-polish-nuclear-8869613

Rick Perry: Bailing out nuclear plants is important to national security.

In the face of rising electricity demand, US energy secretary Rick Perry confirmed recently that work is underway on a plan to preserve some of the nation’s key nuclear power plants.

Date: Tuesday, 04 June 2019
Original article: nucnet.org/news/nuclear-is-vital-to-us-national-security-as-doe-works-on-rescue-proposals-6-2-2019

Westinghouse has signed up a potential lead customer for its 225 MWe small reactor design based on AP1000 technology, called the Westinghouse Small Modular Reactor, to compete for US government R&D funding.

Date: Friday, 20 April 2012
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newswestinghouse-signs-up-ameren-for-smr-bid