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Rolls-Royce picks potential sites for first SMR factory

July 15, 2022, 9:30AMNuclear News

Artist’s rendering of a Rolls-Royce SMR plant. (Image: Rolls-Royce SMR)

U.K.-based reactor developer Rolls-Royce SMR last week announced a list of six potential sites for its first small modular reactor factory. According to the company's announcement, the factory—the largest and most complex of three such facilities envisioned by the company—will manufacture the SMR vessels.

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Arizona utilities trio looks to add nuclear power

February 10, 2025, 3:20PMNuclear News

The top three utilities in Arizona are teaming up to explore opportunities to add nuclear generation facilities in the state.Arizona Public Service (APS), Salt River Project (SRP), and Tucson...

Texas A&M looks to host 4 SMR projects

February 6, 2025, 12:02PMNuclear News

Texas A&M chancellor John Sharp has announced that the university could soon become a home to small modular reactors from four advanced nuclear companies: Kairos Power, Natura Resources,...

New Swedish test facility paves the way for first SMR

February 5, 2025, 3:06PMNuclear News

An official ground breaking on Monday for Swedish nuclear company Blykalla’s advanced reactor testing site marked a pivotal step in putting decades of research into action....

BWXT Canada awarded major contracts for 2 OPG plants

Work will support Pickering life extension and Darlington SMRs

January 29, 2025, 9:30AMNuclear News

Ontario Power Generation announced this week new contracts with BWXT Canada worth more than C$1 billion ($695.4 million) for projects at the Pickering and Darlington nuclear power plants....

NextEra files with NRC for potential Duane Arnold restart

January 28, 2025, 12:01PMNuclear News

Iowa’s lone nuclear plant may soon see new life as NextEra Energy takes a step toward relicensing the Duane Arnold nuclear power plant....

TVA selects Bechtel, Sargent & Lundy, and GE Hitachi as SMR partners

January 27, 2025, 6:57AMNuclear News

The Tennessee Valley Authority announced last week the selection of several partners—Bechtel, Sargent & Lundy, and GE Hitachi—to advance plans for what the company hopes will be its...

Bulletin article argues for more certainty in advanced reactor waste management

January 23, 2025, 7:00AMRadwaste Solutions

A recent Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists article cautions that uncertainty regarding the management of wastes generated by small and advanced reactors could drive up costs, making them...

Last Energy, Texas, Utah allege NRC overstepping in SMR regulation

January 13, 2025, 7:01AMNuclear News

Advanced nuclear reactor company Last Energy joined with two Republican state attorneys general in a lawsuit against the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, arguing that some microreactors should...

NuScale E2 Center opens at Ohio State

December 18, 2024, 9:30AMNuclear News

NuScale Power Corporation this week announced the opening of its Energy Exploration (E2) Center at the Ohio State University in Columbus....

Jamaica, Canada partnering to bring nuclear to island nation

October 28, 2024, 7:01AMNuclear News

The Jamaican government last week signed a memorandum of understanding with Atomic Energy of Canada Limited and Canadian Nuclear Laboratories to bring nuclear power to the island...

Rolls-Royce picks potential sites for first SMR factory

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