News Hyundai to spend $21bn in US in next three years South Korean car manufacturer Hyundai says it will spend $21bn in the US between now and 2028 to boost in-country vehicle production, localise supply chains, and improve its energy infrastructure.…
News India, France to work on modular reactors together India and France have agreed to develop small modular reactors (SMRs) together after Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited President Emmanuel Macron in Paris, The Indian Express reports. India’s foreign ministry…
News TVA coalition applies for $800m grant to speed up small reactors A coalition of engineers led by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) has applied to the Department of Energy for an $800m grant to speed up the development of small modular…
News Samsung set to install modular reactors in southern Sweden Samsung C&T Engineering & Construction and Swedish energy company Kärnfull Next have signed a preliminary agreement to develop small modular reactor (SMR) projects in Sweden. The two signed a memorandum…
News Norway plans SMR plant to power future data centres Norwegian utility Halden Kjernekraft is in talks to buy a plot of land for a power station made up of small modular reactors (SMRs). If it goes ahead, it will…
News AtkinsRéalis to help develop small reactors for Amazon Energy Northwest, a power company in the state of Washington, has hired Montreal-headquartered engineer AtkinsRéalis to be owner’s engineer in a project to develop small modular reactors (SMRs) for Amazon…
News Google orders multiple small reactors to power AI data centres Google will buy nuclear energy from small modular reactors (SMRs) built and run by California’s Kairos Power as the internet giant races to secure enough clean electricity to power artificial…
News UK’s Rolls-Royce picked for Czech small-reactor scheme Czech utility CEZ has named British engineer Rolls-Royce as the preferred candidate to develop small modular reactors (SMRs) from a shortlist of seven companies from the UK, France, the US…
News Site work begins at Uzbekistan’s SMR-powered nuclear plant Uzbekistan’s atomic energy agency has concluded a deal with Rosatom’s export division to begin work on a power station containing six small modular reactors. The project, one of the first…
News Oracle to use three SMRs to meet ‘crazy’ electricity needs of AI datacentres Oracle is planning to use three small modular reactors (SMRs) to power a 1GW datacentre, according to founder Larry Ellison. He told investors and analysts in an earnings call this…
News Webuild teams up with Ansaldo Nucleare to develop advanced reactors Webuild has signed a memorandum of understanding with engineer Ansaldo Nucleare to develop small modular reactors (SMRs). The two Italian companies are planning to work together over the next five…
News Canadian firms sign framework for small modular reactors in Poland Candu Energy, an AtkinsRéalis company, has signed a framework agreement to help Poland install small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs) as an alternative to coal-fired power stations. Canada-headquarted AtkinsRéalis, formerly known…
News Uzbekistan to start work on SMR-based power plant in September Uzbekistan will start work in September on a nuclear plant for six small modular reactors (SMRs), local media report. UzAtom, the country’s nuclear energy agency, signed a protocol with Russian…