The United States will dedicate $14 million to an initial and engineering design (FEED) for the base for NuScale’s small modular reactor (SMR) deployment in Romania.
President Biden made the announcement on June 26 at the G7 leaders’ summit in Germany. The investment is part of the administration’s Global Infrastructure and Investment Partnership (GIP), which targets infrastructure gaps around the world, adding by deploying blank power.
NuScale and the Romanian National Nuclear Force Corporation S. N. Nuclearelectrica S. A. (Nuclearelectrica) plan to conduct engineering studies, technical reviews and license and allow activities in Doicesti, Romania, the main location for the deployment of the first NuScale VOYGR force plant. partners signed a Memorandum of Understanding in May 2022.
The 8-month effort, which is expected to raise $28 million in total and add contributions from Nuclearelectrica and NuScale, will provide Romania with the key site-specific knowledge (main loading points, construction, schedule and licensing) needed to implement a 462 MWe NuScale. . Voygr-6 SMR nuclear power plant.
The aim of the task is to show the ability of complex nuclear reactors to upgrade coal production and create thousands of jobs. NuScale President John Hopkins recently spoke with Power Engineering about how the company’s SMR plants are ideal for replacing coal.
NuScale believes that Romania has the possibility of hosting the first SMR IMPLEMENTATION in Europe and a catalyst for SMRs across the region.
“Nuclear power, adding small modular reactors, is an essential tool in the fight against climate replacement and can also boost security and spur economic prosperity,” said the US President’s special envoy for climate, John Kerry.
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