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Conventional Fuels, Nuclear

SaskPower Picks SMR Technology for First Two Potential Nuclear Units

June 28, 2022

Via: Power Magazine

SaskPower has chosen GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy’s (GEH’s) BWRX-300 small modular reactor (SMR) technology for Saskatchewan’s first two nuclear units, which the provincial utility plans to deploy by the mid-2030s. The announcement on June 27 wraps up a four-year process […]


Conventional Fuels, Nuclear

Xcel Energy Considering Nuclear Operator Role at Idaho NuScale SMR Plant

March 2, 2022

Via: Power Magazine

Xcel Energy is exploring a role as operator of the 462-MWe Carbon-Free Power Project (CFPP), potentially becoming a key member of the first-of-its-kind small modular reactor (SMR) power plant that is under development at an Idaho National Laboratory (INL) site […]


Conventional Fuels, Nuclear

Terrestrial Energy Launches 390-MW Molten Salt Nuclear Reactor Design

September 30, 2021

Via: Power Magazine

Terrestrial Energy has unveiled an upgraded 390-MWe design of its Integral Molten Salt Reactor (IMSR) power plant to meet utility requirements and boost its cost-competitiveness as part of an effort to ramp up its candidacy for deployment at Ontario Power […]


Conventional Fuels, Nuclear

Icebreaker Reactor Approved for Ground-Based Nuclear Plant

August 9, 2021

Via: Power Magazine

The international business arm of Russia’s state-owned nuclear power company has received a license that will allow construction of small modular reactors (SMRs), based on the design used in the country’s icebreaker shipping fleet, at ground-based nuclear power plants. Rusatom […]