NuScale

Power Engineering has reported on several companies on the regulatory and technological path to commercialize small modular reactors (SMRs). Perhaps the closest of these companies is NuScale Power, whose reactor design was approved in January by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). The rule took effect February 21, the day company co-founder Dr. José Reyes took the keynote stage at

Partners to explore hydrogen production from NuScale SMR

NuScale Power and other partners plan to develop and assess an integrated energy system for hydrogen production using electricity and process heat from NuScale’s VOYGR small modular reactor (SMR).

NuScale and Prodigy advance SMR marine facility design

NuScale Power and Prodigy Clean Energy have announced a new concept design for a transportable and marine-based SMR power generating facility.

DOE study finds hundreds of U.S. coal plants could convert to nuclear

A new U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) study found hundreds of coal power plant sites could convert to nuclear, dramatically increasing dispatchable, carbon-free energy as the country strives to meet its net-zero emissions goal by 2050.

NuScale partners with Habboush Group, ENTRA1 on SMR deployment

NuScale and private asset manager Habboush Group are forming a strategic alliance to advance the deployment of NuScale small modular reactor (SMR) projects.

NRC to certify NuScale small modular reactor

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has told staff to issue a final rule certifying NuScale’s small modular reactor (SMR) design for use in the U.S.

U.S. funds study for NuScale SMR deployment in Romania

The United States will commit $14 million toward a front-end engineering and design (FEED) study for the basis of deploying NuScale’s small modular reactor (S…

Replacing coal is a ‘natural for us’: One-on-one with NuScale’s John Hopkins

Watch our interview with NuScale President and CEO John Hopkins from the Nuclear Energy Assembly in Washington, D.C….

SMR company NuScale shifts strategy from development to delivery

Small modular reactor (SMR) company NuScale is shifting from product development to product delivery by establishing a new VOYGR Services and Delivery (VSD) bus…

NuScale, Doosan agree to begin SMR production

NuScale Power and Doosan have reached an agreement for Doosan to begin producing materials for NuScale’s small modular reactors (SMRs) in 2022….

Steelmaker Nucor investment aims to boost SMR developer NuScale

Steelmaker Nucor committed to a $15 million private investment in public equity (PIPE) that will aid NuScale Power’s efforts to commercialize its small modula…

Fluor sells equity stake in nuclear power company NuScale Power

Japan NuScale Innovation, LLC (JNI) and Japan Bank for International Corporation (JBIC) purchased $110 million in NuScale Power equity from Fluor Corporation….

Xcel Energy could become operator of SMR plant

Xcel Energy and project developer Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems (UAMPS) agreed to terms outlining a process, roles and next steps to be taken if Xcel …

Wisconsin co-op to explore adding small modular nuclear reactor to generation mix

NuScale Power and Dairyland Power Cooperative signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to evaluate the potential deployment of NuScale’s small modular react…

Report claims ‘serious problems’ with proposed NuScale SMR

“Too late, too expensive, too risky and too uncertain” is how a new report by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) described Nu…