The US government and companies are plowing billions into small modular reactors. China is leading in the tech, Russia is making almost all the fuel. The US is playing catch-up.
Off the Siberian coast, not far from Alaska, a Russian ship has been docked at port for four years. The Akademik Lomonosov, the world’s first floating nuclear power plant, sends energy to around 200,000 people on land using next-wave nuclear technology: small modular reactors.
GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy has been awarded a £33.6m UK Future Nuclear Enabling Fund grant to accelerate regulatory acceptance and its deployment readiness of its BWRX-300 small modular reactor.
Canadian Utility SaskPower and GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy have signed an agreement to advance small modular reactor development in Saskatchewan. In June 2022, SaskPower selected GEH's BWRX-300 as the technology to be used in its SMR development work.
Bilbao, Spain, January 30, 2024.- Virtualware , the European leader in virtual reality has signed a partnership agreement with GE21 Realidade Virtual to boost VIROO s presence in Brazil. The.