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Consortium green lights European NuScale style (!) small nuclear reactors

Construction Europe By Mike Hayes, 15 November 2023

Industrial bodies from Romania, Italy and Belgium have formed a consortium to advance nuclear energy technology in Europe.

Romanian and Belgian nuclear research centres RATEN and SCK CEN, Italian nuclear company Ansaldo Nucleare and engineering and energy R&D agency ENEA, will take part in the initiative, in collaboration with the US-based nuclear technology company Westinghouse Electric.

The primary objective of the consortium is to develop a small modular lead-cooled fast neutron reactor (SMR-LFR…….

The proposal was reportedly to mirror the efforts of the US NuScale project – a project which has now been cancelled, following a doubling of construction costs.)………………………………https://www.construction-europe.com/news/consortium-green-lights-european-small-nuclear-reactors/8033034.article

November 16, 2023 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | business and costs, EUROPE