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Calogena awarded EU funding for SMR deployment – (nuclear loves socialism)

WNN, 6 November 2026

French small modular reactor developer Calogena has been awarded EUR40 million (USD44.6 million) through the European Commission’s Innovation Fund to support the potential construction of its first commercial nuclear reactor in Pierrelatte, in southern France…………………………………

The Innovation Fund is one of the world’s largest funding programmes for the deployment of innovative net-zero and low-carbon technologies. Established by Article 10a (8) of Directive 2003/87/EC to support innovation across all EU Member States, it is one of the key tools of the European Green Deal Industrial Plan. Financed by revenues from auctioning allowances from the European Union Emissions Trading System and with an estimated revenue of approximately EUR40 billion between 2020 and 2030, the Innovation Fund aims to help businesses invest in clean energy and bring technologies to market that can decarbonise European industry, while fostering its competitiveness…………………….

Calogena was selected in 2023 as part of the Innovative Nuclear Reactors call for projects under the aegis of the French government via the Secrétariat Général Pour l’Investissement, in order to support the development of nuclear technologies………………..

The Pierrelatte project could become Calogena’s first commercial reference and pave the way for deployment in other European towns and cities. The company is already involved in several projects outside France and is notably in contention to supply more than fifteen reactors in Finland.

…………………………………Calogena’s CAL30 is one of four SMR designs being evaluated by the French Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection Authority. https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/calogena-awarded-eu-funding-for-smr-deployment

November 9, 2026 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Small Modular Nuclear Reactors