Study highlights potential benefits of Dutch SMR design - World Nuclear News

Tests that simulate the temperatures and pressures which the reactor systems will be subjected to during normal operation are reportedly taking place at the ACP100 small modular reactor demonstration project, under construction at the Changjiang site on China's island province of Hainan. Hot functional tests involve increasing the temperature of the reactor coolant system and carrying out comprehensive tests to ensure that coolant circuits and safety systems are operating as they should. Carried out before the loading of nuclear fuel, such testing simulates the thermal working conditions of the power plant and verifies that nuclear island and conventional equipment and systems meet design requirements.

The Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand has signed an agreement with the US Trade and Development Agency for a feasibility study on the deployment of US small modular reactor technologies in Thailand. The agreement was signed in Bangkok on 14 September by Thomas Hardy, Deputy Director and Acting Director of the US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA), and Narin Phoawanich, Governor of the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT).

Montreal-based Prodigy Clean Energy has announced plans for a 50 MWe full-scale Prodigy Transportable Nuclear Power Plant within the traditional territory of the Pabineau and Eel River Bar First Nations. Under an agreement with Pabineau First Nation and Eel River Bar First Nation, the Prodigy Transportable Nuclear Power Plant (TNPP) Pilot Project will be First Nations-owned and validate plant logistics and operational requirements, with the hope of providing the commercial blueprint for a fleet across Canada's North and global export markets. The proposed pilot project will deploy a commercial electricity-generating facility and construct a new campus in Belledune, featuring: a centralised operations and maintenance hub to monitor and service a Northern TNPP fleet and train future plant workers; and a state-of-the-art Indigenous Energy Innovation Visitor Centre. The power plant itself is expected to generate more than 150 jobs during site preparation and 40 permanent jobs on site. The project targets in-service operation by the early 2030s.