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U.S. Announces $25 Million to Support Access to Clean Nuclear Energy

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE Office of the Spokesperson For Immediate Release November 3, 2021 Today at the UN Climate Change Conference, Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Bonnie Jenkins announced the United States’ commitment of $25 million in support towards expanding access to clean nuclear energy. The announcement, also called a ... Read More»

By U.S. Mission Romania | 3 November, 2021 | Topics: Policy, Press Releases | Tags: Clean Nuclear Energy, Climate Crisis, COP26, Nuclear Futures Package, U.S. Assistance

Repurposing Coal Power Plant Sites With a NuScale Small Modular Reactor Power Plant (Fact Sheet)

Cost. A NuScale 924 MWe SMR plant, that includes 12 NuScale Power Modules, provides an LCOE in the range of $45/MWh to $65/MWh depending on the financial modeling assumptions of the power plant owner for municipal utility and investor-owned utility respectively based upon the costs for a deployment at a generic greenfield site located in ... Read More»

By U.S. Mission Romania | 2 November, 2021 | Topics: Fact Sheets, Policy, Press Releases | Tags: Climate Crisis, COP26, Fact Sheets, Small Modular Reactor, U.S. - Romania

U.S. Small Modular Reactors (Fact Sheet)

U.S. SMR features: The United States is developing advanced nuclear power plants that are 300 MWe or smaller and offer the potential for lower upfront costs, greater scalability and siting flexibility. U.S. vendors of light water-cooled SMR’s include NuScale, Holtec, Westinghouse, and GE-Hitachi. Key benefits of U.S. technologies include: Proven technology: Most SMRs are based ... Read More»

By U.S. Mission Romania | 2 November, 2021 | Topics: Fact Sheets, Policy, Press Releases | Tags: Climate Crisis, COP26, Fact Sheets, Small Modular Reactor, U.S. - Romania

Announcement of Romania’s Intent to Build First-of-a-Kind U.S. Small Modular Reactor to Address the Climate Crisis

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE Office of the Spokesperson For Immediate Release November 2, 2021 Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry and Romanian President Klaus Iohannis announce Romania’s Intent to Build First-of-a-Kind U.S. Small Modular Reactor to Address the Climate Crisis Today, Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry and Romanian President Klaus Iohannis announced ... Read More»

By U.S. Mission Romania | 2 November, 2021 | Topics: Policy, Press Releases | Tags: Climate Crisis, John Kerry, Klaus Iohannis, Small Modular Reactor

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