Glasgow, Scotland — U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm and Romanian Minister of Energy Virgil Popescu highlighted a new commercial partnership between NuScale Power and Nuclearelectrica that was signed earlier this week on the sidelines of the 26th United Nations Conference on Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland. The new agreement has the ...
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By U.S. Mission Romania | 4 November, 2021 | Topics: Policy, Press Releases | Tags: Commercial Partnership, COP26, Nuclear Energy, Small Modular Reactor, U.S. - Romania
Main Points The United States looks forward to working with partner countries to advance clean energy innovation and responsible, secure and safe use of nuclear power to enhance energy security, increase access to clean, reliable energy, and support climate objectives for the collective betterment of our world. We are pleased to reaffirm our commitment to ...
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By U.S. Mission Romania | 3 November, 2021 | Topics: Fact Sheets, Policy, Press Releases | Tags: COP26, Fact Sheets, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Futures Package, Small Modular Reactor, U.S. - Romania
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 ...
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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. 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 ...
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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
Main Points This announcement represents a significant breakthrough for bringing emerging nuclear technologies to bear on the climate crisis. It showcases first-of-a-kind U.S. technology, creates thousands of jobs, strengthens European energy security, and addresses the climate crisis head-on. This commitment by Romania allows for U.S. ingenuity on nuclear advancement to be brought to a critical ...
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By U.S. Mission Romania | 2 November, 2021 | Topics: Fact Sheets, Policy, Press Releases | Tags: COP26, Fact Sheets, NuScale, Small Modular Reactor, U.S. - Romania
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 ...
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By U.S. Mission Romania | 2 November, 2021 | Topics: Policy, Press Releases | Tags: Climate Crisis, John Kerry, Klaus Iohannis, Small Modular Reactor
