Ukraine and USA to build small modular reactor
Ukraine and the USA are starting a pilot project for building a small modular reactor (SMR) in Ukraine.
Source: Oksana Markarova, Ukraine’s Ambassador to the US, as quoted by European Pravda
"While the Russian barbarians are conducting an unfair war against us and trying to destroy our civilian infrastructure, Ukraine is not only working on defence and fast maintenance/replacement of destroyed stuff, but also already planning to build an innovative energy system. Today, within the framework of the 27th UN Climate Change Conference, John Kerry, the US special presidential envoy for climate, and Herman Halushchenko, Ukraine’s Minister of Energy, declared starting a pilot project for building a small modular reactor (SMR) in Ukraine," the post says.
Partner participants of the pilot project are the international consortium of the Argonne National Laboratory, Ukraine’s nuclear power company Energoatom, the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine, State scientific and technical centre for nuclear and radiation safety, as well as private companies, such as Clark Seed, Doosan Enerbility, FuelCell Energy, IHI Corporation, JGC Corporation, NuScale Power, Samsung C&T and Starfire Energy.
Besides, John Kerry has announced the start of a new initiative called Project Phoenix, aimed at accelerating the conversion of coal-fired power stations in Central and Eastern Europe into the ones that run on SMRs.
Kadri Simson, the EU Commissioner for Energy, points out that 40% of Ukraine’s energy infrastructure does not function after Russia attacks; the EU is going to help with restoring it.
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