According to a TechniAtome internal email seen by Euractiv, on 5 July the teams working on the Nuward project were asked to demobilise – just four days after EDF announced its intention to “evolve the design” of its SMR.
Small modular reactors (SMRs) will be partly relied upon to meet the EU’s 2040 climate objectives, with an industrial alliance to be launched shortly and the first reactors deployed “by 2030”, the European Commission announced on Tuesday (6 February).
As the European Commission prepares to launch its industry alliance for small modular reactors, Euractiv France takes a closer look at the group’s planned structure, work programme and remaining grey areas.
The French-led ‘nuclear alliance’ will meet again in Bratislava on Tuesday (7 November), with host Slovakia set to discuss the European Commission’s role in accelerating the development of small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs).
