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Joint venture formed to spur SMR deployment in Sweden

15 February 2021

Uniper Sweden, LeadCold and the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) are collaborating to explore the possibility of constructing a demonstration LeadCold SEALER lead-cooled small modular reactor (SMR) at Sweden's Oskarshamn plant site by 2030. The partners have also applied for funding towards building a non-nuclear prototype at Oskarshamn for testing

Conceptual layout of a 4x55 MWe SEALER plant for the UK with its reactor units located underground (Image: LeadCold)

Uniper said the collaboration is designed as a joint venture and "is open to a number of different players in industry and academia". The project aims to build a lead-cooled reactor at Oskarshamn by 2030. Eventually, the goal of the collaboration is to enable the commercialisation of these reactors in Sweden in the 2030s.

An academic network based at KTH is connected to the project. The Sunrise (Sustainable Nuclear Research In Sweden) project - whose partners include KTH, Luleå University and Uppsala University - has already received SEK50 million (USD6 million) in funding from the Foundation for Strategic Research to develop the design, material technology and safety analysis for an advanced lead-cooled research and demonstration reactor.

"Through this initiative, Sweden is now also taking a concrete step towards developing technology, know-how and expertise in new advanced nuclear power," Uniper said.

https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Joint-venture-formed-to-spur-SMR-deployment-in-Swe&ved=2ahUKEwir5uzt4oP2AhXyR2wGHSIuCHcQFnoECBAQAQ&usg=AOvVaw3-xF5LTMoX9NxEE5CUlVcw