Argonne investigates industrial SMR applications for postwar Ukraine

November 26, 2024, 3:02PMNuclear News
Argonne director Paul Kearns, undersecretary of state for arms control and international security Bonnie Jenkins, EPRI chief nuclear strategy officer Neil Wilmshurst, and DOE acting assistant secretary for nuclear energy Michael Goff spoke at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan. (Photo: PNNL/Nazar Kholod)

Argonne National Laboratory will play a leading role in planning and rebuilding a nuclear-generated clean energy infrastructure for postwar Ukraine as part of the lab’s focus on developing small modular reactor applications to help countries meet energy security goals. The latest plans, described in a November 19 article, were announced on November 16 at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan.

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