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France’s CEA And Calogena Sign Agreement On District Heating Reactor For Cadarache Site

By Kamen Kraev
28 August 2025

Initiative part of federal plans for rollout of innovative nuclear power plants

France’s CEA And Calogena Sign Agreement On District Heating Reactor For Cadarache Site
The Cal-30 reactor is specifically designed to decarbonise district heating. Courtesy Calogena.
The French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) and nuclear startup Calogena, a subsidiary of the Gorgé industrial group, have signed a letter of intent to conduct feasibility studies on the installation of a pilot small modular reactor (SMR) at the CEA’s Cadarache research centre in southern France.

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