France’s state-owned utility EDF has announced plans to simplify the design of its Nuward small modular nuclear reactor after carrying out “decisive” studies in recent months.
The SMR “will rely on well-known and perfectly mastered technological building blocks within the nuclear sector,” EDF said in a post on Linkedin on 6 January.
EDF said it wants to finalise the reactor concept by mid-2026 and market a product for the 2030s, with a first-of-a-kind unit built in France.
In July 2024, EDF said it had decided to change its SMR product strategy by shifting away from the indigenous Nuward design towards the development of a design based on proven technology only.
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