Small Modular Reactors

Sweden / Joint Venture Seeks To Deploy Lead-Cooled SMR Prototype Mid 2020s

By Kamen Kraev
16 February 2021

Non-nuclear pilot to be used for material testing
Joint Venture Seeks To Deploy Lead-Cooled SMR Prototype Mid 2020s
The Sealer prototype is to be deployed at the site of the existing Oskarshamn nuclear station. Image courtesy OKG / Uniper.
Utility Uniper Sweden, nuclear technology company LeadCold and the Swedish Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) have set up a joint venture to develop and deploy a lead-cooled small modular reactor prototype at Simpevarp near Oskarshamn as early as 2024.

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