A group of Slovak companies led by utility Slovenske Elektrarne has signed a memorandum of understanding as a first step in a project to explore the deployment of small modular reactors (SMRs) in the central European country.
Slovenske Elektrarne said it signed the agreement on Monday with partners including the Slovak ministry of economy, US Steel Košice, the Slovak Electricity Transmission System, research centre VUJE, the Nuclear Regulatory Authority of Slovakia and the Technical University of Bratislava.
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