US-based small modular reactor developer NuScale Power has signed a memorandum of understanding with three South Korea-based partners, Samsung C&T Corporation, Doosan Enerbility and GS Energy Corporation, to explore the deployment of Voygr SMRs in what it called “a critical next step” in bringing its reactors to Asia.

This MOU builds upon a series of investments made by the three companies starting in 2019. As part of the MOU, the companies will explore jointly studying, planning, and developing deployment of Voygr plants in specific locations.

“This agreement with South Korean-based investors demonstrates the group’s continued commitment to the near-term deployment of NuScale’s small modular reactor technology,” NuScale said in a statement.