Poland’s copper miner KGHM Polska Miedz and Romania’s nuclear new-build company RoPower have confirmed their commitment to proposed projects using small modular reactor (SMR) technology in the wake of an announcement by Oregon-based SMR developer NuScale of the cancellation of its pilot Voygr demonstrator plant in the US.
KGHM, one of Poland’s largest companies, released a statement denying allegations in local media that NuScale had cancelled a February 2022 agreement to begin work towards deploying a first Voygr SMR power plant in Poland as early as 2029.
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