UK small modular reactor developer Rolls-Royce SMR and project development company Equilibrion have signed an agreement to study the potential for producing sustainable aviation fuel using nuclear energy.
Equilibrion said in a statement that under the memorandum of understanding, the companies will carry out a technical and economic assessment of producing power-to-liquids sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) using electricity and heat from small modular reactors.
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