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Small Modular Reactors Can Help Europe Into ‘New Nuclear Era’, But Require Political and Financial Will, Conference Hears

By Nigel Davies
9 December 2025

The ‘electrification of everything’ means nuclear is becoming a strategic necessity

Small Modular Reactors Can Help Europe Into ‘New Nuclear Era’, But Require Political and Financial Will, Conference Hears
The conference highighted key strengths of small modular reactors. Courtesy Fermi Energia.
Small modular reactors (SMRs) can help Europe into a new era of nuclear power and drive its energy independence, but require the political, public and financial will to realise their potential, an energy conference heard recently in Bilbao, Spain.

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