Sweden and the US have signed a memorandum of understanding to increase bilateral nuclear cooperation as Stockholm increases measures to make it possible to put into place new reactor capacity with a total output of at least 2,500 MW by 2035.

The MOU was signed in Washington by Sweden’s minister for energy, business and industry Ebba Busch and US energy secretary Jennifer Granholm.

According to the MOU, areas of cooperation will include advanced reactors such as small modular reactors, advanced nuclear fuel development, nuclear waste management and the integration of nuclear in a zero-carbon electricity system.