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GLOBAL MONITOR
THE BIG PICTURE: A Global Map of
SMR Sites
At the close of 2023, the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) identified 98 small modular reactor (SMR) technologies
globally. According to the international agency's latest NEA SMR Dashboard, 56 of these are actively being developed,
showcasing a diversity of applications-from traditional water- or gas-cooled systems to innovative fast-spectrum,
molten salt, and microreactors. This map depicts the advancement in locating sites for deploying SMRs worldwide.
So far, three SMRs have already started operating: the HTR-PM in China (2023), the floating KLT-40S in Russia
(2020), and the High-Temperature Test Reactor (HTTR) in Japan (2001). Construction has begun at three SMRs: CAREM
in Argentina, the ACP100 in China, and the lead-cooled, fast-spectrum BREST-OD-300 in Russia. Russia's RITM-200N
received a permit for construction in 2023. Seventeen SMRs have been selected by site owners for deployment, while
14 others have entered into non-binding agreements with site owners. Source: Nuclear Energy Agency Small Modular
Reactor Dashboard: Second Edition, Revised March 2024, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
-Sonal Patel is a POWER senior editor.
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LEGEND
Non-binding agreements/MoUs*/
non-binding announcements
Site owner has shortlisted
the technology
Site owner has selected the
technology
Received permit(s) and/or license(s)
for construction on the site
Construction has started
on the site
*MoU = Memorandum of understanding
Operational
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Progress in licensing, financing, supply chain
development, engagement, and fuel
provisioning is also noteworthy. Ten SMRs are
advancing through licensing, and 20 have
initiated pre-licensing activities. While the
floating RITM-200S reactor in Russia is the only
SMR demonstrating progress toward
" Nth-of-a-kind " (NOAK) financing, 11 SMRs
have their first-of-a-kind (FOAK) fully financed,
including Hermes, Project Pele, the ACPR50S,
and the RITM-200N. About 20 SMRs have
partnerships, joint ventures, or consortia with
engineering, procurement, and construction
companies, with 13 being developed by either
1. ARC-100 (ARC Clean Technology)
2. Blue Capsule (Blue Capsule Technology)
3. SEALER-55 (Blykalla)
4. BANR (BWXT)
5. Project Pele (BWXT)
6. ACPR50S (CGN)
7. CAREM (CNEA)
8. ACP100 (CNNC)
9. Energy Well (CVŘ)
10. DF300 (Dual Fluid Energy)
11. A-HTR-100 (Eskom)
12. LFTR (Flibe Energy)
13. SC-HTGR (Framatome)
14. BWRX-300 (GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy)
15. Calogena (Gorgé)
16. HEXANA (Hexana)
17. SMR-300 (Holtec International)
18. HTR-PM (INET)
19. GTHTR300 (JAEA)
20. HTTR (JAEA)
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21. Jimmy SMR (Jimmy)
22. SMART (KAERI)
23. Hermes (Kairos Power)
24. PWR-20 (Last Energy)
25. SSR-W (Moltex Energy)
26. FLEX (MoltexFLEX)
27. XAMR (NAAREA)
28. HTGR-POLA (NCBJ)
29. LFR-AS-200 (newcleo)
30. BREST-OD-300 (NIKIET)
31. VOYGR (NuScale Power)
32. NUWARD SMR (NUWARD)
33. Aurora Powerhouse (Oklo)
34. Otrera 300 (Otrera Nuclear Energy)
35. Kaleidos (Radiant Industries)
36. RR SMR (Rolls-Royce SMR)
37. KLT-40S (ROSATOM)
38. RITM-200M (ROSATOM)
39. RITM-200N (ROSATOM)
40. RITM-200S (ROSATOM)
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incumbent civil nuclear stakeholders or
governmental research institutions. Five SMRs
have contracts for their FOAKs: CAREM,
Aurora, MMR, Pylon D1, and Project Pele.
Another 16 water-cooled SMRs have access to
operating fuel fabrication facilities for their
fuel or plan to use the same fuel as existing
commercial reactors. Six SMRs have contracts
or agreements with fuel supply chain
companies. These include gas-cooled reactors
(Xe-100 and BANR), fast spectrum reactors
(Natrium Reactor Plant and BREST-OD-300),
and molten salt reactors (Hermes and IMSR).
41. CMSR (Seaborg Technologies)
42. HAPPY200 (SPIC)
43. HTMR-100 (Stratek Global)
44. Natrium Reactor Plant (TerraPower)
45. IMSR (Terrestrial Energy)
46. ThorCon 500 (ThorCon International)
47. Thorizon One (Thorizon)
48. MoveluX (Toshiba Energy Systems)
49. 4S (Toshiba Energy Systems)
50. MMR (USNC)
51. Pylon D1 (USNC)
52. TEPLATOR (UWB and CIIRC CTU)
53. AP300 SMR (Westinghouse Electric Co.)
54. eVinci microreactor (Westinghouse
Electric Co. )
55. Westinghouse LFR (Westinghouse
Electric Co.)
56. Xe-100 (X-energy)
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