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Laurentis Energy Partners collaborates on SMR development in Poland

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Laurentis Energy Partners has partnered with ORLEN Synthos Green Energy (OSGE) to advance small modular reactor (SMR) development in Poland.  The collaboration focuses on preparing the Preliminary Safety Analysis Report (PSAR), a critical document for licensing GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy’s BWRX-300 SMRs. The PSAR, mandated by Poland’s National Atomic Energy Agency, will assess environmental conditions, site characteristics, and other safety factors. Laurentis staff based in Ontario, Canada, will handle its preparation. The $40 million agreement…

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GE Vernova selects Worley Chemetics to design key component of BWRX-300 SMR

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GE Vernova’s nuclear division, GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH), has appointed Worley Chemetics to design and fabricate the isolation condenser system for its BWRX-300 small modular reactor (SMR).  This partnership brings Worley Chemetics into the BWRX-300 qualified supplier group, enhancing Ontario’s nuclear supply chain with its fabrication facility in Pickering, Canada. Worley Chemetics’ president, Andrew Barr, expressed enthusiasm for the collaboration, highlighting its 60-year experience in sustainable process technologies and recent ASME nuclear certification. Ontario…