Companies from Slovakia, Poland and the Czech Republic have been awarded grants by the US-led Phoenix Project to finance feasibility studies for the conversion of coal-fired power plants to nuclear plants using small modular reactor (SMR) technologies.
US special climate envoy John Kerry made the announcement on the sidelines of a regular Three Seas initiative summit in Bucharest.
The companies are Slovak utility Slovenske Elektrarne, Poland’s SMR plant developer Orlen Synthos Green Energy (OSGE) and Czech mining company Sokolovska Uhelna and its partner SUAS Group.