US-based Generation IV reactor developer Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation (USNC) has signed an agreement to study the potential deployment of one or more micro-modular reactor (MMR) energy systems in the Philippines.
The agreement, signed with Manila Electric Company (Meralco), the southeast Asian country’s largest utility, builds on a partnership between the two companies announced in August.
It comes as the Philippines and the US announced they had signed a civil nuclear cooperation agreement, commonly known as a “123 Agreement,” that will Manila access to US material and equipment.