US-based Generation IV microreactor developer Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation and Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology (LUT) in Lappeenranta, Finland signed a memorandum of understanding to examine deployment of Ultra Safe’s nuclear micro-modular reactor (MMR) as a research and test reactor in the city of Lappeenranta at or near the university’s campus.
Ultra Safe said that if constructed, the reactor will be operated as a training, research and test facility and will connect to the district heating infrastructure of Lappeenrannan Energia, the municipally-owned energy company providing carbon-free district heating to the university, city, and surrounding area.
Lappeenranta is in southeastern Finland about 30 km from the border with Russia.
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