Swedish lead-cooled small modular reactor technology developer Leadcold is to begin a feasibility study that could lead to the mass production of SMRs for the global market.
The Stockholm-based company said it will investigate the conditions for building and operating a nuclear research reactor at Studsvik AB’s site, south of Stockholm, with associated infrastructure for fuel fabrication.
Leadcold said Studsvik AB, a supplier of nuclear analysis software and specialised services to the nuclear industry “views the initiative positively” and will participate in the feasibility study.
The Sealer-D (Swedish Advanced Lead Reactor) plant will have a thermal output of 80 MW with fuel rods will be cooled by 800 tonnes of liquid lead.
LeadCold wants the first 140 MWt Sealer-D commercial reactor to be ready for operation by 2030.
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