Listed metals group KGHM and Romania's Nuclearelectrica signed a Memorandum of Understanding concerning cooperation in the area of development of small modular reactors (SMR) at the economic congress in Karpacz.
The cooperation is aimed at "exchange of experience and know-how, with a duration of 36 months, in the technical, economic, legal, financial and organisational fields for the development of small modular reactor projects to be developed by Romania and Poland. The MoU signed by KGHM and Nuclearelectrica concerns cooperation in all stages of developing an SMR project, from selecting a site to decommissioning, "with the aim of developing robust, safe and cost-efficient SMR projects in Romania and Poland. Poland and Romania will develop the SMR project in cooperation with US SMR technology developer NuScale, with which KGHM signed an agreement in February 2022.