SMR on EnergyNotehttps://energynote.kr/en/tags/smr/Recent content in SMR on EnergyNoteHugoen-USThu, 03 Sep 2026 12:30:00 +0900Korea's SMR program in 2026: where i-SMR really stands, and what the new SMR Act changeshttps://energynote.kr/en/posts/korean-smr-ismr-status/Thu, 03 Sep 2026 12:30:00 +0900https://energynote.kr/en/posts/korean-smr-ismr-status/<p>On September 1, 2026, Seoul National University&rsquo;s Nuclear Policy Center and GS Energy, a private Korean power company, hosted a policy forum on building a &ldquo;private-sector-led SMR business model.&rdquo; SK Innovation presented a Korea–US cooperation model built around TerraPower. POSCO Holdings said it wants small modular reactors to supply the 1.7 GW of electricity its hydrogen-based steelmaking will need.</p>The 2026 SMR licensing map: who is actually where, from design approval to first powerhttps://energynote.kr/en/posts/smr-global-status-2026/Thu, 03 Sep 2026 12:30:00 +0900https://energynote.kr/en/posts/smr-global-status-2026/<p>Ask &ldquo;who leads in SMRs&rdquo; and you get three answers: NuScale, the only SMR developer with an NRC design approval; China, which is building the world&rsquo;s first land-based commercial SMR; or, counting hyperscaler contracts, Oklo and Kairos. None of the three is wrong. They are measured with different rulers.</p>