US government backs NuScale projects at home and abroad : New Nuclear - World Nuclear News

US government backs NuScale projects at home and abroad : New Nuclear - World Nuclear News: The US Department of Energy has approved a cost-share award of more than USD1 billion for the construction of the first NuScale small modular reactor power plant in the USA. Meanwhile, the US International Development Finance Corporation has signed a Letter of Intent to support NuScale in the development of nuclear generating capacity in South Africa.