HD Hyundai, 'SMR Marine Technology Demonstration Center' Launches

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HD Hyundai Heavy Industries is partnering with the domestic shipbuilding and nuclear industries as well as academia to advance the demonstration and industrialization of marine SMR (Small Modular Reactor) technology.

Twelve institutional investors, including major companies and universities in the domestic shipbuilding and nuclear sectors such as HD Hyundai Heavy Industries, signed a memorandum of cooperation on the 6th at Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) to launch the 'SMR Marine Technology Demonstration Center.'

The agreement involves 12 institutional investors, including HD Hyundai Heavy Industries, HDHD Hyundai Heavy Industries, KEPCO Engineering & Construction, Hyundai E&C, Korea Register, Hyundai Heavy Industries Turbo Machinery, Clad Korea, Ulsan Technopark, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul National University, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), and Hanyang University.

The 'SMR Marine Technology Demonstration Center' will serve as a hub to jointly promote marine SMR technology development, testing and verification, and demonstration by linking the technologies, specialized personnel, and research facilities of the participating institutional investors, while building the foundation for industrialization.

An HD Hyundai official, in a phone interview with this outlet, stated, "The SMR Marine Technology Demonstration Center will serve as a hub that effectively links technology and research infrastructure in the domestic shipbuilding and nuclear sectors."

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