Programmes and agreements / prg-ca-kaeri-aecl-smart-mou

KAERI and AECL memorandum seeking a SMART demonstration at an AECL-owned site in Canada

KAERI and Atomic Energy of Canada Limited signed a memorandum of understanding in September 2023 on civilian nuclear R&D, KAERI said the partnership seeks a demonstration of its SMART reactor at an AECL-owned, CNL-managed site, building on Hyundai Engineering and KAERI's effort to bring SMART to Canada. No site, agreement to build or licence application has been published.

Not a deployment project. SMR plans, agreements, studies and government programmes that are not (yet) a single deployment project. They are listed separately and are never counted as projects or reactors.

Type

Cooperation agreement or MOU

Countries concerned

Canada

Participants and roles

• Developer or vendor: Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute
• Host or customer: Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL)
• Other participant: Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL)

Designs named

SMART

Scale as stated

Not stated by the sources

Announced or first reported

8 Sep 2023

Status

Status not established
Memorandum, no site named, no agreement or licence application published by AECL or CNL in the sources read.

Confidence

low

Last checked

2026-10-14 (record review date, not proof of current activity)

Related deployment projects

• No related deployment project is recorded here.

Sources

• KAERI and AECL Sign MOU to Drive Innovation in Clean Energy and Nuclear Technologies (directory_or_aggregator, published 8 Sep 2023, accessed 2026-10-14)
• Hyundai, KAERI team up for export of SMART SMR (reputable_press, published 11 Dec 2023, accessed 2026-10-14)