Programmes and agreements / prg-jo-jaec-khnp-ismr-feasibility-mou

JAEC and KHNP memorandum for a feasibility study of an i-SMR in Jordan

On 5 December 2023 JAEC and KHNP signed a memorandum to conduct a comprehensive technical and economic feasibility study for KHNP's innovative SMR (i-SMR) in Jordan. It is a study agreement, no site or order is recorded.

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

Feasibility or siting study

Countries concerned

Jordan

Participants and roles

• Government: Jordan Atomic Energy Commission (JAEC)
• Developer or vendor: Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power

Designs named

i-SMR

Scale as stated

no units or site

Announced or first reported

5 Dec 2023

Status

Status not established
MoU for a technical and economic feasibility study, no site or order.

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

• JAEC, KHNP of South Korea ink MoU for feasibility study to build small modular reactor (reputable_press, published 6 Dec 2023, accessed 2026-10-14)