Programmes and agreements / prg-kw-kisr-smr-assessment

KISR preliminary assessment of SMRs for non-electric applications in Kuwait

KISR researchers presented at the IAEA SMR conference in October 2024 a preliminary assessment of SMRs for non-electric uses in Kuwait, concluding that pressurised-water SMRs suit desalination. Kuwait has no nuclear power infrastructure, this is research, not a government decision or project.

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

Research programme

Countries concerned

Kuwait

Participants and roles

• Research: Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR)

Designs named

—

Scale as stated

technology assessment, no units or site

Announced or first reported

Oct 2024

Status

Completed
Research assessment presented at the IAEA SMR conference (Oct 2024), no government decision or project.

Confidence

medium

Last checked

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

Related deployment projects

• No related deployment project is recorded here.

Sources

• Evaluating the Viability of Small Modular Reactors for Non-Electric Applications in Kuwait: A Preliminary Assessment (iaea_or_nea, accessed 2026-10-14)